Ecosystem Builder Hub

MAY 21, 2021

Cultivating a culture and practice of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has become a core principle for entrepreneurial ecosystem builders. It is incumbent upon those of us working to build vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystems to put inclusion front and center, at the heart of everything we do.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

As the recipients of less than 1% of venture capital raise, institutionalized systems are visibly at play. Within almost 10 years of my entrepreneurial journey, I have encountered just as many setbacks and failures as I have successes. Early on in my career, I learned about venture capital from my experiences working for a startup.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

During my career — spanning entrepreneurship, academia, arts management and venture capital — I’ve learned the importance of female leadership in contributing to successful outcomes. A key tenant of the Design Thinking and Lean Startup methods — which have served entrepreneurial ecosystems well — is to lead with action.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

This post is part of a series featuring highlights from the Unsung Heroes of Ecosystem Building campaign which shone a spotlight on 40+ entrepreneurial ecosystem builders from around the U.S. Not everybody can do ecosystem building; it’s a talent that is developed through experience and education, connections and networking.

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Ian Hathaway

JULY 29, 2020

The Startup Community Way: Evolving an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem is essential reading for entrepreneurs, community leaders, policymakers, and other key stakeholders looking to entrepreneurship as an engine of innovation and economic growth. Recognize there is more than one type of capital. are increasingly valuable.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

As the field of entrepreneurial ecosystem building has started to grow over the last decade a few books dedicated exclusively to the topic have become valuable sources of information for ecosystem builders. Many ecosystem builders may already be familiar with Amerine and Stanbridge through the Startup Junkies podcast.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

To me, an ecosystem builder is someone who works to grow, support, and nurture entrepreneurs to create a more inclusive and equitable entrepreneurial ecosystem. We do this through linking, leveraging and sharing of capital – social, intellectual, spiritual, financial, cultural, experiential, material and living.

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Forward Cities

MARCH 27, 2020

At Forward Cities we are working with a growing number of communities to foster cross-sector teams committed to strengthening their equitable entrepreneurial ecosystems. As disruptive as COVID-19 is, new entrepreneurial opportunities will open up because of it. Additionally, with crisis comes opportunity.

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Forward Cities

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Communities around the country are increasingly recognizing the transformative economic and community-building power of Anchor Institutions (Anchors) — those sizable entities with physical, cultural and economic ties to a community such as universities, hospitals, local government, and large corporations.

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Forward Cities

DECEMBER 16, 2019

the capital of Ohio, and one of the most economically segregated cities in the country. One of the unique things about the work of Forward Cities is the placed-based focus of the entrepreneurial ecosystem-building work. Franklin County, Forward Cities.

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TechCrunch

MAY 29, 2021

Laura González-Estéfani is the founder and CEO of TheVentureCity , an international, operator-led venture acceleration model designed to make the global entrepreneurial ecosystem more diverse, international and accessible to fair capital. More posts by this contributor.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

These insights from top entrepreneurs benefit EO members plus the entire entrepreneurial ecosystem. If you figure out how to 10X the success of difficult conversations, you can 10X the productivity, culture, and profitability of your company. Tal shared what he learned from his first-ever round of raising startup capital.

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HPA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

While the University of Michigan has been formally educating students on entrepreneurship for decades, the region’s entrepreneurial ecosystem has notably ramped up in the last ten years and has effectively used its powerful alumni network to amplify its growth. In the mid-2010s, that focus began to evolve. Just as the $2.4B

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Forward Cities

DECEMBER 18, 2019

The ESHIP Communities program is a community-driven approach for building entrepreneurial ecosystems that foster inclusion, relationships, collaboration, and social capital across networks of entrepreneurs and those who support them. Gerald is one of the founding members of our ESHIP Communities Council in Kansas City.

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Forward Cities

DECEMBER 30, 2019

the capital of Ohio, and one of the most economically segregated cities in the country. One of the unique things about the work of Forward Cities is the placed-based focus of the entrepreneurial ecosystem-building work. FRANKLIN COUNTY, FORWARD CITIES.

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Forward Cities

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The ESHIP Communities program is a community-driven approach for building entrepreneurial ecosystems that foster inclusion, relationships, collaboration, and social capital across networks of entrepreneurs and those who support them. There were natural communities for people of color in all aspects of culture.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 12, 2023

A 2020 report by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) revealed that despite women constituting 30 percent of the region’s entrepreneurs, they receive a mere eight percent of venture capital funding.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

This post is part of a series featuring highlights from the Unsung Heroes of Ecosystem Building campaign which shone a spotlight on 40+ entrepreneurial ecosystem builders from around the U.S. To date, less than 1% of founders who are venture backed are Black; and women founders receive just 9% of investment capital.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 16, 2022

When talking about social economy, these are the basic principles that should set the policy framework for defining the job market, as well as for boosting social and economic well-being through social and sustainable entrepreneurial initiatives and preserving nature. What’s next?

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JANUARY 29, 2021

Relevant Webinars: We worked with partners like PayPal and Republic to launch webinars focused on issues like accessing PPP or alternative capital raising strategies during the pandemic. Kate Jackson in Chicago is focusing on mapping their ecosystem. “We These were viewed and attended by over 500 ventures globally.

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