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Strategies to sustain your entrepreneurial ecosystem

Source Link

We are experiencing unprecedented opportunities for communities to evaluate how best to respond to short-term needs while building resilient solutions for long-term success. Having worked in over 100 communities for over 18 years, SourceLink understands that with ecosystem-building there will never be a check box to mark “done”.

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Small Business Resources Essential for Starting a Business

American Entrepreneurship

Fearless Fund in collaboration with Amazon awards grants between $10,000 and $20,000 to black women in their B lack Business Accelerator program and the Minority Business Development Agency in the past has awarded g rants to college and universities that assist undergraduate students with entrepreneurship. Small Business Administration.

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Startup Community Engagement During Covid

Ecosystem Builder Hub

Much of what we do as startup community builders requires in-person interactions through workshops, meetups, and other events. But the Covid pandemic pushed the big pause button on in-person events that are the beating heart of many startup communities. We’re leaning heavily on our digital platforms to keep the community engaged.

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Unsung Hero Spotlight: Beth Zimmer

Ecosystem Builder Hub

Ecosystem builders exist in a variety of places, such as communities, organizations, industries, etc. We have been really successful in changing our community’s culture. Through an effective PR/Educational campaign, we’ve affected the shift to much more of a focus on encouraging more startups and risk taking.

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Black Innovation Alliance, Village Capital team up to support founders of color

TechCrunch

Resource aims to give local accelerators and incubators support in the form of training and community. Resource’s “ESO Accelerator” will train startup ecosystem leaders on how to build a more financially sustainable organization, as well as help connect them to potential funders.

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Case Study: The Dan River Region Ecosystem Development

Ecosystem Builder Hub

From Tobacco & manufacturing to entrepreneurship. But as manufacturing moved overseas and the landscape morphed and changed in the tobacco industry, our community has had to do some collective ‘soul searching’ to ensure that we are finding ways to diversify and strengthen our economy and move forward.

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Frustrations and Challenges of Ecosystem Builders

Ecosystem Builder Hub

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. Lack of diversity especially when it comes to immigrant and refugee communities.