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Celebrating 2021 Accomplishments and Looking Ahead to New Opportunities

Angel Capital Association

We owe a debt of gratitude to our tireless volunteers and professional staff for their leadership, expertise, and dedication to our mission. Fostering these entrepreneurs and the economies they impact is a direct result of ACA’s mission to fuel the success of angel investor community.

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Celebrating 2022 Accomplishments and Looking Ahead to New Opportunities

Angel Capital Association

We are deeply grateful to our dedicated volunteers and professional staff for their leadership, expertise and dedication to our mission. Investments made by individual angels and angel groups continued to “fuel the tank” for entrepreneurs and kept investment pipelines flowing for venture capitalists.

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Project to Professionalize Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Building Progresses

Ecosystem Builder Hub

The Ecosystem Building Leadership Project (EBLP) is an initiative to advance the entrepreneurship ecosystem building field of practice. Tarsha Hearns , Senior Director of Ecosystems at Dallas Entrepreneur Center (Communications Working Team). Julie Heath , VP Entrepreneurial Ecosystems at Indiana Economic Development Corporation.

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Professional development for tomorrow’s ecosystem builders

Ecosystem Builder Hub

What we found through our research are three essential areas to foster the professional and personal development of entrepreneurial ecosystem builders: Justifying and valuing their work: Building the business case for inclusive ecosystem building through fieldwide metrics . The Business Case for inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem building.

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Frustrations and Challenges of Ecosystem Builders

Ecosystem Builder Hub

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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Practical Metrics and Methods: ESHIP Goal 5 – Part 1

Ecosystem Builder Hub

I asked them to treat me like a funder. The traditional economic development approach uses static and reactive metrics – the number of jobs created, capital investment dollars, and companies recruited – on an annual basis. They learn how to develop community goals and strategies to achieve those. I’m excited!”

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

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. Notley Ventures.

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