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Innovation is key to economic development

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Copyright © 2019, The Oklahoman. Stitt is expressing the 2019 version of the legislative vision that created OCAST in 1987, authorized the seed capital fund (TBFP Fund) in 1988 and has continued to invest in the Oklahoma Model of innovation. OCAST is Oklahoma’s only agency with the sole focus of technology-based economic development.

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Rallying for rural entrepreneurship: addressing the challenges that face rural small businesses

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During my tenure with the local University I worked with economic developers all across Iowa, from Sioux City to Davenport and a great many small but mighty communities in-between: Grinnell, Parkersburg, Webster City and Lamoni to name a few. Starting and growing a business can prove to be a daunting endeavor within any market.

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Help Grow the Field of Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Building

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Join a collaborative effort to design, create, and validate the advancement of the entrepreneurship ecosystem building field of practice. And, in 2019 I launched Ecosystem Builder Hub to be an online resource for ecosystem builders. For years, the leading standard bearer in this nascent movement was the Kauffman Foundation.

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Practical Metrics and Methods: ESHIP Goal 5 – Part 2

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Collaborative research focused on developing the field of ecosystem building would allow the field to identify the principles and practices that are most effective for fostering successful entrepreneurship. 3) If you’re a scholar, let’s collaborate on some papers/articles. ” (#18303, August, Vancouver ). Norris Krueger. “On

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Delegation Sharing Oklahoma’s Good News Bioscience Story at BIO International Convention

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Copyright © 2019, The Oklahoman. We also have specific expertise that companies might not have in house, and this is actually a place where we can talk about that expertise and introduce those to pharmaceutical companies, as well as diagnostic companies and bring them into Oklahoma to join us in collaboration.”. By Kevan Goff-Parker.

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Brazil’s Black Silicon Valley could be an epicenter of innovation in Latin America

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Tara Sabre Collier is an early-stage impact investor with more than 15 years of experience at the intersection of economic development, social entrepreneurship and impact investment. Tara Sabre Collier. Contributor. She is a Visiting Fellow of Oxford University where she teaches and writes about impact investing, diversity and equity.

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Practical Metrics and Methods: ESHIP Goal 5 – Part 1

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Collaborative research focused on developing the field of ecosystem building would allow the field to identify the principles and practices that are most effective for fostering successful entrepreneurship. For example, my EDO had “7 wins” (companies that relocated) in 2018, but only “1 win” in 2019. Metrics do that.