SourceLink Affiliate Quarterly Conversation July 2024

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...

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Grow North Regional Economic Development Corporation

Grow North is a Regional Economic Development Group that is established in Northern Wisconsin to help support our local Economic Development Corporations. Their efforts are focused on finding resources for the entire region that may not be otherwise available to individual communities. In addition to coalescing resources to assist local economic...

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Main Street – Supporting the Types of Businesses in Your Ecosystem

This multi-part series offers ecosystem builders and economic developers' insights into the characteristics of the four types of businesses in an entrepreneurial ecosystem—and targeted strategies that help those businesses thrive.   Small businesses form the crux of the American economy. Recent data from the U.S. Small Business Administration shows the United States...

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Microenterprises – Supporting the Types of Businesses in Your Ecosystem

This multi-part series offers ecosystem builders and economic developers insights into the characteristics of each business type and targeted strategies that help those businesses thrive.   Small businesses form the crux of the American economy. Recent data from the U.S. Small Business Administration shows the U.S. is home to 33.3 million companies...

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Fairfax County Economic Development Authority

The Fairfax County Economic Development Authority is here to help businesses start, expand or relocate in Fairfax County. Chartered by the Commonwealth of Virginia, the FCEDA is led by a board of county business leaders and funded by the Fairfax County government to promote the county as one of the...

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Reflections on Last Year’s Gathering

As we plan our next in-person gathering at the e.Builders Forum, we wanted to reflect on the shared experiences and knowledge gathered from 2023.  Lessons from Last Year  In April 2023, SourceLink held our much-anticipated SourceLink Summit in San Juan, Puerto Rico. We left the summit feeling excited, invigorated,...

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Two children with eclipse glasses on looking up at the eclipse

An Eclipse-Inspired Approach to Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Development

Earlier this week I was fortunate to have the incredible experience of watching the solar eclipse with my family and close friends. This cosmic performance, where the moon momentarily obscures the sun, offers more than just a visual marvel. It made me think about our work creating entrepreneurial ecosystems and...

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Fairfax CORE

Fairfax CORE (Connecting Opportunities and Resources for Entrepreneurs) was created to address the challenges of starting and growing a business. They provide entrepreneurs, prospective business owners, and businesses at all stages with free, easy access to the help and information they need – when they need it.

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