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Strategies to sustain your entrepreneurial ecosystem

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While it might be tempting to jump right in, it’s important to take the time to evaluate successful outcomes and develop a strategy to achieve your goals. Network Navigator: Often, entrepreneurs need a knowledgeable person to help them connect to resources. Building collaborations can spark, spur, and sustain economic growth.

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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. Identify Potential Allies.

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NJEDA Hosts Diversity Finance Advisory Board Meeting, Convening Diverse Group of Entrepreneurs and Investors

American Entrepreneurship

(March 5, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) held the first in-person meeting of the Diversity Finance Advisory Board (DFAB) last week, bringing together a diverse group of investors, entrepreneurs, and mentors for presentations and networking sessions.

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Investing and Saving as a Woman Entrepreneur

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Sharon Oberlander, a wealth management advisor with Merrill Lynch and long-time mentor to women entrepreneurs and executives, shares her thoughts on what women in business should know about investing, retirement and personal finance. Q: Is there a specific percentage of income women entrepreneurs should be devoting for retirement?

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NJEDA Awards First $2M under Angel Match Program to Support Early-Stage Technology Companies

American Entrepreneurship

The ultimate goal is to foster an entrepreneurial ecosystem that leads to greater economic growth by providing companies with crucial funding for product development, marketing, research and development, and other working capital needs.

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How To Grow Your Economy. Build It, Don’t Buy It!

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Building Startup Communities is the Way to Economic Growth and Recovery. And yet, our economic policies espoused by governments and traditional economic development approaches continue to focus on attracting big businesses. It’s time for a radical rethink in how we do economic development. Economies are hurting.

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Governor Murphy Cuts the Ribbon at HAX Flagship U.S. HQ in Newark

American Entrepreneurship

HAX, a startup development program for pre-seed hard tech companies, with offices across the world, supports startups and entrepreneurs through investment capital, mentorship, and collaboration. Having a physical location where entrepreneurs can collaborate will help support new, diverse innovators and drive long-term economic growth.