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Raising Awareness about Entrepreneurship as an Economic Development Strategy

Ecosystem Builder Hub

“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. She shared an experience she had with this in Buffalo. “We

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Expanding Our Entrepreneurial Imagination in Indianapolis

Forward Cities

Among them were two food and beverage establishments using a shared space to provide outdoor seating and entertainment for their respective customers, a nonprofit hub for entrepreneurs, a coworking space, and a dynamic event space.

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Frustrations and Challenges of Ecosystem Builders

Ecosystem Builder Hub

Having to deal with the culture entrenched with the decision-makers and having to dissolve the old way of thinking in order to utilize best practices of the past and integrate these practices into forward-thinking methodologies. The scarcity mindset holds us all back. Carina Boston Pinales. Ellen Bateman. Eric Parker.