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Welcome, BizLink Orange!

Source Link

To support and accelerate this momentum, the National Entrepreneur Center (NEC) and Orange County Government have partnered with SourceLink, tapping into our consulting services, software solutions and national network to strengthen and build upon the rich tradition of collaboration the NEC and Orlando entrepreneurial ecosystem have forged.

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

TechCrunch

Paulo is the co-founder of Vale do Dendê (Dende Valley) and AFAR Ventures , a global diversity and inclusion creative and consulting agency that identifies opportunities for multinational brands, corporations and investors in emerging markets. Tara Sabre Collier. Contributor.

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Governor’s 2020-21 Budget Proposes $5 Million Increase for Ben Franklin

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

Tom Wolf today announced that his proposed 2020-21 General Fund budget will include a $5 million increase for the Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority (BFTDA), which funds the statewide Ben Franklin Technology Partners initiative, one of the most widely known and emulated state technology-based economic development programs in the nation.

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A National Project to Advance Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Building

Ecosystem Builder Hub

The Ecosystem Building Leadership Project (EBLP) seeks to collaboratively design, create, and validate a field-wide infrastructure that will help accelerate wider understanding and adoption of ecosystem building as a practice in economic, community, workforce, and entrepreneurship development in the United States. “The

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Book Review: Creating Startup Junkies

Ecosystem Builder Hub

.” Echoing the mantra of Rise of the Rest, these regions are well-positioned to create startup activity and strengthen their ecosystem through intentional cultivation of a collaborative culture, engagement with the community, and capitalization of early-stage ventures. There is no special training required to be a Startup Junkie.

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The State of America’s Zoomtowns

EntreWorks Consulting

These places were attracting many newcomers prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and the pace of in-migration seems to be accelerating even faster now. As such, these towns are facing both good (how to spend increased tax revenues) and bad (how to manage rapid growth) economic development challenges.