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New Year, New Entrepreneurs: Five tips for supporting early-stage entrepreneurs ?

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To effectively support any entrepreneur, you must develop an infrastructure of resources in your community. After working with over 100 communities, we know that resources tend to cluster around the type of entrepreneur served and stage of business. Include resources that specialize in supporting new entrepreneurs.

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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 Glue that Makes a Community Stick

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Cheaper rents could make it a great place for the creative community and there''s no reason why it shouldn''t become as popular a destination for out of town events the same way that Austin has. Unfortunately, there''s no hotel, conference, or venue space to allow a South by Coney Island.

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Unsung Hero Spotlight: Ellen Bateman

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Tens of thousands of activities take place and highlight ways ecosystems are supporting entrepreneurship, but also exposes individuals to the idea of becoming an entrepreneur. This year, I identified volunteers to serve State Coordinators and Community Organizers. How can we support you?

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Sustainable Work: ESHIP Goal 7

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In this void, they must often rely on their instincts, personal support systems, and ad hoc revenue streams. To sustain the work of ecosystem building, we must equip our practitioners for the long haul with a professional job description, training programs, ongoing peer support, and sustainable funding models. Read Kim’s spotlight.

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Frustrations and Challenges of Ecosystem Builders

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As an emerging field that is challenging the status quo of entrepreneurship in economic development, ecosystem builders are bound to run into obstacles along the way which – if repeated and consistent – make us want to pull our hair out. and abroad between February and September 2020. Buddy Palmer. Eric Parker.

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Expanding Our Entrepreneurial Imagination in Indianapolis

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Maybe you envision your local coffee shop owner who wants to create space for community members to connect over a good cup of joe. As Forward Cities journeys with communities to develop equitable entrepreneurial ecosystems, one thing we are learning is that our collective imagination around entrepreneurship will have to expand.