Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 10, 2020

We appreciate collaboration and work diligently to identify appropriate networks & partners within ecosystems to convene and apply solutions collectively. I believe it is that this vision is too visionary for the majority of our existing leadership ecosystem. To you, what is an Ecosystem Builder?

entrepreneurial ecosystem 98

entrepreneurial ecosystem funders education communities 98

American Entrepreneurship

MAY 31, 2024

That includes angel investors, venture capitalists, and institutional funders associated with various stages of a startup’s growth. They also look for certain traits in the founder such as vision, passion, and leadership to build the right team. For a solo entrepreneur, they look for experience and significant accomplishments.

startup 105

startup pitching funders strategy 105

Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 14, 2020

We are fortunate to have leadership that have masterminded strategies utilizing public and private funding, along with a stellar regional foundation (Danville Regional Foundation, or DRF) to slowly work this puzzle out. We are much more collaborative than we were 20 years ago, because we have realized that we can do more together.

development 119

development entrepreneurial ecosystem entrepreneurship communities 119

Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Policy and collaboration with policy, academic and funding institutions. Hard skills training: Facilitation & leadership, more and better business support for entrepreneurs, organizational skills, work-life balance. How to measure the impact of people collaborating. I’d like to be a more skilled collaborator.

development 75

development entrepreneurial ecosystem funders economic development 75

Ecosystem Builder Hub

JUNE 20, 2020

Collaborative research focused on developing the field of ecosystem building would allow the field to identify the principles and practices that are most effective for fostering successful entrepreneurship. I asked them to treat me like a funder. Ellen Bateman’s Goal 5 Experiences.

entrepreneurial ecosystem 131

entrepreneurial ecosystem communities peer-to-peer entrepreneurship 131

Ecosystem Builder Hub

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The Ecosystem Building Leadership Project (EBLP) is an initiative to advance the entrepreneurship ecosystem building field of practice. After a several months of collaborative online exploration and development, over 70 volunteers convened in Indianapolis in early September to move the project forward. What would that look like?

entrepreneurship 52

entrepreneurship leadership entrepreneurial ecosystem funders 52

Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

What holds them back in their work (scarcity, silos, unrealistic expectations and an unwillingness to collaborate). The most challenging aspect in working with different ecosystem partners has been trying to get them to collaborate, or at least stop seeing each other as competitors. The frustrating reality of non-collaboration.

entrepreneurial ecosystem 52

entrepreneurial ecosystem funders sustainability education 52