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Raising Awareness about Entrepreneurship as an Economic Development Strategy

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“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. She shared an experience she had with this in Buffalo. “We

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Measuring Data and Creating Impactful Economic Reports

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Jahannie Torres Rodriguez from Colmena66 in Puerto Rico presented a nine-step approach to creating economic impact reports that not only showcase the results of research but effectively communicate the story of her organization’s work. Launching the report in newsletters, websites, social media, videos and meetups ensures broad distribution.

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How to engage resource partners: continuing the conversation

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These meetups can also provide an opportunity to invite the media and put the focus on your resource partners, who are always looking for ways to bring visibility and awareness to the work they do. According to Tiffany Nixon from NetWork Kansas , engagement should start at the local level.

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3 new ways to empower your entrepreneurial community

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Identifying and filling these cultural competency gaps benefits your entire community, and it is an essential component of continued economic and social progress. These resources can help you get started: IEDC’s Playbook for Equitable Economic Development.

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Scamnetic’s $13M Series A to Scale AI-Powered Scam Detection

American Entrepreneurship

Its core product suite includes: Scan&Score : Scans all incoming communicationemails, texts, social media DMs, messaging apps, QR codes, and even imagesfor scam indicators in real-time. .” As scams become more sophisticated, Scamnetic is using AI to fight AI.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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He built & IPOd Demand Media. LA is the largest metropolitan area in the US for people employed in art, design and media and the local creative economy of LA generates more than $140 billion in economic output – more than the GDP of many countries. He built & sold iMall in Internet 1.0 for $565 million to Excite.

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Ben Franklin’s Spring 2024 TechCelerator Winners Announced!

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

First place of $5,500 went to TDAY Sports , founded by Justin Leusner (Centre County): A social media marketing company targeting Gen-Z sports fans, TDAY Sports creates captivating content to fill the gap in sports media focused on younger generations. Out of the eight entrepreneurial teams, two were awarded prize money!

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