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Strategies to sustain your entrepreneurial ecosystem

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We are experiencing unprecedented opportunities for communities to evaluate how best to respond to short-term needs while building resilient solutions for long-term success. A few positions we recommend you consider are: Network Builder: Serves as the program director, managing relationships and overseeing operations.

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We’re disrupting TechCrunch Disrupt: 8 stages, 3 days, 1 city

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AI Stage: Covers the latest artificial intelligence tech related to NLG, speech recognition, virtual agents, biometrics, RPA, deep learning platforms, reactive machines, and P2P networks. Catching a session will offer a deep view that might inspire you to update your thesis…or even spot that huge, undiscovered opportunity.

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Solution Stories: Expanding Opportunity in Franklin County, Ohio

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For many cities, a history of red-lining , unequal development, and decisions to build highways through thriving minority communities contributed in significant ways to disparities in wealth and access to opportunities in our neighborhoods. For me, this hits even closer to home. Side Hustles and Innovation Sprints.

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Expanding Opportunity In Franklin County, Ohio

Forward Cities

For many cities, a history of red-lining , unequal development, and decisions to build highways through thriving minority communities contributed in significant ways to disparities in wealth and access to opportunities in our neighborhoods. For me, this hits even closer to home. SIDE HUSTLES AND INNOVATION SPRINTS.

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How VCs, Accelerators, and Coworking Spaces Put Communities in Buildings vs. Buildings in Communities

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I'll bet you don't know where the Center of NY's Tech Community and Center of Creativity is. On top of that, they tend to be the locus of innovation networks. It's no accident that the people who give out money have the largest networks of people floating around them. It's in the Financial District--right at 55 Broad Street.

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

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Additionally, with crisis comes opportunity. As disruptive as COVID-19 is, new entrepreneurial opportunities will open up because of it. Cities need to be ready to harness this creative energy as part of their response plans. Cities need to be ready to harness this creative energy as part of their response plans.

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Practical Metrics and Methods: ESHIP Goal 5 – Part 1

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I asked them to treat me like a funder. Participants learn how to conduct a baseline study that inventories assets and identifies barriers and gaps, which includes identifying and surveying the network of entrepreneurs. They described social improvement and positive outcomes – but nothing that was tangible.