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

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The Achilles Heel of Startup Ecosystems

This is going to be BIG.

Across the world, various economic development organizations, government agencies, and non-profits are putting in admirable and well-intentioned efforts to develop startup ecosystems. This is exactly the wrong way to think about the economic opportunity presented by innovation.

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i2E Receives 2024 Excellence in Economic Development Award from IEDC

Innovation 2 Enterprise

i2E Receives 2024 Excellence in Economic Development Bronze Award from the International Economic Development Council IEDC’s annual Excellence Awards honor the economic development organizations, government entities, initiatives, and programs that have demonstrated consistent, exemplary performance in the profession i2E, Inc.

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Measuring Data and Creating Impactful Economic Reports

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Although the numbers are impressive, the Startup Fort Worth White Paper that the Sparkyard team developed to build on the data includes community-sourced recommendations to further improve their economy through a focus on startups. Showcase your impact. Update on funding from the EDA.

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Building Rural Communities Through Entrepreneurship

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On Thursday, April 21, SourceLink hosted Building Rural Communities Through Entrepreneurship , a webinar on strategies for growing rural communities through entrepreneurship-led economic development. Nicole LaChapelle – Mayor, Easthampton, MA. Don Macke – Senior Vice President, e2 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems.

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NJEDA Board Approves Two Programs to Advance New Jersey’s Leadership in Artificial Intelligence

American Entrepreneurship

March 18, 2025) Last week, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board approved the creation of the Next New Jersey Program – AI and the AI Innovation Challenge Administration Grant Program.

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e(verywhere)-Commerce

This is going to be BIG.

In fact, the failure of the local chamber of commerce and economic development organizations is largely the reason why it’s so expensive for local plays to acquire customers. Same with banks—they’re equally incentivized to have you figure out how to bring customers in the door after they loan you money.