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Raising Awareness about Entrepreneurship as an Economic Development Strategy

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“Communities seeking to grow their economy need to understand the impact entrepreneurship and small business play in economic growth.” — Grow Your Own: Entrepreneurship-based Economic Development for Local Communities, Dell Gines, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. They understand it from a general sense.

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Student Innovators from Oklahoma State, University of Oklahoma and Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Win First at Entrepreneur’s Cup

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OKLAHOMA CITY – Students from eight Oklahoma schools were awarded $158,000 in cash prizes and scholarships during the 19th annual Entrepreneur’s Cup last week. The Entrepreneur’s Cup is presented by Love’s Travel Stops. Three winners were announced. “We

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15 Ventures with Underrepresented Founders share $198K in Startup302 Grant Prizes

American Entrepreneurship

His talk advised entrepreneurs to avoid getting caught up in perfectionism and instead take responsibility for outcomes, expect to be wrong and to “mess things up,” to remain coachable, to always default to action and to focus on what’s important.

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Does Atlantic Canada have a blueprint for rural revival in the post-pandemic era?

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Stephen Harper, the country’s prime minister from 2006 to 2015, famously quipped that the region suffered from “ a culture of defeatism.” VC firms have taken notice: notable investors in Atlantic Canadian startups include Breakthrough Energy Ventures , a fund supported by Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson.

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Q&A with Meg Salyer

Innovation 2 Enterprise

Salyer served as a member of the Council Finance Committee, Council Economic Development Committee, and as chairman of the Council Social Services Committee. What advice would you give to entrepreneurs pursuing a startup in Oklahoma? Oklahoma is very friendly to entrepreneurs. Meg retired from the Council April 8, 2019.

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How Big Business Could Help Small Business in Kansas City

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And the promise of federal small business loans is inadequate for entrepreneurs who fear they might not be able to pay the money back. We could create a digital product but it would take time, money and energy. Hancock and Denver Economic Development and Opportunity (DEDO) to announce the Denver Small Business Emergency Relief Fund.

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Frustrations and Challenges of Ecosystem Builders

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As an emerging field that is challenging the status quo of entrepreneurship in economic development, ecosystem builders are bound to run into obstacles along the way which – if repeated and consistent – make us want to pull our hair out. and abroad between February and September 2020. The scarcity mindset holds us all back.