Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 10, 2020

Ecosystem builders exist in a variety of places, such as communities, organizations, industries, etc. We have been really successful in changing our community’s culture. Today, I have asked some key funders to consider requiring ecosystem asks vs asks from individual organizations. ”(Startup Champions Network).

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 13, 2022

More importantly, without you, our economy would be weakened, and society’s ability to innovate would be stunted. Fostering these entrepreneurs and the economies they impact is a direct result of ACA’s mission to fuel the success of angel investor community.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

Just as the industry is always evolving and innovating — especially in recent months — we’re doing the same to keep Disrupt on the cutting edge for first-time founders, seasoned investors, visionaries and everybody in between. CTA: Want to reach the biggest funders, founders and Disruptors?

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Source Link

APRIL 20, 2022

These consistent conversations recently resulted in West Virginia Business Link’s successful entrepreneurship event— Bridging Innovation Week. What resource organizations are in our community that we aren’t currently engaging with? Celebrate your entrepreneurial community. Who is missing from our resource network?

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Onevest

APRIL 1, 2015

Studies show that over 80% of funding at Angel groups and Series A VCs goes to businesses in the same city/region as the funders. No city stands out as a leader across cleantech, green, community, and bottom billion targeted startups, and as such, entrepreneurs are not flocking to any one city to find talent or funding.

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Forward Cities

MARCH 27, 2020

As the extent and impact of COVID-19 becomes more apparent, entrepreneurs and small businesses are on the front lines of its devastating impact–and with their demise comes potentially catastrophic economic losses for local communities. According to JP Morgan Institute , 50 percent of small businesses have less than 30 days of cash on hand.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2022

And even though robotics is weathering the current slowdown in venture funding better than other tech sectors, it’s still too easy for innovative inventions to remain stuck in the lab. You can catch all of the sessions and join the robotics community online for speed networking, chats and one-on-one meetings.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In order to make those investments, venture firms must first have the money, which means they’re not only just the funders, they’re fundraisers, too. The venture capital community has significant influence on what potential LPs see as great investment opportunities. But that image is only one part of venture capital.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

She is also the co-founder of Build In SE , a community of founders, funders and ecosystem partners committed to company building in the Southeast (#BuildInSE). My story is that of the average American, and yet feels light years apart from what people perceive as the “innovation economy.” and Canada. And yet, here we are.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 14, 2020

According to Diana Schwartz, Executive Director at River District Association, economic and societal shifts were having an enormous impact on the community’s economy, “For over 100 years, Danville, Virginia , has been a textile and tobacco powerhouse, and that is what the local economy depended on heavily for the majority of that time.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 25, 2024

Impact Hub Bradford: Journey in inclusive innovation Impact Hub Bradford is addressing the needs of marginalised communities through their many initiatives focused on diversity and inclusion innovation. million in funding for the ‘Local Access Bradford District’ initiative.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Third Rock is committed to cultivating the next generation of innovators in biotech and ensuring that we are doing all that we can to help under-represented communities find a way to our industry.” Other early funders include Google Ventures and JLABS. Partner at Third Rock.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2023

In particular, the philanthropic community is just starting to recognize that there is an urgent need to support efforts to develop ocean-based climate solutions. The urgency of the climate crisis has kept passionate funders and entrepreneurs engaged in the development of solutions regardless of the state of the economy.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 24, 2024

As a central component of this new partnership, Thompson Hine is providing meaningful educational opportunities to angel investors and angel group leaders to benefit the angel investment community. ACA is pleased to enhance our strong resource list of early stage legal advisors with a new partnership with Thompson Hine. “ACA

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 26, 2023

More importantly, without you, our economy would be weakened and society’s ability to innovate would be stunted. Fostering these entrepreneurs and the economies they impact is a direct result of ACA’s mission to fuel the success of the angel investor community.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

In the midst of supporting founders in their communities during a global pandemic, what do they wish they were more versed in? Many people will talk about the fact that a community needs a “unicorn” in order to get the ball rolling but I always counter that you need to create the conditions for a unicorn to flourish. Gabe Munoz.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

Property technology has radically impacted the way we live and travel, but the real estate industry has successfully resisted most attempts to innovate. “What you want as an entrepreneur is funders nodding in agreement with your pitch before you even have a chance to finish it,” write Fingert and Foster.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. I worked with outsourced research firm Wonder * to identify all of the institutions we could who support tech impact startups with cash and community, and in many cases without dilution. Kairos Fellows. “The

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

This is part of a series on building your career in venture capital: Reading list for working in private equity/venture capital , including all of the major online communities, programs, and educational options for people studying VC. For emerging VC and private equity investors: accelerators, platforms, communities, and incubators.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 7, 2021

The future of our economies and our communities is at stake. More than ever, we need innovation. Angels are nimble, identifying and supporting entrepreneurs with desperately needed new technologies and innovations. We will grow the angel investor community by expanding our strategic work in four key areas: Community Networking.

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Forward Cities

DECEMBER 16, 2019

For additional background on the specific approach taken in communities like Franklin County. For many cities, a history of red-lining , unequal development, and decisions to build highways through thriving minority communities contributed in significant ways to disparities in wealth and access to opportunities in our neighborhoods.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 25, 2024

This event, heralded as the industry’s flagship, convenes a diverse community of new and experienced angel investors, business leaders, and entrepreneurial minds to explore critical topics and trends in angel investing. The Angel Capital Association (ACA) Summit represents a beacon for black investors, founders, and high-growth startups.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The goal of EBLP is to collaboratively design, build, test, and validate a field-wide infrastructure that will accelerate adoption of ecosystem building as a practice in economic, community, workforce, and entrepreneurship development in the United States. Charles Ross , President & CEO at International Business Innovation Association.

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Angel Capital Association

JULY 10, 2023

In fact, winning the Hans Severiens Award at the 2023 ACA Summit of Angel Investing is a validation of his profound efforts to grow and support angel investing nationally through the Angel Capital Association as well as the community in which he works.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

It can be frustrating to know that there are a plethora of great opportunities out there to help and educate our entrepreneurial community, but if our entrepreneurs have to spend their precious time trying to understand or simply find the info they’re looking for, they’re not making money and their frustration grows as well. . Eric Parker.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 8, 2024

More importantly, without you, our economy would be weakened and society’s ability to innovate would be stunted. The National Science Foundation Awarded a major grant to connect early stage capital to DeepTech innovations. More than ever, we need innovation. 40+ individuals earned the Advanced Angel Investing certificate.

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Forward Cities

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For additional background on the specific approach taken in communities like Franklin County, please visit the first article in the series found here. Each community has particular strengths and unique challenges for business owners. A COMMUNITY DESIGN PROCESS. FRANKLIN COUNTY, FORWARD CITIES.

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Impact Hub

JUNE 1, 2021

Impact Hub is a global network focused on building entrepreneurial communities for impact at scale. With 100+ communities of 16,500 social entrepreneurs & innovators in more than 55 countries across five continents, Impact Hub is one of the world’s largest communities and accelerators for positive change.

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Impact Hub: Our policy approach At Impact Hub, we are committed to accelerating global impact through collaboration, innovation, and inclusivity. Our mission is to build locally rooted and globally connected entrepreneurial communities for impact at scale. To date, our community has reached over 25,000 such impact-driven enterprises.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 11, 2024

Data from the recently published 2023 Angel Capital Association Angel Funders Report can provide answers to these questions. And angel group support of our local communities remains very consistent, a reliable source of support, year-in, year-out in for innovation across North America. And did we see lower returns in 2022?

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. I worked with outsourced research firm Wonder * to identify all of the institutions we could who support tech impact startups with cash and community, and in many cases without dilution. Kairos Fellows. “The

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. Jonathan Bragdon , CEO, describes Capacity as “a team of founders-turned-funders making non-dilutive, founder-aligned investments of $50-$300k in post-startup, post-revenue businesses planning to 2X revenues in 12-24 months. —– Indie.vc

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FundersClub

JUNE 12, 2017

Silicon Valley has no monopoly on innovation; it happens everywhere. So how is Funders Club different than other VCs? The vision we have of the world and really where the world has moved is that Silicon Valley does not have a monopoly on innovation, that it can happen anywhere, anywhere in America, anywhere in the world.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. Jonathan Bragdon , CEO, describes Capacity as “a team of founders-turned-funders making non-dilutive, founder-aligned investments of $50-$300k in post-startup, post-revenue businesses planning to 2X revenues in 12-24 months. —– Indie.vc

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Surdna Foundation

JULY 2, 2020

With so many communities around the world suddenly facing urgent, unexpected need, funders quickly realized they needed to pivot and add rapid-response tactics to their grant portfolio in order to quickly support their grantees. Andrus, and has developed a tradition of innovative service for those in need of help or opportunity.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 19, 2021

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. Funder Category. Seed-stage compatible: Like traditional equity VC investors, Flexible VCs accomodate early-stage investment risk within their portfolios better than a traditional RBI funder. Lower level of community familiarity. Of the Inc.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 19, 2021

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. Funder Category. Seed-stage compatible: Like traditional equity VC investors, Flexible VCs accomodate early-stage investment risk within their portfolios better than a traditional RBI funder. Lower level of community familiarity. Example VC.

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