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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 described social improvement and positive outcomes – but nothing that was tangible.

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

Their foci include addressing environmental sustainability, racial and gender equity, economic development concerns, etc. Google for Startups Accelerator. Oliver Libby, Managing Partner, H/L Ventures , notes, “it is important to remember that impact funders occupy the same spectrum of returns as regular investors.

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

Their foci include addressing environmental sustainability, racial and gender equity, economic development concerns, etc. Google for Startups Accelerator. Oliver Libby, Managing Partner, H/L Ventures , notes, “it is important to remember that impact funders occupy the same spectrum of returns as regular investors.

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