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Field writing, by the team doing the work.
Reflections, strategy notes, and practical pieces from SourceLink practitioners.
Ecosystem Building
How to Support the Supporters
Entrepreneurial service providers are on the front lines every day working to help their small business clients survive—and sometimes without the tools they need to cope with the emotional strain.
Ecosystem Building
6 Tips for Holding a Successful Virtual Meeting (or Conference)
In the Age of the Coronavirus, it’s more important than ever for your network to stay connected.
Ecosystem Building
Key Tools for Working (and Building Community) Remotely During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Check out how these technologies can help keep your team together to serve the entrepreneurs in your ecosystem.
Ecosystem Building
How City Leaders Can Help Small Businesses (and Local Economies) Survive COVID-19
For the first time, our small businesses are leading the recession. An article by Joel Mathis in The Week puts the crisis for small businesses in stark terms. “Amazon seems...
Ecosystem Building
We stand ready to support you
All week, I have experienced flashbacks. The posts on social media, email exchanges, and Zoom meetings have been tinged with a tenor of panic, of uncertainty, and most of all,...
Ecosystem Building
Being Entrepreneurial about Growing Entrepreneurship
When our first expansion customer called, we knew we had a proven value proposition. We had survived our infancy. So how did we get there?
Network news
Welcome Chicago and the ChiBizHub for Entrepreneurs
Chicago is the latest community to join the SourceLink family and to build a stronger entrepreneurial infrastructure for its entrepreneurs.
Ecosystem Building
Who Are Your Entrepreneurs?
We know that entrepreneurs create all net new jobs—but what’s their impact in your community? Do you know who your entrepreneurs are and how many jobs they create?
Funding & Resources
Foundations, Philanthropy + Entrepreneurship: How to Capitalize Entrepreneurial Strategies
What role do foundations play in entrepreneurship—and how do they measure success?
Ecosystem Building
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Insights: Insider Tips for Building Relationships with Foundations
Read these tips from foundation leaders on how entrepreneurship ecosystem builders can develop relationships with foundations that invest in community economic development.
Network news
Year in Review: Building Entrepreneurial Communities in the Middle
Entrepreneurs don't just live on the coasts. The opportunity to shape ideas and solve problems lives anywhere and everywhere. Here's how SourceLink affiliates in the Middle—Albuquerque, Des Moines, St. Louis, in southeast Michigan, across the state of Kansas and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico—are building their entrepreneurial infrastructure.
Entrepreneurship
How to Make Your Entrepreneurship Events More Accessible and Inclusive
As we continue to work toward a more inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem, we can improve our outreach to people with disabilities.