Ecosystem Builder Hub

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The Ecosystem Building Leadership Project (EBLP) is an initiative to advance the entrepreneurship ecosystem building field of practice. Julie Heath , VP Entrepreneurial Ecosystems at Indiana Economic Development Corporation. Beth Zimmer , Project Manager at Ecosystem Building Leadership Project. What would that look like?

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

What we found through our research are three essential areas to foster the professional and personal development of entrepreneurial ecosystem builders: Justifying and valuing their work: Building the business case for inclusive ecosystem building through fieldwide metrics . Training in collaboration, facilitation and leadership techniques. .

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

As an emerging field that is challenging the status quo of entrepreneurship in economic development, ecosystem builders are bound to run into obstacles along the way which – if repeated and consistent – make us want to pull our hair out. Dealing with resistive funders, however, is our biggest challenge. Mara Hardy.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JUNE 20, 2020

I asked them to treat me like a funder. The traditional economic development approach uses static and reactive metrics – the number of jobs created, capital investment dollars, and companies recruited – on an annual basis. They described social improvement and positive outcomes – but nothing that was tangible.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation identifies entrepreneurs that display characteristics of “exceptional social leadership through discretion, influence, vision, ambition, intelligence, and follow-through.”. Their foci include addressing environmental sustainability, racial and gender equity, economic development concerns, etc.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation identifies entrepreneurs that display characteristics of “exceptional social leadership through discretion, influence, vision, ambition, intelligence, and follow-through.”. Their foci include addressing environmental sustainability, racial and gender equity, economic development concerns, etc.

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