Ecosystem Builder Hub

APRIL 2, 2021

“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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EntreWorks Consulting

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Our latest edition of EntreWorks Insights examined the power of place, i.e., how community gathering places can help build social capital and promote economic development. These powerful places can take many forms, including business offices, libraries and coworking spaces, among others.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 14, 2013

What was harder to figure out how to do--and something no one ever really thinks about on the economic development side, is community. Anyone can build a coworking space, but it''s a lot harder to attract and curate a set of folks that makes me want to move into that space.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 21, 2020

However, my time is valuable and if I give you an hour of conversation out of my expertise, that means it’s not just the time investment; behind that time stands 25 years of experience, a college education (that I’m still paying for) and a family that I support. Kim Louis’ Experiences. “I Mark Lawrence’s Work. “I

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

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. and abroad between February and September 2020. Ellen Bateman. Gabe Munoz.

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Forward Cities

JULY 2, 2019

In King Commons, we met a group of guys running a bike repair shop out of a home garage, a woman launching a small restaurant inside of a bodega that was still under development, and community leaders who developed their ability to see potential business opportunities into a community-economic development consulting firm.

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