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Improving startup results through female leadership

TechCrunch

Diverse teams have also been found to produce the most creative ideas. A key tenant of the Design Thinking and Lean Startup methods — which have served entrepreneurial ecosystems well — is to lead with action. Better ideas, more innovation, higher revenue and long-term profitability will be your reward.

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Enlist collaborators. Everyone is invited. Fireside Chat 3

Ecosystem Builder Hub

Because it’s an opportunity to remind them how intelligent, creative and knowledgeable they are. Rick’s approach to recruiting mentors is the epitome of the third principle for effective ecosystem building: Enlist collaborators. Diversity of thought and experience is where new ideas come about and where innovation can happen.

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Solution Stories: Expanding Opportunity in Franklin County, Ohio

Forward Cities

One of the unique things about the work of Forward Cities is the placed-based focus of the entrepreneurial ecosystem-building work. We began with the goal to better understand our local entrepreneurial ecosystem through this placed-based lens. Side Hustles and Innovation Sprints. Innovation Sprints.

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Expanding Opportunity In Franklin County, Ohio

Forward Cities

One of the unique things about the work of Forward Cities is the placed-based focus of the entrepreneurial ecosystem-building work. We began with the goal to better understand our local entrepreneurial ecosystem through this placed-based lens. SIDE HUSTLES AND INNOVATION SPRINTS. Innovation Sprints.

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Developing Rapid-Response Plans for Cities to Help Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses in This Time of Economic Crisis

Forward Cities

As the Economic Innovation Group states, “the startup-less recovery revealed one of the glaring failures of the response to the Great Recession.” At Forward Cities we are working with a growing number of communities to foster cross-sector teams committed to strengthening their equitable entrepreneurial ecosystems.