Ecosystem Builder Hub

OCTOBER 2, 2020

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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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Impact Hub: Our policy approach At Impact Hub, we are committed to accelerating global impact through collaboration, innovation, and inclusivity. Our mission is to build locally rooted and globally connected entrepreneurial communities for impact at scale.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 29, 2020

Dozens of ecosystem builders share their perspective on what an entrepreneurial ecosystem builder is, and does. One of the challenges in turning ecosystem building into a recognized profession is the lack of a recognized definition for what it is and what an ecosystem builder is. This shouldn’t come as a surprise.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

AUGUST 1, 2021

There is something happening in Tulsa that everyone in this state who cares about job creation and innovation in Oklahoma needs to know about. But, for as tough as it is for any entrepreneur to access capital, it is even more difficult for Black entrepreneurs. That reality that can stop innovation in its tracks.

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Forward Cities

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Six successful restaurant and retail entrepreneurs will be matched with a team of high-level consultants and executives from diverse fields and given the tools to uplevel their growing businesses. . One of the unique things about the work of Forward Cities is the placed-based focus of the entrepreneurial ecosystem-building work.

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Forward Cities

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Six successful restaurant and retail entrepreneurs will be matched with a team of high-level consultants and executives from diverse fields and given the tools to uplevel their growing businesses. One of the unique things about the work of Forward Cities is the placed-based focus of the entrepreneurial ecosystem-building work.

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Forward Cities

DECEMBER 12, 2019

From this challenge I have an opportunity to be an ecosystem builder for inclusive procurement and entrepreneurship. I grew up in a rare household in my community—two parents, master’s degrees, entrepreneurs, living in the inner city. A: I am hopeful to see Kansas City be the most entrepreneurial city in America.

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Forward Cities

JUNE 26, 2019

Inclusive Innovation. Innovation is a hallmark of a vibrant society and is often most visible in the form of entrepreneurship. To level the playing field, it is imperative that leaders take steps to support inclusive innovation. InBIA Panel: “Equity and Inclusion in the Innovation Space”. By Stacey Williams, PhD, MPH.

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