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The Startup Community Way. and more from Maine.

EntreWorks Consulting

This new work digs deeper into the real life challenges facing ecosystem builders, with a focus on sustaining this work over the long term. But, that appears to be changing with a new regional collaboration, UpStart Maine that engages local business networks, coworking spaces, and the University of Maine system in nearby Orono.

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The Best Coworking Spaces in Detroit for Your Hybrid Work Model

StartupNation

Many companies are emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic with a hybrid work model, meaning some employees will return to the office at least part-time, but others will collaborate remotely. Coworking spaces support hybrid work models in a variety of ways. Are you considering a coworking space as you emerge from remote work?

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Impact Hub Recife leaves global network

Impact Hub

After six years of collaboration, the global Impact Hub Network and Impact Hub Recife are now parting ways. The entrepreneurial community and coworking space of Impact Hub Recife, embarks this month on a new vision. Moving forward, the local team is setting up a new infrastructure that takes on an independent direction.

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Protecting Your Projects: Beat Copycats and Intellectual Property Pirates

StartupNation

Protecting your projects and yourself from copycats and intellectual property pirates is crucial to the survival, growth and sustainability of businesses, whether for startups, self-employed business owners, or large corporations. Related: Practical Ways for Entrepreneurs to Protect Their Intellectual Property in Coworking Spaces.

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Impact Hub Bergen: Where History Meets Innovation

Impact Hub

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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Frustrations and Challenges of Ecosystem Builders

Ecosystem Builder Hub

What holds them back in their work (scarcity, silos, unrealistic expectations and an unwillingness to collaborate). In an ecosystem, there should be multiple entrepreneurial support organizations, coworking spaces, incubators/accelerators, investors, etc.communicating about the resources they have to support entrepreneurs.

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Raising Awareness about Entrepreneurship as an Economic Development Strategy

Ecosystem Builder Hub

Colleges and universities provide the connective tissue necessary to build the ecosystem, and the care and feeding an ecosystem needs for its health and sustainability over time,” said Kate. Kate Jackson in Chicago and shared the importance of allying with institutions of higher learning, as they are seen as trusted anchor institutions.