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The Achilles Heel of Startup Ecosystems

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Across the world, various economic development organizations, government agencies, and non-profits are putting in admirable and well-intentioned efforts to develop startup ecosystems. Take the example of goTenna , a thriving communications hardware startup located in Downtown Brooklyn that employees almost 50 people.

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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. They understand it from a general sense.

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Call for Input: Local Policies to Support Economic Development via Entrepreneurship

Ian Hathaway

This is a call for input for a brief survey on local policies or programs to support startup community development. economic development agencies, foundations, chambers of commerce, non-profits). I am particularly interested in policies or programs that: Enhance bottom-up, community-driven solutions (e.g., Thank you!

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CoreWeave’s IPO Marks a Milestone for New Jersey’s AI Ecosystem

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The companys collaboration with the New Jersey Economic Development Agency is a boost to the states program to attract AI companies for its innovation economy.

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The Glue that Makes a Community Stick

This is going to be BIG.

What was harder to figure out how to do--and something no one ever really thinks about on the economic development side, is community. You can ask a bunch of startup companies to move to a place, but it''s harder to bring together inspiring people who will build the companies of tomorrow in that place.

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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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Join the International Celebration of Makers, Innovators and Job Creators November 8-14

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Individuals who had never considered launching a startup began creating businesses out of a combination of necessity and opportunity. Business closures and job losses caused by the pandemic forced thousands of people to reevaluate their lives and career paths. According to data from the Census Bureau , Americans filed paperwork to start 4.3