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Raising Awareness about Entrepreneurship as an Economic Development Strategy

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“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. They understand it from a general sense.

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The Glue that Makes a Community Stick

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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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New Year, New Entrepreneurs: Five tips for supporting early-stage entrepreneurs ?

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Some key organizations that fill the needs of startups which you should seek out and invite into your network include: The public library , a vital and often overlooked resource for free access to business databases, education, equipment and internet access. Go beyond a quick impersonal referral.

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Unsung Hero Spotlight: Ellen Bateman

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In an ecosystem, there should be multiple ESOs, coworking spaces, incubators/accelerators, investors, etc.communicating about the resources they have to support entrepreneurs. While I understand competition, the goal is to be working together to provide an ecosystem with all the resources necessary for a startup to start and grow.

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Sustainable Work: ESHIP Goal 7

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Louis region find data for their groups, done some work for the NCRD (National Center for Resource Development) – helping them put together lists of resources and contacts, helped Startup Champions Network search for grants, and worked with different entrepreneur support organizations in St. Kim Louis’ Experiences. “I

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Frustrations and Challenges of Ecosystem Builders

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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. The startup world asks founders to disrupt their industries with data.