Impact Hub

JUNE 1, 2021

It contributes to the development of social enterprise ecosystems to drive collaboration and innovation around the Sustainable Development Goals through locally rooted Impact Hubs, as well as with partners and allied networks. Impact Hub media contact. Wendy van Leeuwen, Global Communications Director, wendy.vanleeuwen@impacthub.net.

entrepreneurship 36

entrepreneurship development funders frameworks 36

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

Forward Cities

MARCH 27, 2020

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. The time for action is now.

entrepreneurs 98

entrepreneurs development entrepreneurial ecosystem communities 98

Surdna Foundation

APRIL 11, 2022

As a racial justice funder, we also know that shifting power and building equity, mutual accountability, and authentic, trusting relationships are vital to our grantmaking. We are also proactively sharing our data with Candid and signing on to data-sharing initiatives, such as the Climate Funders Justice Pledge. Shifting power.

funders 36

funders peer-to-peer communities consulting 36

Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Policy and collaboration with policy, academic and funding institutions. How to measure the impact of people collaborating. I’d like to understand how to build effective multi-year plans that inspire and engage both funders of my own organization (and/or myself!) I’d like to be a more skilled collaborator. Mara Hardy.

development 75

development entrepreneurial ecosystem funders economic development 75

Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 14, 2020

Someone who could understand the current landscape, help envision where we want to be and collaboratively develop a plan to get there.”. We have extremely talented people in our entrepreneurship support network, but as with all collaborative efforts, partnerships can also bring their own set of challenges. says Alexis.

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development entrepreneurial ecosystem entrepreneurship communities 119

TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

Funds need funders too, however, and the lack of traditional LPs willing to write checks for this industry can be problematic even though investments are trending upward. The silver lining is that we get creative, collaborative and deepen a sense of community. Cannabis is not for someone needing a well-trodden path void of obstacles.

peer-to-peer 89

peer-to-peer funders communities opportunity 89

David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

“Since 2011, the Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship has supported the work of 36 innovators—representing the United States as well as 18 other countries on five continents—who address pressing global issues, from healthcare delivery to college persistence and sustainable construction in developing nations.

startup 70

startup incubation accelerator innovation 70

David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

“Since 2011, the Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship has supported the work of 36 innovators—representing the United States as well as 18 other countries on five continents—who address pressing global issues, from healthcare delivery to college persistence and sustainable construction in developing nations.

startup 40

startup mentorship sustainability accelerator 40