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Rallying for rural entrepreneurship: addressing the challenges that face rural small businesses

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During my tenure with the local University I worked with economic developers all across Iowa, from Sioux City to Davenport and a great many small but mighty communities in-between: Grinnell, Parkersburg, Webster City and Lamoni to name a few. Starting and growing a business can prove to be a daunting endeavor within any market.

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Welcome, SourceLink Nebraska!

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In fact, many communities start with just one area of focus and develop their program over time to realize economic impact. In 2018, the state of Nebraska released Blueprint Nebraska, a strategic plan aimed at identifying the state’s core economic development challenges to create pioneering solutions. Worth the wait.

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A Meeting of Unreasonable Minds

Entrepreneurs' Organization

A successful entrepreneur, businessman and EO Bahrain member, Suhail Algosaibi had long thought about how he could use his position and his company—FALAK Consulting—to make real, radical and sustainable change in his corner of the world. Add to that, the dozens of courses I’ve attended and home education programs I’ve listened to.

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3 new ways to empower your entrepreneurial community

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These resources can help you get started: IEDC’s Playbook for Equitable Economic Development. Living Cities’ Cities and Businesses of Color: A Guide to Economic Growth. Culturally competent consulting service provider ThirdEye Network. Make your ecosystem adaptable.

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Pennsylvania Supports Small Business with Bipartisan State Budget

American Entrepreneurship

These programs build on those offered by Pennsylvania Small Business Development Centers that offer a range of educational business programs and services. It includes small business consulting, vetting business ideas, assisting with business plan development, and providing other business resources.

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Practical Metrics and Methods: ESHIP Goal 5 – Part 2

Ecosystem Builder Hub

Some of her projects include: (With Norris Krueger) 2020: AOM 2020 PDW “Entrepreneur-Led Economic Development: Entrepreneurial Communities through New Eyes… the Right Eyes!” The research workshops blending scholars, educators, policy makers, entrepreneurial champions, and ecosystem builders can only get better [e.g.,

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Brazil’s Black Silicon Valley could be an epicenter of innovation in Latin America

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Paulo is the co-founder of Vale do Dendê (Dende Valley) and AFAR Ventures , a global diversity and inclusion creative and consulting agency that identifies opportunities for multinational brands, corporations and investors in emerging markets. Tara Sabre Collier. Contributor.