Revolution

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

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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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

They are the hidden gems in the economic development strategy and downtown reinvestment efforts of every place (yes, I really mean every place). You already have some type of small-scale manufacturing business in your community, and as you learn more about these businesses in this book, you may start to notice them.

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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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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 24, 2021

With the Oklahoma Center for Advancement and Technology (OCAST) as its hub, OIM is a strategic initiative and public public-private partnership with i2E, the Oklahoma Manufacturing Alliance (OMA), the New Product Development Center (NPDC) at OSU, and the OK Catalyst programs at the Tom Love Innovation Hub at OU. Michael Carolina.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 29, 2020

Launched by Brad Feld in conjunction with his new book The Startup Community Way: Evolving an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem , co-authored by Ian Hathaway , the online network has grown quickly to over 3,500 (as of today) members in the few short weeks since it launched in early July. Entrepreneurial Recycling.

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EntreWorks Consulting

MARCH 11, 2019

That’s why I’m so excited to see that the current NACCE leadership has put out an excellent book, Community Colleges as Incubators of Innovation , which distills lessons from NACCE’s 15 years of work to encourage community colleges to take a leading role in training students and assisting communities to start and grow new businesses.

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American Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Small businesses encouraged to take advantage of the Small Business E-Commerce Support Program to develop website, marketing plan & implement online ordering TRENTON, N.J. About the NJEDA The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) serves as the State’s principal agency for driving economic growth.

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EntreWorks Consulting

DECEMBER 11, 2019

In many ways, this proposal echoes similar efforts such as the Economic Development Administration’s I6 program or the WIRED program of the 1990s. (As As we noted in our recent newsletter, the new book, Jumpstarting America , includes a similar proposal.) I can quibble with some parts of the plan.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 23, 2024

The expansion also will free up space in the original building that will be used to expand research and development operations. The company expects to book more than $20 million in additional contracts over the next year.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 1, 2020

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. A Different Mindset.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

OCTOBER 8, 2019

HOPE is an organization, a family of nonprofits that focus on revitalizing Oak Park, Sacramento through public education and economic development. HOPE operates a bookstore, Underground Books, one of less than 50 black-owned bookstores in the United States. Ramon Ray caught up with Julian Love, the Chief Business Officer for St.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 1, 2023

I had great support from the Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency, my two coaches and numerous other founders who were generous with their time and energy. Joining Entrepreneurs’ Organisation (EO) two years ago has been a game-changer as other founders’ shared experiences are so useful.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

Elliott’s book is based on his broad experience in entrepreneurship. In addition to books and articles, Elliott leads workshops and conference panels, has authored tax policy, and recruited companies to place hundreds of technology jobs in New Orleans after Katrina. And then Elliott took our conversation in another direction.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

We take tech experts, teach them the policy process through an in-residence fellowship program in the Bay Area, and encourage them to develop outside-the-box solutions to society’s problems. Their foci include addressing environmental sustainability, racial and gender equity, economic development concerns, etc. Skoll Foundation.

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EntreWorks Consulting

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Check out our takes on new and interesting books for those with wonky interest in community building, economic development, and what’s next in our profession. EntreWorks Insights–New Books Issue. But, it’s not too early for the EntreWorks Insights holiday recommended reads issue ! EntreWorks Blog.

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EntreWorks Consulting

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

In recent years, we’ve seen a number of interesting new community development models being used out in the field. To briefly summarize, WealthWorks is an asset-based community development strategy that helps region to understand their assets (forms of community wealth) and to help grow and retain assets that remain anchored in the community.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2021

In his book “Unicorn in the Woods: How East Coast Geeks and Dreamers are Changing the Game , ” Pitts recounts how in March 2011 Salesforce purchased New Brunswick-based social media monitoring company Radian6 for approximately $300 million. Outsiders were surprised by the sudden upsurge in exits, but momentum had been building for some time.

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Derek Sivers

JANUARY 20, 2014

This is the first chapter of my new Singapore 2014 book. The chairman of the government’s Economic Development Board told his colleagues, “We are in the hospitality business.” When I tell people I live in Singapore, the most common misunderstandings I hear are: “How can you live in that sterile squeaky-clean police state?”.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 26, 2023

Sure, we’ve come to understand how harmful the effects of social media can be on Americans—from its effects on self-esteem to how it isolates and divides us—and I’ll be the first one to admit that my Chef Reactions time on TikTok would be better spent reading a book, talking with my wife, playing with my daughter, or calling a family member.

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