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How Do You Build a Community of Ecosystem Builders? Highlights from 2018 #ESHIPSummit
We asked a few ecosystem builders we met at the Kauffman Foundation's ESHIP Summit to share their takeaways on entrepreneurial ecosystem building.
Jul 31, 2018
Ecosystem Building
How Is Your Community Scaling Up?
"Without growth, this is no real entrepreneurship," says Dan Isenberg—and that's why you need a plan to both create startups and grow them.
Jul 30, 2018
Ecosystem Building
Beyond Collisions: How to Build Your Entrepreneurial Infrastructure
Entrepreneurship is not easy—and building a sustainable infrastructure for entrepreneurs requires deep knowledge, experience, funding and champions. Here's how communities can put entrepreneurship first.
Jul 27, 2018
Ecosystem Building
How Iowa Built a Statewide Network for Entrepreneurs
IASourceLink connects people to people to help advance and accelerate Iowa entrepreneurship. But it didn't happen overnight. Read how IASourceLink united their entrepreneurial community into a vibrant ecosystem.
Jul 17, 2018
Ecosystem Building
How KCSourceLink Became a Go-To Source for Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses
The story of connecting entrepreneurs to the right resources at the right time at KCSourceLink is 15 years in the making—and they're just getting started.
Jul 12, 2018
Ecosystem Building
Growing Entrepreneurial Communities Across America
See how the largest focus group in entrepreneurship-led economic development plans on growing entrepreneurial communities across the nation. Here are the takeaways and insights from the Growing Entrepreneurial Communities Summit.
May 09, 2018
Ecosystem Building
Must Read Blogs on Spurring Entrepreneurship-Led Economic Development
Here's your quick reads blog list on entrepreneurship-led economic development written by ecosystem builders and economic developers just in time for the Growing Entrepreneurial Communities Summit. Enjoy!
Apr 18, 2018
Ecosystem Building
The Basics of Building Your Entrepreneurial Infrastructure
Communities don't need giant universities, incubators and venture capital to have a successful entrepreneurial ecosystem. But they do need these ecosystem building basics.
Apr 02, 2018
Ecosystem Building
RoundUp: Economic Development after Amazon’s HQ2
Entrepreneurs and small business owners are more important to economies than Amazon's HQ2. Here's why.
Mar 01, 2018
Ecosystem Building
A Practitioner’s Approach to Entrepreneurship
We published the field guide on building and supporting entrepreneurship called Beyond Collisions: How to Build Your Entrepreneurial Infrastructure. Discover how to empower and retain entrepreneurs in your community.
Feb 28, 2018
Ecosystem Building
Our Top Blogs on Growing Entrepreneurial Communities
What trends in entrepreneurship and economic development are we going to see in 2018? Before we look ahead, it's important to reflect on what we learned the previous year. Here’s what our readers wanted to know about growing entrepreneurial communities in 2017.
Jan 30, 2018
Ecosystem Building
Round Up: The Role of Entrepreneurs in Economic Disaster Recovery
Entrepreneurship allows a community hit by a natural disaster to come together and creatively solve problems in economic recovery.
Dec 14, 2017