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Raising Awareness about Entrepreneurship as an Economic Development Strategy

Ecosystem Builder Hub

“Communities seeking to grow their economy need to understand the impact entrepreneurship and small business play in economic growth.” — Grow Your Own: Entrepreneurship-based Economic Development for Local Communities, Dell Gines, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.

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New Year, New Entrepreneurs: Five tips for supporting early-stage entrepreneurs ?

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They could be seizing upon an opportunity to make their business ownership dream a reality, exploring an idea that creates positive social change, or they may be acting out of necessity because of a change in circumstances such as the loss of a job. Go beyond a quick impersonal referral.

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Expanding Our Entrepreneurial Imagination in Indianapolis

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We had the opportunity to visit two neighborhoods– King Commons and River West. In wholly unique ways, these places offered our participants an opportunity to see dynamic practices being applied to create opportunities for aspiring and beginning entrepreneurs. . We cannot value what and who we cannot see.

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Sustainable Work: ESHIP Goal 7

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Our university put in a coworking space for entrepreneurs with the goal of attracting more small businesses in order to draw more people downtown. I operate at the intersection of economic development, community development, and workforce development to craft solutions. Kim Louis’ Experiences. “I

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Frustrations and Challenges of Ecosystem Builders

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As an emerging field that is challenging the status quo of entrepreneurship in economic development, ecosystem builders are bound to run into obstacles along the way which – if repeated and consistent – make us want to pull our hair out. and abroad between February and September 2020. Ellen Bateman. Christina Theodoraki.

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Nonprofit chooses Wilmington, Delaware, for $2.3M medical scheduling center that will create 227 jobs

American Entrepreneurship

million regional medical scheduling hub that will train and employ more than 225 Delawareans with economic vulnerabilities while helping to alleviate staffing shortages created by the COVID-19 pandemic. BSDE’s call center will be located in the CSC Station coworking space, which is adjacent to Joseph R. WILMINGTON, Del.