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Startup Fundraising that Meets Investor Expectations

American Entrepreneurship

If the founding entrepreneurs believe their business models will scale quickly, they will need a good deal of funding to support growth. That includes angel investors, venture capitalists, and institutional funders associated with various stages of a startup’s growth. A funded venture’s success is tied to the people running it.

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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. Improving the Field: Imagine a learning infrastructure supporting the entrepreneurship ecosystem building field widely seen as both efficient and innovative. What would that look like?

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Unsung Hero Spotlight: Beth Zimmer

Ecosystem Builder Hub

Data today, 3-5 years later will not support that notion though. I believe it is that this vision is too visionary for the majority of our existing leadership ecosystem. Today, I have asked some key funders to consider requiring ecosystem asks vs asks from individual organizations.

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Circularity Tales: Accelerate2030 piloting the transition

Impact Hub

How can we better support acceleration and incubation efforts to push for the transition from the linear to the circular economy? If you slept on it, Accelerate2030 is the world’s leading program for entrepreneurial solutions towards the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Professional development for tomorrow’s ecosystem builders

Ecosystem Builder Hub

In the midst of supporting founders in their communities during a global pandemic, what do they wish they were more versed in? Hard skills training: Facilitation & leadership, more and better business support for entrepreneurs, organizational skills, work-life balance. Lauren Mehler Pradhan. Melanie Lenci. Adam Arredondo.

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Frustrations and Challenges of Ecosystem Builders

Ecosystem Builder Hub

I wish the small business ecosystem had something equivalent to the angel investor networks that support technology startups. In an ecosystem, there should be multiple entrepreneurial support organizations, coworking spaces, incubators/accelerators, investors, etc.communicating about the resources they have to support entrepreneurs.

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Case Study: The Dan River Region Ecosystem Development

Ecosystem Builder Hub

How they managed to rally other ecosystem stakeholders into supporting these efforts. We are fortunate to have leadership that have masterminded strategies utilizing public and private funding, along with a stellar regional foundation (Danville Regional Foundation, or DRF) to slowly work this puzzle out. Eva talks about the early days.