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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. We developed and deployed a broad reaching awareness campaign.

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Expanding Our Entrepreneurial Imagination in Indianapolis

Forward Cities

We had the opportunity to visit two neighborhoods– King Commons and River West. In wholly unique ways, these places offered our participants an opportunity to see dynamic practices being applied to create opportunities for aspiring and beginning entrepreneurs. .

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Frustrations and Challenges of Ecosystem Builders

Ecosystem Builder Hub

Having worked in entrepreneurial ecosystem building ourselves, we were not surprised that the main challenges in our field arise around a typical old-school mindset and a severe lack of equal opportunities for entrepreneurs of ALL ethnicities, backgrounds and gender. The scarcity mindset holds us all back. Carina Boston Pinales. Eric Parker.