Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Over the past three years, there has been a marked increase in the number of women pursuing entrepreneurship, with an estimated 40 percent of new businesses in the United States started by women. Widespread layoffs during the pandemic contributed to an initial rise in female entrepreneurship in 2020, along with the need for flexibility.

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Source Link

JANUARY 29, 2022

In 2021, we saw new programs and funding opportunities from the EDA and SBA to rebuild, sustain and grow entrepreneurship. At SourceLink, we continued the entrepreneurial ecosystem building work we’re known for while proactively developing ways to bolster this renewed wave of support.

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Source Link

APRIL 1, 2022

The public is invited to attend Building Rural Communities Through Entrepreneurship Webinar on April 21 at 10:00am CT, a SourceLink? webinar on strategies for growing rural communities through entrepreneurship-led economic development. Exciting features and new enhancements to our SourceLink technologies. More to come!

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Source Link

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The concept of building networks of support, or what has sometimes been referred to as, forging “entrepreneurial ecosystems”, has been a key focus for many advancing the idea that innovation and entrepreneurship will be the future of not just our recovery- but the necessary inclusive pathway for economic advancement and wealth building for all.

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Source Link

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

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. Job creation through entrepreneurship. Worth the wait. Not going it alone. Attracting entrepreneurs.

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Source Link

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Today marks the start of Global Entrepreneurship Week, an annual initiative that shines a light not only on the value entrepreneurs bring to our communities and global economy, but also the importance of building infrastructures that make it easier for them to start and scale their businesses. SourceLink? Orange County Mayor Jerry L.

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Source Link

JANUARY 29, 2022

Your local Small Business Development Center (SBDC), which can provide assistance with business planning, access to financing, counseling services and classes. University entrepreneurship and innovation centers that partner with the community to provide tools, facilities and education to local business owners.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 13, 2025

January 3, 2025) The New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology (CSIT) awarded over $500,000 in funding to seven New Jersey startups under the Food and Agriculture Research & Development Pilot Seed Grant Program. TRENTON, N.J.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Local broadband providers offer greater access to achieve economic prosperity Rural economies and communities benefit from access to fiber broadband, boosting entrepreneurship, income, and business investments. The study strongly suggests that broadband is an effective tool for economic development, supporting the business community.

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Source Link

MARCH 30, 2022

Creating inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystems can help close the wealth gap , as entrepreneurship offers one of the greatest opportunities for personal wealth building. Identifying and filling these cultural competency gaps benefits your entire community, and it is an essential component of continued economic and social progress.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 19, 2025

Next NJ Program and AI Innovation Challenge Administration Grant Program will increase AI investment and catalyze groundbreaking research TRENTON, N.J. The AI Innovation Challenge Administration Grant Program will provide $3.8 For more information, including additional eligibility requirements, click here.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

APRIL 2, 2019

Innovation stimulates entrepreneurship. Successful entrepreneurship creates net new jobs. Stitt is expressing the 2019 version of the legislative vision that created OCAST in 1987, authorized the seed capital fund (TBFP Fund) in 1988 and has continued to invest in the Oklahoma Model of innovation. By Scott Meacham.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 2, 2023

But entrepreneurship is a challenging journey, no matter where you are in the world. These organizations include: The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) represents the interests of entrepreneurs and promotes economic development. Share experiences Entrepreneurship can be a lonely endeavor.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

And yet, our economic policies espoused by governments and traditional economic development approaches continue to focus on attracting big businesses. It’s time for a radical rethink in how we do economic development. While startups are key to job creation and economic growth, they can’t succeed on their own.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Tara Sabre Collier is an early-stage impact investor with more than 15 years of experience at the intersection of economic development, social entrepreneurship and impact investment. Bahia could be an epicenter of innovation in Latin America. Tara Sabre Collier. Contributor.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 12, 2025

Coordinated by Delaware Prosperity Partnership and innovation-supporting partners from throughout the Delaware business community and beyond, Startup302 launched in 2020 and has provided $800,000 in funding to 52 ventures since 2021. This years competitors will be chosen from applicants who enter by the January 26 deadline.

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Source Link

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The post Innovation-Led – Supporting the Types of Businesses in Your Ecosystem appeared first on SourceLink.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MARCH 13, 2019

Another thing I learned recently has to do with the recipe for a robust innovation economy and the unintended consequences of well-intended legislation. The recipes call for more than two-dozen ingredients to pull off this meal — and that’s not counting all the spices and seasonings. Here’s the situation.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

DECEMBER 3, 2021

In partnership with the PA WILDS Center for Entrepreneurship, Ben Franklin Technology Partners, an award-winning, tech-based economic development program, is looking for innovators with BIG IDEAS located in Centre, Clarion, Clearfield, or Jefferson County, PA.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

My point is that historically the ecosystem in LA has bred innovations in monetization and technologies but to date hasn’t reached the kind of scale of our major NorCal brethren. So it’s probably worth pointing out that LA is a town built upon entrepreneurship even if not always underpinned by technology. Yes, Google won.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 13, 2025

January 3, 2025) The New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology (CSIT) awarded over $2.7 The innovative ideas of New Jersey entrepreneurs are essential to helping the state achieve its clean energy goals, said CSIT Executive Director Judith Sheft. TRENTON, N.J.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 23, 2024

Mostly remote six-month program leverages New York-based Federally Designated Battery Tech Hub The National Science Foundation as part of its mission to spur innovation across the U.S. Part of this initiative was used to open the new accelerator ChargeUp in upstate New York , focusing on battery innovations. awarded a $4.5

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 29, 2018

“The Middle East consists of developing nations and, sadly, we are consumers of innovation and create very little of it ourselves. We hardly invent any new technologies and don’t invest enough in research and development,” Suhail says. “I I want to encourage more innovative thinking.”. Promoting Disruption.

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Source Link

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Entrepreneurs are key contributors to job creation and economic stability, so your long-term strategy should include ways to support their success by building effective entrepreneurship ecosystems. There are significant government dollars available for economic recovery right now. Collaborate with community stakeholders.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

APRIL 11, 2022

Leaders Across Thirty Plus National Entrepreneurship Support Organizations Come Together to Advance the Field of Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Building. The project will also be led by co-chairs: Dell Gines, Inclusive Urban and Rural Economic Development Consultant and Kristin Leutz, Founder of Petra Impact Partners.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 26, 2023

Center Will Help Accelerate Innovation, Research and Development, and Entrepreneurship in NJ’s Offshore Wind Industry TRENTON, N.J. WHAT: The Wind Innovation Center will help accelerate innovation, research and development, and entrepreneurship in the state’s offshore wind industry.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

APRIL 26, 2022

In partnership with the PA WILDS Center for Entrepreneurship, and with funding support provided by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), Ben Franklin Technology Partners’ recent innovation competition targeted the counties of Centre, Clarion, Clearfield, and Jefferson. Visit Ben Franklin’s website at www.cnp.benfranklin.org.

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EntreWorks Consulting

MARCH 11, 2019

Since it first launched in 2002, I’ve been a member and close partner of the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE). This excellent edited volume is full of insights that are relevant not only to community college staff and partners, but to community and economic development leaders as well.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Office Hours will focus on Innovation Programs that benefit businesses and investors TRENTON, N.J. Alternating between in-person and virtual events, these will offer one-on-one sessions with the NJEDA’s Innovation team to discuss programs and networking opportunities with industry stakeholders.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 4, 2024

June 3, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) today announced that 34 technology and life sciences companies were awarded more than $68 million through the 2023 Technology Business Tax Certificate Transfer Program, commonly known as the Net Operating Loss (NOL) program. TRENTON, N.J.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Main Street Matters will provide them with the resources they need to create vibrant main streets where people want to live, work, visit, and innovate,” said DCED Secretary Rick Siger. It includes small business consulting, vetting business ideas, assisting with business plan development, and providing other business resources.

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Source Link

APRIL 20, 2022

There’s a lot to be optimistic about for entrepreneurship-led economic development. These consistent conversations recently resulted in West Virginia Business Link’s successful entrepreneurship event— Bridging Innovation Week. Partners convened 11 events over a four-day period in Charleston, W.Va.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The Ecosystem Building Leadership Project (EBLP) is an initiative to advance the entrepreneurship ecosystem building field of practice. After a several months of collaborative online exploration and development, over 70 volunteers convened in Indianapolis in early September to move the project forward. What would that look like?

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Revolution

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

It would have signaled that a more equally dispersed innovation economy is possible and it would have accelerated that progress for one lucky city. Here’s why: The HQ2 search process galvanized cities to drive collaboration between universities, economic development groups, civic leaders, and startup ecosystem builders.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 18, 2024

in income replacement grants and mentorship to first-time entrepreneurs, creating 10 new businesses and helping fuel innovation in strategic sectors The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) today announced the inaugural cohort of the New Jersey Innovation Fellows (NJIF) program.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2021

The Black and Latinx Seed Fund will be administered by the New Economic Development Authority (NJEDA). NJEDA CEO Tim Sullivan said based on research conducted by the state, that New Jersey is the first state in the nation to develop this type of fund. As one evidence of that, last year Crunchbase found that as of Aug.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

DECEMBER 18, 2019

His 40 years of economic development experience included tenures at the Michigan Department of Commerce; Secretary of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce where he created the nationally recognized Quality Jobs Program; and Partner in both Intersouth Partners and Chisholm Private Capital Partners of Oklahoma City. Gregory’s University.

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