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Strategies to sustain your entrepreneurial ecosystem

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How can your programming be sustainable and live beyond this grant cycle? Ecosystem building is real work, and initiatives can fail when the necessary time and resource commitments aren’t taken into consideration. Network Communicator: It’s critical to share information about your work and celebrate successes with the community.

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The entrepreneur in all of us – How COVID revealed gaps and opportunities in the entrepreneurial landscape

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Extra time at home allowed many people to tap into their own creativity and inner entrepreneur—not just for those who were unemployed or pursuing a change, but also those dealing with virtual work. Business owners accessing these statewide networks showed two main areas of need—business planning (42%) and financial assistance (25%).

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Impact Hub: Our policy approach

Impact Hub

Our 110 communities are diverse yet they all need an enabling environment of supportive regulatory frameworks, inclusive economic development initiatives, stronger social and environmental sustainability standards, and a brave impact funding environment. To date, our community has reached over 25,000 such impact-driven enterprises.

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Impact Hub: Our policy approach

Impact Hub

Our 110+ communities are diverse yet they all need supportive regulatory frameworks, inclusive economic development initiatives, social and environmental sustainability policies, and a strong impact funding environment. This dual approach builds trust among ecosystem players, enabling bolder and more effective collaborations.

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What is an Ecosystem Builder

Ecosystem Builder Hub

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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NJEDA Names Inaugural New Jersey Innovation Fellows Cohort

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Mentorship and network support can help mitigate the risk business failure, which many first-time entrepreneurs experience, and can propel businesses to the next level. Through their mentors, startups gain access to an expansive network of industry contacts, potential partners, and investors. said NJII President, Michael Johnson, Ph.D.

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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. Franklin County, Forward Cities. Side Hustles and Innovation Sprints.