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Raising Awareness about Entrepreneurship as an Economic Development Strategy

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“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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The Achilles Heel of Startup Ecosystems

This is going to be BIG.

Across the world, various economic development organizations, government agencies, and non-profits are putting in admirable and well-intentioned efforts to develop startup ecosystems. Not a one—and through conversations with other seed funds I know, this is pretty widespread.

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CoreWeave’s IPO Marks a Milestone for New Jersey’s AI Ecosystem

American Entrepreneurship

The companys collaboration with the New Jersey Economic Development Agency is a boost to the states program to attract AI companies for its innovation economy. This collaboration represents the best of what private-public partnerships can achieve, said Brian Venturo, CoreWeaves chief strategy officer.

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How to engage resource partners: continuing the conversation

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During our March Quarterly Conversation, affiliates discussed the challenges moving from individual entrepreneur support organizations to a collaborative, community-based model. Denisse Rodriguez from Colmena66 has found one of the best ways to foster relationships in your network is to hold resource partner meetups.

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Join the International Celebration of Makers, Innovators and Job Creators November 8-14

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The campaign introduces people to the path of entrepreneurship, creates opportunity for collaboration and facilitates access to capital and other resources that are vital to entrepreneurial success. Four distinct themes guide activities throughout the week: ecosystems, education, inclusion and policy. Register here: [link].

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Scamnetic’s $13M Series A to Scale AI-Powered Scam Detection

American Entrepreneurship

Scam Education : Continually updated resources that help individuals and companies stay informed on evolving scam tactics. As a homegrown company, Scamnetic is actively contributing to the regions economic development by creating high-skilled jobs, attracting venture capital, and fostering technology leadership.

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Rallying for rural entrepreneurship: addressing the challenges that face rural small businesses

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During my tenure with the local University I worked with economic developers all across Iowa, from Sioux City to Davenport and a great many small but mighty communities in-between: Grinnell, Parkersburg, Webster City and Lamoni to name a few. Starting and growing a business can prove to be a daunting endeavor within any market.