article thumbnail

SBA Announces Community Navigator Model and Funding Opportunity

Source Link

In guiding organizations through the process of deploying Community Navigators (we often refer to them as Network Navigators), it’s been our experience this model can be successful in communities of all sizes—whether that’s impacting small towns like Klamath Falls or scaling to statewide initiatives in Kansas , Missouri , Wisconsin and Iowa.

article thumbnail

Latest Update on the SBA Community Navigator Funding Opportunity

Source Link

Small Business Administration first released the Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Community Navigator Pilot Program. What does the Community Navigator opportunity mean for my community or my organization? What is the SBA Community Navigator Model? What is the SBA Community Navigator Model?

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How entrepreneurs are building resilience in their communities

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

How entrepreneurs are building resilience in their communities. Developing the skills to be resilient is essential in order to be a strong leader, to recover from setbacks and to adapt to whatever challenges come your way. Renewing Ecuadorian communities after a natural disaster. By Shannon Courtney.

article thumbnail

Cultural re-onboarding: 3 ways to adapt to virtual collaboration

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Here’s what he shared: Organizations will need to pivot their corporate cultures if they wish to survive and thrive in the world of virtual collaboration after the pandemic. Culture refers to the social and emotional glue that bonds employees together into a community of belonging, motivates employees and protects against burnout.

culture 274
article thumbnail

3 new ways to empower your entrepreneurial community

Source Link

In 2017, we shared 3 ways to empower your entrepreneurial community. Racial wealth disparity is a major barrier to thriving communities and economic growth. Consider how you can partner with trusted organizations in your community to reach underrepresented groups who need customized support. Make your ecosystem inclusive.

article thumbnail

Building Rural Communities Through Entrepreneurship

Source Link

On Thursday, April 21, SourceLink hosted Building Rural Communities Through Entrepreneurship , a webinar on strategies for growing rural communities through entrepreneurship-led economic development. Youth entrepreneurship and community cohorts can also help drive more entrepreneurship in rural regions. Nicole LaChapelle.

article thumbnail

BankTech Ventures’ Fintech Investing focuses on Community Banks

American Entrepreneurship

Funding supports innovative technology companies that are taking community banks into the future. Community Banks, defined by the Federal Reserve as having less than $10 billion in assets, totaled 4,001 in the U.S, as of December 31, 2022, according to the FDIC.