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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. Identify Potential Allies.

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

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Incubators and coworking spaces offer programing services and are an affordable and efficient alternative to full-scale offices. University entrepreneurship and innovation centers that partner with the community to provide tools, facilities and education to local business owners.

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7 Benefits of Taking a Company Retreat

Entrepreneurs' Organization

A well-constructed retreat can refresh, renew and even repair a team of coworkers. Connect with Coworkers Outside of Work. Although it’s ill advised for employers to get too heavily invested in their coworkers’ personal lives, personal connections build a better culture. Overcome Fears. Invest in Your Business.

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Startup Communities – Where to Find Them and How to Get Involved

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

A community culture that reinforces the idea that you can fail fast, often, and still advance your ideas. Coworking spaces. How do you influence the culture of the university to be more supportive of a startup community? How can different entrepreneurship ecosystems connect with one another? Investor networks.

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Why I Quit a $450k Engineering Job at Netflix

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Coming from cultural revolution China where they barely had enough food to eat, they thought I was throwing away all the hard work they went through to come to America. the socializing, the coworkers, the perks?—?disappeared. Netflix’s culture was so different than the more secretive culture I experienced before at Amazon.

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Post-pandemic shifts means Patch will take co-working to UK small towns and suburbs

TechCrunch

Patch will take empty local high street shops and turn them into “collaborative cultural spaces” with its “Work Near Home” proposition aimed at traditional commuters. Now, a new U.K. startup has come top with a “decentralized workspace” idea which it plans to roll out across the U.K.

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ESHIP Communities Ecosystem Builder: Gerald Smith

Forward Cities

Gerald and his wife Dianna co-founded Plexpod, a coworking space where they champion entrepreneurs and the power of community to achieve success. Q: What is your deeper “why” behind your commitment and work to support inclusive entrepreneurship in Kansas City? More information about the ESHIP Communities program can be found here.