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Innovation is key to economic development

Innovation 2 Enterprise

Copyright © 2019, The Oklahoman. Innovation stimulates entrepreneurship. 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. We must accelerate innovation.

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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. Often these innovators love to prove that “they can do it here,” and so should others.

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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. Bahia could be an epicenter of innovation in Latin America. Tara Sabre Collier. Contributor.

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

Innovation 2 Enterprise

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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What makes a successful and inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem? (Part 2)

Forward Cities

The essence of an entrepreneurial ecosystem is its people and the culture of trust and collaboration that allows them to interact successfully. Collaboration between organizations providing various services creates a cohesive network of resources better suited to support innovation. Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion.

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Q&A with Meg Salyer

Innovation 2 Enterprise

Salyer served as a member of the Council Finance Committee, Council Economic Development Committee, and as chairman of the Council Social Services Committee. Meg retired from the Council April 8, 2019. Collaboration and cooperation are key traits of our people, and this desire for all to succeed is part of our landscape.

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship. DV Hacks , led by BCG Digital Ventures: “A 48-hour hackathon to improve how we live, work, collaborate, and learn.”. Their foci include addressing environmental sustainability, racial and gender equity, economic development concerns, etc. J.M.Kaplan Innovation Prize. “The

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