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Views on the Ground: Scenes from Our Chicago Founder Fly-In

Revolution

VP of Platform and Portfolio Success, Amira Ouji, and Head of Community, Liz Westhouse, recap the event below. At Rise of the Rest, we aim to meet founders where they are — on the ground in their communities, and in a mindset shaped by real constraints, not blind optimism.

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Tradition Meets Technology: How WAYS Is Redefining the Future of Cultural Travel

Jason Malki

WAYS leverages blockchain and AI to regenerate local economies, preserve cultural heritage, and mobilize a global community of conscious travelers. Public funders hesitate at our for-profit structure and blockchain layer. And yet, we’ve built a full platform, proven traction, and activated a growing community.

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$10K Grants and Skills Training: Free Events for June

StartupNation

Lucky for you and your business, the course and event offerings are many, varied and aimed at helping you build your skillset and your community. Gain practical tips for tracking expenses, staying compliant, and building strong relationships with funders. And, guess what? Joining is free.

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RFQ | Consulting Partner for Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Metrics & Capacity Building

Forward Cities

E3 Durham (E3D) is a place-based, inclusive entrepreneurs initiative supported by Durham Countys ARPA funding. Aligned with direct services to entrepreneurs, the E3 Alliancea dynamic advisory council of local entrepreneurial support organizations (ESOs) and community partnersserves as a collaborative engine for aligned priorities and action.

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RFQ | Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Project Management

Forward Cities

E3 Durham (E3D) is a place-based, inclusive entrepreneurs initiative supported by Durham County’s ARPA funding. A central priority of program leaders is to develop and implement specific projects to address these gaps at the entrepreneur, support provider and ecosystem levels.

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How VCs, Accelerators, and Coworking Spaces Put Communities in Buildings vs. Buildings in Communities

This is going to be BIG.

I'll bet you don't know where the Center of NY's Tech Community and Center of Creativity is. In fact, it is "well-known internationally as the original home of New York's technology community.". These are people whose business it is to support startups. Ideas get poorly vetted because the funders aren't current on tech trends.

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The Glue that Makes a Community Stick

This is going to be BIG.

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. What was harder to figure out how to do--and something no one ever really thinks about on the economic development side, is community.