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Practical Metrics and Methods: ESHIP Goal 5 – Part 1

Ecosystem Builder Hub

Recently, I worked with a community that was struggling to explain what they thought success looked like in ten years to their funding organizations. The traditional economic development approach uses static and reactive metrics – the number of jobs created, capital investment dollars, and companies recruited – on an annual basis.

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Startup Launches A New Tool to Protect Vulnerable Adults

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

Under the leadership of Nancy Meyers, a Pennsylvania attorney, the team at Advocord developed a mobile responsive, web-based software platform that is a compliance tool that effectively protects those who have a fiduciary/legal obligation to act on the behalf of another. since 2008. Attorney Meyers holds a B.A

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Unsung Hero Spotlight: Sameer Popat

Ecosystem Builder Hub

Passionate about entrepreneurship, innovation, economic development, community engagement, and higher education, Sammy has been able to work at the intersection of his passions through his ecosystem building efforts at the University of Maryland, College Park. What is the biggest challenge you face as an Ecosystem Builder?

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Cities Building Community Wealth

Surdna Foundation

This situation is created in part by the practices of traditional economic development. Can we create an economic system—beginning at the local level—that builds the wealth and prosperity of everyone. Download Related Document(s) : Cities Building Community Wealth. Published By: Democracy Collaborative.

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NJEDA to Create Grant Program to Help Small Business Owners Purchase Commercial Properties

American Entrepreneurship

February 20, 2023) – The Board of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) has approved the creation of a pilot program that will help boost small business owners’ liquidity following the purchase of a commercial property. “In

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WHAT IF AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS THE CURE?

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

The negative influence of bullying on a child’s emotional well-being is well-documented making it vital to identify a mechanism for prevention. The platform ultimately creates a climate change in the school that encourages a sense of community where there are no bullies or victims.

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What makes a successful and inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem? (Part 2)

Forward Cities

Both InBIA conference and ESHIP summit participants talked about a lack of networking and trust between support organizations, again an observation that resonated with some of our own findings in communities we work in. Economic Development Quarterly, 32(2), 119-134. Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Building Playbook Draft 3.0