EntreWorks Consulting

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Tax incentives for investors serve as one of our primary tools to incentivize investment in startups and in other types of desirable economic development activities. A July 2020 NBER working paper , by Harvard Josh Lerner and Ramana Nanda, takes a deep dive into the role of venture capital in driving US innovation.

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EntreWorks Consulting

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Over the years, I’ve worked in many communities that don’t really have a good understanding of how their local economies work. They operate with limited and/or outdated information on who’s hiring, who’s growing, and who’s doing innovative things in business and elsewhere. That’s work for academics, not for economic developers!

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EntreWorks Consulting

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Our latest edition of EntreWorks Insights examined the power of place, i.e., how community gathering places can help build social capital and promote economic development. The latest example comes from Maine where the Maine Coworking Development Fund has just kicked off. Maine’s Coworking Development Fund.

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EntreWorks Consulting

MARCH 10, 2020

In recent years, many states and communities have embraced food systems and ag/food sector development as core economic development strategies. This is a field with lots of innovation and creativity underway, but one of my favorite efforts has been Vermont’s Farm to Plate programming. EntreWorks Blog.

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EntreWorks Consulting

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

As we continue to slog toward an economic recovery from the pandemic, communities around the US are coming to grips with the problem of housing. ROI), a regional economic development partnership covering 11 counties. This effort is just one example of local innovation in the face of our current housing shortage.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 29, 2010

There’s also been some great blog chatter from Sarah Tavel ( here ) and Josh Kopelman ( here and here ) on the topic. Community is one solution I had in mind. In fact, the failure of the local chamber of commerce and economic development organizations is largely the reason why it’s so expensive for local plays to acquire customers.

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Forward Cities

JULY 25, 2019

In my last blog, I talked about the definition and evaluation of two key elements of an entrepreneurial ecosystem – entrepreneurs and entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs). Identify and develop better metrics and methods for ecosystem building. As a result, the whole is greater than the sum of its separate parts.”.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 24, 2022

Singapore Economic Development Board inks first Israel partnership with OurCrowd. OurCrowd is the first Israeli company to partner with the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), under its Global Innovation Alliance (GIA) programme, StartupHub.ai for AI-powered coding tech BioLumic wraps $13.5M

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

APRIL 16, 2019

Founded by Andrew Strause (’17), Beemia is a free information marketplace that brings college students, businesses, and communities together. Beemia believes in the power of all community members – college students and businesses alike – working together to grow and thrive. We Inve$t in Innovation.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The platform ultimately creates a climate change in the school that encourages a sense of community where there are no bullies or victims. We Inve$t in Innovation. Unlike other programs, in addition to the bullying prevention model, PROJECT TEAM also focuses on a student’s social and emotional learning as well as career readiness.

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