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RFQ | Consulting Partner for Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Metrics & Capacity Building

Forward Cities

Overview Forward Cities, a national nonprofit committed to inclusive economic growth through entrepreneurship, seeks a strategic consulting partner to co-design and implement a set of field-informed solutions that advance Durhams entrepreneurial ecosystem. Printing and convening costs will be covered separately.

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RFQ | Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Project Management

Forward Cities

Overview Forward Cities, a national nonprofit committed to inclusive economic growth through entrepreneurship, seeks a strategic consulting partner to co-design and implement a set of field-informed solutions that advance Durham’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.

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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. And the ecosystem building metrics stem from the outcomes derived from the community. Voices from the field.

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Unsung Hero Spotlight: Sameer Popat

Ecosystem Builder Hub

Passionate about entrepreneurship, innovation, economic development, community engagement, and higher education, Sammy has been able to work at the intersection of his passions through his ecosystem building efforts at the University of Maryland, College Park. What is your biggest frustration as an ecosystem builder?

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What makes a successful and inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem? (Part 2)

Forward Cities

Further reflecting on the InBIA 1 conference and another recent series of interactions at the ESHIP summit, this blog is focused on measurement of the entrepreneurship ecosystem at the area-level. . Identify and develop better metrics and methods for ecosystem building. Economic Development Quarterly, 32(2), 119-134.

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NJEDA to Create Grant Program to Help Small Business Owners Purchase Commercial Properties

American Entrepreneurship

February 20, 2023) – The Board of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) has approved the creation of a pilot program that will help boost small business owners’ liquidity following the purchase of a commercial property. “In