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How to Get Started Mapping Your Entrepreneurial Ecosystem [Updated]

Ecosystem Builder Hub

I’ve added some of those insights here while I work on a more comprehensive resource guide to mapping entrepreneurship ecosystems. What is Ecosystem Mapping and Why Do It? Ecosystem mapping can be thought of as the practice of observing, analyzing and visualizing an entrepreneurial ecosystem.

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SourceLink + The IEDC: New Certification Program Uniting Economic Developers and Entrepreneurs

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Now more than ever, entrepreneurs and small business owners require support from economic developers driving local economies forward. The Entrepreneurship Development Professional (EDP) certification. The Entrepreneurship Development Professional (EDP) certification. A partnership to champion entrepreneurs.

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Greenville Startup, Advanced Power & Energy, Receives Game-Changing $500,000 Investment to Pave the Way for Safer EV Charging Stations

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

This investment will support the development of innovative, safer EV charging stations. Startups and accelerating technology and manufacturing companies in Mercer County, PA, looking to benefit from the Mercer County Innovation Fund can find more information here.

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How collective data and storytelling can lead to lasting impact for underserved entrepreneurs

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The concept of building networks of support, or what has sometimes been referred to as, forging “entrepreneurial ecosystems”, has been a key focus for many advancing the idea that innovation and entrepreneurship will be the future of not just our recovery- but the necessary inclusive pathway for economic advancement and wealth building for all.

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Social Enterprise Incubator’s 5th Cohort focuses on Climate and Health Equity

American Entrepreneurship

Seven startups begin a six-month program that will make them investment-ready To grow the Orange County, California ecosystem , the RevHub social enterprise incubator was established in 2019. RevHub joined several partners to launch the NorthSTAR OC Collaborative to support the Orange County entrepreneurial ecosystem.

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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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SBA Announces Community Navigator Model and Funding Opportunity

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We’re thrilled the SBA goes on to recommend that effective network building must also adopt a data-driven approach , something we’ve been championing with communities via our SourceLink Pro entrepreneurship CRM and decision support system and Resource Navigator technologies. What is the SBA Community Navigator Model?