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RFQ | Consulting Partner for Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Metrics & Capacity Building

Forward Cities

E3 Durham (E3D) is a place-based, inclusive entrepreneurs initiative supported by Durham Countys ARPA funding. Aligned with direct services to entrepreneurs, the E3 Alliancea dynamic advisory council of local entrepreneurial support organizations (ESOs) and community partnersserves as a collaborative engine for aligned priorities and action.

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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. How can your programming be sustainable and live beyond this grant cycle? How can you get others on board to help support your vision?

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Black Innovation Alliance, Village Capital team up to support founders of color

TechCrunch

Black Innovation Alliance and Village Capital today announced Resource, a national initiative aimed at boosting the efforts of entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs) led by, and focused on, founders of color. Resource aims to give local accelerators and incubators support in the form of training and community.

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Unsung Hero Spotlight: Beth Zimmer

Ecosystem Builder Hub

Data today, 3-5 years later will not support that notion though. Today, I have asked some key funders to consider requiring ecosystem asks vs asks from individual organizations. Educating the rest of the world as to why this field is critical, resulting in sustainable resources being deployed across the country.

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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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We’re disrupting TechCrunch Disrupt: 8 stages, 3 days, 1 city

TechCrunch

Sustainability Stage: Tackles social and environmental solutions such as urban mobility, sustainable tech, green infrastructure, and new mobilities. Support the startup community as a Disrupt partner If you want to reach the world’s most ambitious founders, investors, and technologists, there’s no better place than TechCrunch Disrupt.

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Developing Rapid-Response Plans for Cities to Help Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses in This Time of Economic Crisis

Forward Cities

Set up or leverage a digital communications platform that helps small businesses connect with resources, a community of support, and a storytelling platform that can personalize and amplify the work, products, and needs of small businesses; . Cities need to be ready to harness this creative energy as part of their response plans.