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Strategies to sustain your entrepreneurial ecosystem

Source Link

Entrepreneurs are key contributors to job creation and economic stability, so your long-term strategy should include ways to support their success by building effective entrepreneurship ecosystems. Kate Hodel, a former SourceLink colleague who worked in entrepreneurship for over 25 years, likes to refer to it as a “rinse and repeat” process.

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4 Startup Myths That Hold Innovation Back (and How to Overcome Them)

StartupNation

The benefits of building a diverse startup team are overwhelming; from increased creativity and faster problem solving, to a greater diversity of thought opening up new market opportunities and more revenue streams, to better understanding the customer base and building better products… the list goes on. entrepreneurs who bust this myth.

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Atomic-backed Jumpcut uses data to advance diversity in film

TechCrunch

It’s this rare company where 20 years of my work on data science and entrepreneurship meets with who I am outside of my work.” . “While there’s awareness, there’s no action, because nobody knows how to do it. So that’s what got me into Jumpcut. “We said, ‘no, our algorithms found you.'”

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Impact Hub: Our policy approach

Impact Hub

Impact enterprises refer to SMEs (small-medium enterprises), SGBs (small growing businesses) and micro enterprises operating at the crossroads of entrepreneurship and social and/or environmental impact. This focus is crucial for fostering a new economy that is inclusive, authentic – and more creative.

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Solution Stories: Expanding Opportunity in Franklin County, Ohio

Forward Cities

Armed with this wealth of first-hand information, the local entrepreneurial allies and business owners themselves split up into working groups to think creatively how to best address the identified barriers. It is a description for a new entrepreneurial support pilot program launching in Franklin County, OH in January of 2020.

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

Forward Cities

In the ensuing years, entrepreneurship in America struggled to recover. Cities need to be ready to harness this creative energy as part of their response plans. This is particularly true of Main Street businesses and families in under-connected and under-resourced communities.

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Expanding Opportunity In Franklin County, Ohio

Forward Cities

Armed with this wealth of first-hand information, the local entrepreneurial allies and business owners themselves split up into working groups to think creatively how to best address the identified barriers. It is a description for a new entrepreneurial support pilot program launching in Franklin County, OH in January of 2020.