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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.
Apr 10, 2020
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.
Apr 09, 2020
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 to be doing well in the current crisis — it announced Monday it will hire 100,000 new workers for increased demand for delivery services. Mom-and-pop...
Mar 25, 2020
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, a tremor of fear. These are all emotions I vividly recall from June of 2008. During that time, I served as a small business development...
Mar 24, 2020
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?
May 13, 2019
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?
May 09, 2019
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.
Apr 16, 2019
Ecosystem Building
Rethinking Entrepreneurship: Ecosystem + Infrastructure
What is the difference between entrepreneurial infrastructure and entrepreneurial ecosystems? We identify what exactly is infrastructure and an ecosystem and how the two work together to support our country's entrepreneurs.
Nov 01, 2018
Ecosystem Building
Practical Steps to Grow Your Entrepreneurial Community
By working together, communities can grow their own entrepreneurial infrastructure with these four steps.
Sep 25, 2018
Ecosystem Building
America’s Public Libraries: Champions of Entrepreneurship
Libraries are the not-so-quiet champions of entrepreneurship, essential entrepreneur ecosystem builders, crucial for every community in their mission to support their entrepreneurs.
Sep 20, 2018
Ecosystem Building
Accelerators, Incubators and Coworking Spaces: How Entrepreneurship Centers Can Build a Community
What's the difference between an accelerator and incubator? We break down the differences in entrepreneurship centers and look at the best practices of how communities are helping entrepreneurs.
Sep 04, 2018
Ecosystem Building
Growing Entrepreneurship on Main Street
Entrepreneurship is not a buzzword. It is an economic development strategy. How is your community supporting your local entrepreneurs?
Aug 01, 2018