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Strategies to sustain your entrepreneurial ecosystem

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Entrepreneurs are key contributors to job creation and economic stability, so your long-term strategy should include ways to support their success by building effective entrepreneurship ecosystems. How can you get others on board to help support your vision? Collaborate with community stakeholders.

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Vista Equity Partners AI Hackathon Winners Announced

American Entrepreneurship

The winners in six categories are: Bonterra , Best Overall, used Large Language Models (LLMs) to streamline the grant review process for funders, a major challenge in the grant-making space. UDC Chief Operating Officer David A. Franklin summed up the importance of holding the hackathon with participation of HBCU students.

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Developing Rapid-Response Plans for Cities to Help Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses in This Time of Economic Crisis

Forward Cities

It is this form of connected, community collaboration that is going to be critical to responding quickly to the immediate needs of entrepreneurs and small business owners in the community, especially those most vulnerable to these economic shocks. Cities need to be ready to harness this creative energy as part of their response plans.

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Unsung Hero Spotlight: Beth Zimmer

Ecosystem Builder Hub

We appreciate collaboration and work diligently to identify appropriate networks & partners within ecosystems to convene and apply solutions collectively. Data today, 3-5 years later will not support that notion though. Today, I have asked some key funders to consider requiring ecosystem asks vs asks from individual organizations.

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Case Study: The Dan River Region Ecosystem Development

Ecosystem Builder Hub

How they managed to rally other ecosystem stakeholders into supporting these efforts. Alexis Ehrhardt, President & CEO at Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce, explains “For two years, Danville Regional Foundation provided a fellow to support the development of the ecosystem. The need for an ecosystem builder.

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Startup Fundraising that Meets Investor Expectations

American Entrepreneurship

If the founding entrepreneurs believe their business models will scale quickly, they will need a good deal of funding to support growth. That includes angel investors, venture capitalists, and institutional funders associated with various stages of a startup’s growth. A funded venture’s success is tied to the people running it.

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Practical Metrics and Methods: ESHIP Goal 5 – Part 1

Ecosystem Builder Hub

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. Metrics can reflect the strengths and challenges of an ecosystem. Ellen Bateman.