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SBA Announces Community Navigator Model and Funding Opportunity

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This organization would hire culturally knowledgeable staff, coordinate ongoing collaboration in their networks, proactively target and recruit hard-to-reach entrepreneurs, and set collective impact metrics and outcomes. Information is available from the SBA Information Notice (PDF). Going beyond the SBA Community Navigator model.

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Book Review: Creating Startup Junkies

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As the field of entrepreneurial ecosystem building has started to grow over the last decade a few books dedicated exclusively to the topic have become valuable sources of information for ecosystem builders. I suspect many ecosystem builders will find the final sections of the book the most rewarding.

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The Startup Community Way: Evolving an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

Ian Hathaway

After three eventful years , I’m excited to say that my new book— The Startup Community Way: Evolving an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem , with Brad Feld —is officially available to the public today! It’s my first book, so this is a new feeling. It wasn’t always fun; writing a book of this nature is really hard work.

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How to Replicate Amazon’s Success in Rising Cities

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Here’s why: The HQ2 search process galvanized cities to drive collaboration between universities, economic development groups, civic leaders, and startup ecosystem builders. It’s important to remember that Amazon didn’t seem like a transformative company when it first started, as one of several online book sellers.

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‘Oklahoma!’ a unique model for innovation

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Oklahoma was also the first collaboration for recognized industry greats Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. Oklahoma, the play, is a unique story—and not the only unique story of innovation and collaboration with an “Oklahoma” stamp. the OIM is a catalyst for economic development in rural, regional, and urban economies.

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The Soul of Ecosystem Building

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They might work in local, state or federal government, a university, an economic development agency, a chamber of commerce, a small non-profit organization, a large corporation, or more directly in some kind of entrepreneurial support organization. Do you believe in connecting and collaborating to help others succeed ?

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Free money for your impact tech startup

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DV Hacks , led by BCG Digital Ventures: “A 48-hour hackathon to improve how we live, work, collaborate, and learn.”. Their foci include addressing environmental sustainability, racial and gender equity, economic development concerns, etc. The 501c3 also takes an administrative fee for their role in the collaboration. “.

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