Ecosystem Builder Hub

APRIL 2, 2021

“Communities seeking to grow their economy need to understand the impact entrepreneurship and small business play in economic growth.” — Grow Your Own: Entrepreneurship-based Economic Development for Local Communities, Dell Gines, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Identify Potential Allies.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JUNE 20, 2020

What is the most successful/impactful program/event/thing you do/have done in your ecosystem? In my role, I serve as the national organizer for Global Entrepreneurship Week in the United States. GEW is the world’s largest celebration of entrepreneurship. It takes place for one week each November in over 170 countries.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 16, 2019

Silje had a vision for a space that would invite interactions between unlikely allies in the name of creativity and innovation. The coworking space opened its doors in September 2011, as the first of its kind in Norway. This sparks exciting discussions around sustainability topics, and – every so often – new collaborations.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

As an emerging field that is challenging the status quo of entrepreneurship in economic development, ecosystem builders are bound to run into obstacles along the way which – if repeated and consistent – make us want to pull our hair out. The frustrating reality of non-collaboration. Ellen Bateman. Why won’t you play?

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Forward Cities

JUNE 27, 2019

The first workshop was the Community Entrepreneurship Accelerator (CEA) Snapshot, which provided an insight into the work Forward Cities is doing in Indianapolis, Kansas City, New Kensington, Columbus, and Pittsburgh. He runs a black-focused co-working space. We had a great conversation. Their occupancy is now at 80%.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Traditional insurers don’t have the know-how to properly and continually assess risk and approach digital risk the same way they approach physical products, through a statistical model that tries to predict the future based on past events. There is an incredible, thriving entrepreneurship culture that breeds fascinating companies weekly.

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