American Entrepreneurship

MAY 28, 2024

Startup 302’s mission to support founders from underrepresented backgrounds is such an important one, and this year’s finalists not only further enhance the wellspring of innovation developing in Delaware but offer technologies and solutions that truly will make the world a better place.”

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 14, 2020

As with any movement, there comes a day when grand visions need to either remain that, or be executed on so that they may evolve to the next stage of development and maturation. From Tobacco & manufacturing to entrepreneurship. This was in large part due to the grassroots nature and loose organization of the ecosystem.

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Forward Cities

MARCH 27, 2020

As the extent and impact of COVID-19 becomes more apparent, entrepreneurs and small businesses are on the front lines of its devastating impact–and with their demise comes potentially catastrophic economic losses for local communities. In the ensuing years, entrepreneurship in America struggled to recover.

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Source Link

APRIL 20, 2022

There’s a lot to be optimistic about for entrepreneurship-led economic development. As entrepreneurs and small business owners continue to recover , it’s a good time to strengthen ecosystems to support them. What types of assistance are entrepreneurs currently seeking and do we have adequate resources to support those requests?

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Not everybody can do ecosystem building; it’s a talent that is developed through experience and education, connections and networking. Hard skills training: Facilitation & leadership, more and better business support for entrepreneurs, organizational skills, work-life balance. and abroad between February and September 2020.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 20, 2023

For any entrepreneur to be successful in starting a business, they must have the right help and resources to support of their hard work. It has a small business loan guarantee program and runs awards that recognize entrepreneurs and ecosystem stakeholders who provide assistance to small business owners. Learn more here.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

Black Innovation Alliance and Village Capital today announced Resource, a national initiative aimed at boosting the efforts of entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs) led by, and focused on, founders of color. It also will provide milestone-based financial support tied to organizational development.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 10, 2020

With regard to Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Builders, I wholeheartedly agree with this statement: “The defining characteristic of entrepreneurial ecosystem builders is their long-term and system-wide approach to fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in their region or community.”(Startup ”(Startup Champions Network).

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 7, 2023

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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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JUNE 20, 2020

Practical Metrics and Methods (Practitioner Edition): Identify and develop better metrics and methods for ecosystem building. Collaborative research focused on developing the field of ecosystem building would allow the field to identify the principles and practices that are most effective for fostering successful entrepreneurship.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. Related: A Practical Guide to Diversity for Startups and Entrepreneurs. In contrast, male entrepreneurs are more likely to be asked “promotion” questions, or those related to their hopes, ambitions and achievements.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

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. Clark Rinehart. We’re better together.

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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. . In May of 2019, we brought together 70 entrepreneurs from these two neighborhoods and surrounding areas. Learn More About the Series.

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Jason Malki

JULY 26, 2023

I had the pleasure of interviewing Manuela Seve a Brazilian-born, Los Angeles-based tech entrepreneur with a futurist mindset and a background in finance. She received her Economics degree from IBMEC in Rio de Janeiro and a certificate from Stanford GSB’s Latino entrepreneurship initiative. The alphaa.io

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Forward Cities

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Forward Cities is a national leader in developing and applying research tools that support communities to better understand the inner workings of their entrepreneurial ecosystems. Most notably, these research tools include the Entrepreneur Support Organization Survey, and the Survey of Entrepreneurs.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JANUARY 29, 2021

Despite the Zoom fatigue that Peter mentions, we’ve had great success, welcoming increased numbers to our monthly Office Hours event where we have a presentation on a relevant startup subject, as well as our Startup Happy Hour where we have an interview chat with a successful entrepreneur then open it up to Q&A.

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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. In May of 2019, we brought together 70 entrepreneurs from these two neighborhoods and surrounding areas. FRANKLIN COUNTY, FORWARD CITIES.

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Forward Cities

JUNE 21, 2021

Forward Cities is a national leader in developing and applying research tools that support communities to better understand the inner workings of their entrepreneurial ecosystems. Most notably, these research tools include the Entrepreneur Support Organization Survey and the Survey of Entrepreneurs.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. Related: A Practical Guide to Diversity for Startups and Entrepreneurs. In contrast, male entrepreneurs are more likely to be asked “promotion” questions, or those related to their hopes, ambitions and achievements.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

She is also the co-founder of Build In SE , a community of founders, funders and ecosystem partners committed to company building in the Southeast (#BuildInSE). Image Credits: Nashville 2018 Regional Economic Development Guide. Monique Villa is an investor at Mucker Capital , an early-stage VC fund investing in startups across the U.S.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2021

A technology executive and entrepreneur, board member and investor, she has 25 years of experience founding and helping to scale companies, including Google, Amazon and Yodlee. I also knew Peter Fenton, one of Silicon Valley’s most successful investors and a leading funder of the company. More posts by this contributor.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

In addition, there are many other groups will give you cash, training, and community with few or no strings attached: Ashoka is a foundation that engages in scouring for and choosing the leading social entrepreneurs across the globe, who it refers to as Ashoka Fellows. Aspen Tech Policy Hub. Requires Columbia affiliation.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The autonomy and sense of ownership that attracted outstanding local entrepreneurs in the first generation of Managing Directors (many of whom now run their own funds) quickly devolved into a demanding but low-paying job, with a steadily-growing set of requirements from headquarters to carry water on behalf of the central organization.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

Mimi Aboubaker is an entrepreneur and writer. Specifically, we need to be tracking as metrics: (i) the number of first institutional round venture deals, (ii) the demographics of the founders of those companies and (iii) the composition of the funders on an annual cohort basis. We need better funder-side reporting. Contributor.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

At roughly the same time, Y Combinator (YC) and other accelerators emerged as a largely analog means for entrepreneurs willing to commit three months of time and ~6% of their company to receive en masse training and connections to mentors, peers and funders. What do these approaches have in common?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

Okra simply enables developers and businesses to build personalized digital financial service products. I think more female investors definitely means more female entrepreneurs, which is a great thing. Develop relationships in advance of when you need the funding and figure out if this is the right backer for you and your team.

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