Resources
Research, playbooks and tools to support entrepreneurship and economic development
- A Playbook for Equitable Economic Development, Frankie Clogston, PhD and Zytha Kock, International Economic Development Council, 2022
- A Playbook for Improving Diversity and Inclusion in Entrepreneurship Centers, Mike Green and Lindsay Schuenke, International Business Innovation Association, 2020
- Future of Cities: A Roadmap to Inclusive Entrepreneurship, Lena Geraghty, Tina Lee, Brooks Rainwater, Bruce Katz, Della Clark, Ian O’Grady, and Colin Higgins, National League of Cities, 2021
- Strengthening Latino Business Ecosystems, Aspen Institute Latino Business and Entrepreneurship Summit Recommendations, 2022
- Small Businesses of Color Recovery Guide – for City Leaders and Community Groups, Dell Gines, The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, 2020
- e2 University Guide, Don Macke, e2 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, 2020
- The Future of Economic Development; Moving towards growth, prosperity, and inclusion. Amy Liu, Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program. IEDC Summit, January 2017
- Beyond Collisions: How to Build Your Entrepreneurial Infrastructure, Maria Meyers and Kate Hodel, SourceLink, 2017
- Small Business Growth: A New Priority for Urban Economic Developers, Kimberly Zeuli and Kathleen O’Shea. IEDC Economic Development Journal, Winter 2016
- Making (and Measuring) an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, Maria Meyers, The IEDC Economic Development Journal, Winter 2015
- Support organizations and remediating the gender gap in entrepreneurial ecosystems: A case study of St. Louis, Karren K. Watkins, University of Pennsylvania, Banu Ozkazanc-Pan, University of Massachusetts Boston, Susan Clark, Muntean University of North Carolina (UNC) at Asheville, and YasuyukiMotoyama, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Winter 2015
- One Definition Does Not Fit All: The Four Types of Entrepreneurs, Maria Meyers, California Economic Development Journal, Summer 2014
- U.S.SourceLink – Making the U.S. Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Visible, Maria Meyers, The IEDC Economic Development Journal, Winter 2011
- Integrating Local Service Providers to Connect Entrepreneurs with the Right Resource at the Right Time, Maria Meyers, The IEDC Economic Development Journal, Winter 2008
- KCSourceLink: Providing Entrepreneurs the Right Resource at the Right Time, Maria Meyers, Economic Development America, Summer 2007
- What an Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Actually Is, Daniel Isenberg, Harvard Business Review, May 12, 2014
- Pumping up Entrepreneurial Culture, Edward Lowe Foundation, 2011
- City Initiatives for Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, a Resource for City Leadership. John Gibson, Matthew Robinson, and Scott Cain, June 2015.
- Growing State Economies: Twelve Actions, National Governor’s Association, 2012
- State Strategies to Promote Angel Investment for Economic Growth, NGA Center for Best Practices Issue Brief, 2008
- Supporting Entrepreneurs and Small Business: A Tool Kit for Local Leaders, National League of Cities, Center for Research and Innovation, 2011
- Philadelphia Equitable Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Assessment and Strategy, Next Street, SourceLink, Econsult Solutions Inc. and Urbane, Fall 2021
- Mapping the Capital Region’s Entrepreneurial and Startup Resources: Strengths, Weaknesses and Gap Analysis, SourceLink and Valley Vision, 2015
- The Power of Entrepreneur Networks. How New York City Became the Role Model for Other Urban Tech Hubs. Endeavor Insight, November 2014.
- Building the Next Great Global Innovation Economy. Lessons From Greater Seattle’s Innovation Community. R. Joe Ottinger.
- Higher Education Engagement in Economic Development: Foundations for Strategy and Practice, University Economic Development Association, August 2015
- The Innovative and Entrepreneurial University: Higher Education, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Focus, U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Economic Development Administration, October 2013
- Raygun – Error & Crash Reporting – Monitor, Track & Resolve Errors
- Raygun helps SourceLink quickly identify issues by silently monitoring our tools to collect all error and crash events that affect our customers. When issues are found they are presented on our crash reporting dashboard, with detailed diagnostic reports about every single error and crash, making digging through log files and trying to replicate issues a thing of the past.
- Teamwork – Cloud Productivity Software
- SourceLink uses both Projects and Desk from Teamwork to simplify the complexity of planning, productivity and support. Teamwork Projects keeps all of our team’s tasks in one place. It allows us to collaborate and work in real time for real results. Teamwork Desk powers our support email and online documentation of all our tools. With the help of these tools, our support staff is able to provide the fastest assistance possible for our customers.