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Strategies to sustain your entrepreneurial ecosystem

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Entrepreneurs are key contributors to job creation and economic stability, so your long-term strategy should include ways to support their success by building effective entrepreneurship ecosystems. Network Communicator: It’s critical to share information about your work and celebrate successes with the community.

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Revitalizing Your Resource Partner Network

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If you’re feeling like your entrepreneurial ecosystem engagement has been dormant, you’re not alone. During the pandemic, many ecosystem builders have felt challenged maintaining meaningful engagement with their network. There’s a lot to be optimistic about for entrepreneurship-led economic development.

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Impact Hub: Our policy approach

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Impact enterprises refer to SMEs (small-medium enterprises), SGBs (small growing businesses) and micro enterprises operating at the crossroads of entrepreneurship and social and/or environmental impact. The Impact Hub approach supports the development of entrepreneurial ecosystems that are responsive to the needs of impact entrepreneurs.

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Case Study: The Dan River Region Ecosystem Development

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We found one of those exemplary steps in southern Virginia where the Dan River Region Entrepreneur Ecosystem recognized the need for an ecosystem coordinator and rallied their stakeholders to hire the first entrepreneurial ecosystem builder for the region. From Tobacco & manufacturing to entrepreneurship.

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Professional development for tomorrow’s ecosystem builders

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This post is part of a series featuring highlights from the Unsung Heroes of Ecosystem Building campaign which shone a spotlight on 40+ entrepreneurial ecosystem builders from around the U.S. Not everybody can do ecosystem building; it’s a talent that is developed through experience and education, connections and networking.

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Solution Stories: Expanding Opportunity in Franklin County, Ohio

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It is a description for a new entrepreneurial support pilot program launching in Franklin County, OH in January of 2020. One of the unique things about the work of Forward Cities is the placed-based focus of the entrepreneurial ecosystem-building work. Side Hustles and Innovation Sprints.

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Practical Metrics and Methods: ESHIP Goal 5 – Part 1

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Practical Metrics and Methods (Practitioner Edition): Identify and develop better metrics and methods for ecosystem building. In a nutshell : There are many metrics and methods in use in entrepreneurial ecosystem building, but they are not all widely adopted. I asked them to treat me like a funder. Voices from the field.