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NJEDA Establishes Diversity Finance Advisory Board

American Entrepreneurship

September 21, 2023) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) today announced the establishment of the Diversity Finance Advisory Board (DFAB) which will work to increase access to institutional capital for women- and minority-owned startups. Harmon, Sr.,

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What is an Ecosystem Builder

Ecosystem Builder Hub

Someone who scopes out, provides strategy, and knows how to support, cheerlead, and provide sweat-equity to work toward collaborative economic development goals.” “Ecosystem builders provide the framework of support that founders need to scale. ” Henry Rael. ” Eric Renz Whitmore.

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WealthWorks at Work

EntreWorks Consulting

To briefly summarize, WealthWorks is an asset-based community development strategy that helps region to understand their assets (forms of community wealth) and to help grow and retain assets that remain anchored in the community. Economic developers all focus on building some kind of wealth, normally in the form of money or jobs.

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The Cooperative Growth Ecosystem

Surdna Foundation

The Cooperative Growth Ecosystem framework presents the recent wave of worker cooperative development as a timely, high-potential strategy for inclusive, place-based community economic development.