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New Year, New Entrepreneurs: Five tips for supporting early-stage entrepreneurs ?

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University entrepreneurship and innovation centers that partner with the community to provide tools, facilities and education to local business owners. Take a close look at your entrepreneurial ecosystem building work and make sure you’re doing it through an equitable lens. Lean on advice from others who’ve been there before.

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Case Study: The Dan River Region Ecosystem Development

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We found one of those exemplary steps in southern Virginia where the Dan River Region Entrepreneur Ecosystem recognized the need for an ecosystem coordinator and rallied their stakeholders to hire the first entrepreneurial ecosystem builder for the region. From Tobacco & manufacturing to entrepreneurship.

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Public Policy Quarterly: October 2023

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ACA also became part of the innovation ecosystem in Washington, DC, partnering with other organizations and joining White House and other Obama administration initiatives to shine a light on entrepreneurship. In May, ACA Board Chair Marcia Dawood was named to the Small Businesses Capital Formation Advisory Committee.

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Professional development for tomorrow’s ecosystem builders

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This post is part of a series featuring highlights from the Unsung Heroes of Ecosystem Building campaign which shone a spotlight on 40+ entrepreneurial ecosystem builders from around the U.S. Not everybody can do ecosystem building; it’s a talent that is developed through experience and education, connections and networking.

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Nia Richards

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Q: What is your deeper “why” behind your commitment and work to support inclusive entrepreneurship in Kansas City? LendingTree reported Kansas City as number 49 out of 50 major cities for Minority Entrepreneurship. Q: What is your deeper “why” behind your commitment and work to support inclusive entrepreneurship in Kansas City?

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Unsung Hero Spotlight: Mel Lambert

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” To you, what is an Ecosystem Builder? Ecosystem Builders are people who look at all levels of the entrepreneurial ecosystem, from helping entrepreneurs startup, to connecting them to funding, to making sure they have talent to hire when they’re ready. What motivates you as an ecosystem builder?