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Resiliency Is a System, Not a Moment.
A disaster preparedness platform built mid-storm in Hawaii. A dashboard with roots in a group chat in Puerto Rico. A statewide operations center shaped by Katrina and Rita. Three different approaches engaged the same four concrete steps any community can take to formalize disaster readiness—starting now. Alyssa Gossley's team was partway through launching Stay Open...
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Economic Development
Resiliency Is a System, Not a Moment
A disaster preparedness platform built mid-storm in Hawaii. A dashboard with roots in a group chat in Puerto Rico. A statewide operations center shaped by Katrina and Rita. Three different approaches engaged the same four concrete steps any community can take to formalize disaster readiness—starting now. Alyssa Gossley's team was partway through launching Stay Open...
Nov 02, 2026
Uncategorized
No Wrong Door: How Scott Asmus Is Building Nebraska’s Entrepreneurial Navigation System
Scott Asmus did not come to entrepreneurship with a traditional playbook. He came with an outsider’s eye, a deep belief in putting people first, and a determination to make Nebraska’s entrepreneurial ecosystem easier to navigate. Through SourceLink Nebraska, he is helping turn a maze of resources into a connected system built around real people, real needs, and real movement.
Sep 17, 2026
Economic Development
Be Prepared So Your Community Can Count on You
Financial disruption, cyberattacks, and infrastructure failures require the same planning as natural disasters. Water rescues on a flooded Main Street. Sandbags and boarded up storefronts on a Gulf coastline. Merchants sifting through shingles and plywood in the aftermath of 125-mile-per-hour tornadic winds. These are the media images we’re accustomed to seeing when natural disasters strike...
Aug 23, 2026
Funding & Resources
Beyond the Grant: How Entrepreneurship-led Ecosystem Builders Fund for Resilience
Many of us feel like we have been playing financial Jenga the last couple of years. When a federal grant is pulled here or a state allocation is pulled there, an organization’s entire funding tower could end up on shaky ground, especially if it was the largest or sole source of funding. The question isn't...
Aug 03, 2026
Network news
Getting Unstuck: Nebraska Entrepreneurship Dashboard Supports Economic Growth at City, County, and State Level
Five-year-old workforce data or, worse yet, costly, hard-to-access data became a stick wedged in the wheel of progress for early-stage company founders and civic planners in Nebraska. The 2024 Statewide Nebraska Quarterly Workforce Indicators Dashboard, a partnership between SourceLink and SourceLink Nebraska, addressed the challenge of generating accurate real-time reports based on current entrepreneur-focused data. Data Disparity Local companies, innovation-driven startups, and entrepreneurs drive job creation and community-based growth. In fact, small businesses with fewer than...
Jun 25, 2026
Strategy
Why website accessibility matters for entrepreneurs
Placeholder post seeded for the Home insights section. Accessibility is not a compliance checkbox for ecosystem builders; it decides whether the entrepreneurs who most need help can actually reach it. Replace this copy with the real article when the blog migrates.
Mar 25, 2026