SourceLink Director, Rob Williams, with his summertime hat, kicked off the SourceLink Affiliate Quarterly Conversation on July 11. A big thank you to guest speakers Deb Brown and Becky McCray with SaveYour.Town, Lindsay Schuenke, Senior Director of Community with InBIA and affiliate Scott Asmus, Network Builder, SourceLink Nebraska.
Kansas City Here I Come!
Lindsay Schuenke, Senior Director of Community with InBIA, announced the InBIA e.builders Forum in Kansas City October 22-24. Along with InBIA, SourceLink, KCSourceLink/MOSourceLink and Third Eye Network are co-sponsoring this event. We have terrific nationally known speakers, a fab tour of KC ecosystem hot spots, lots of networking and of course great food planned.
Registration is here https://na.eventscloud.com/ereg/index.php?eventid=800146&. For more information and the SourceLink Affiliate discount code, contact Lindsay Schuenke, [email protected].
Building Rural Ecosystems with Innovation Business Models
Deb Brown and Becky McCray joined forces in May 2015 to create SaveYour.Town to help rural and smaller communities thrive. Their own experiences in agriculture, economic development, entrepreneurship, nonprofits and government keep them grounded in the real world and their research-backed Idea Friendly Method supports community resiliency and allows for adoption of innovative new ideas.
Major gratitude to our featured speakers Deb Brown and Becky McCray from SaveYour.Town for all the insightful information on how to support new, small and emerging companies during their conversation entitled, Tiny, Temporary, Together, Traveling and Tech: Innovative Rural Business Models that can work in any community. Signup for the SaveYour.Town newsletter, review the findings from the 2024 Survey of Rural Challenges, and explore the many other resources, toolkits, and consulting services available from Deb and Becky. They are great friends and do excellent work.
From Our Affiliate Network
Scott Asmus, Network Builder, SourceLink Nebraska, demonstrated an innovative way to create custom views of their Resource Partners on The Resource Navigator®. On their website, the Business Resource Assets section now has categories of Resource Partners, such as Business Development Organizations, Small Business Development Centers, and Loan Options to make it easier to connect with the states’ 697 Resource Partners.
Dana Masters, SourceLink Communications Specialist, shared the SourceLink Events Calendar – https://www.joinsourcelink.com/explore/entrepreneurial-economic-development-calendar/ which is the most comprehensive eship-led economic development events calendar in the country. Please contribute your national events and check out others.
Solomon Lee, SourceLink Project Manager, brought us up to date on exciting announcements from our affiliate network.
- Congrats to Mandi Mitchell and the team at Lafayette Economic Development Authority for reaching Accredited Economic Development Organization status from the International Economic Development Council. (Acadiana is a regional affiliate of Louisiana Business Hub). https://lnkd.in/gt68SgcR
- Congrats to GNO, Inc. and Louisiana Economic Department on the launch of SmallBizNola, the 5th region of Louisiana Business Hub.
https://louisianabizhub.com/smallbiznola/ - Congratulations to Brandi O’Malley, SourceLink Nebraska, Network Navigator, who is the Dean’s Award Winner for Nebraska Business Development Center given by the University of Nebraska at Omaha College of Business Administration
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nebraska-business-development-center_if-every-team-had-a-brandi-omalley-the-activity-7208814737457860609-4W-d/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop - Congratulations to Chicago Urban League on the amazing donation of the Chatham Training Facility from Walmart that will expand the Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation. https://citizennewspapergroup.com/news/2024/jun/24/walmart-to-donate-chatham-job-training-facility-to-chicago-urban-league-to-benefit-the-south-side/
- SourceLink is welcoming 10 new communities today all part of the National League of Cities City Inclusive Entrepreneurship program: Lawrence, KS, Topeka, KS, Evanston, IL, Matteson, IL, Springfield, MA, Charlotte, NC, Muskogee, OK, North Georgia, Webster Groves, MO, Snohomish, WA https://www.nlc.org/initiative/city-inclusive-entrepreneurship/
- A big thank you to the Colmena66 team for the wonderful video from our 2023 SourceLink Affiliate Summit in Puerto Rico last year. Here’s the link! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElrSGbGZLk0
- ALSO, congrats on the launch of their online interactive State of Puerto Rico entrepreneurship ecosystem report for 2023 https://www.colmena66.com/reporte-de-la-comunidad-2023/
- Congrats to our newest affiliates Fairfax CORE and O’ahu Business Connector! We are so proud of you!
Recent Graphic from Oahu Business Connector
SourceLink™ Enterprise is Launched!
SourceLink, along with assistance from affiliate Nexus I90, recently launched SourceLink Enterprise. SourceLink Enterprise is the next generation of SourceLink™ Pro CRM. SourceLink Enterprise adds the ability to allow multiple Resource Partners to login and contribute, add, and edit data to client records that can either be shared or kept private. Stay tuned for more details. For more information and to schedule a demonstration contact Krista Markley, Business Development Director [email protected].
SourceLink Affiliate Quarterly Conversations
SourceLink Affiliate Quarterly Conversations are a benefit for SourceLink clients. Agendas include topics, speakers and discussions suggested by our community of network and ecosystem builders and is an opportunity for the SourceLink network to share best practices and with one another. For more information about becoming a SourceLink affiliate and to join our conversations, please contact Krista Markley, [email protected].
