An awesome client of mine is hiring! @UMfgAlliance working to grow more equitable and prosperous economies in cities by building robust, environmentally sustainable, and inclusive urban manufacturing sectors. urbanmfg.org/project/career…

Updated my 🍑 Atlanta Tech Startup Guide just in time for ATL’s big week! If you’re in town for Venture Atlanta, Techstars Atlanta Chapter demo day, or @ASBCompetition — check this out for an overview of the ecosystem. #BuildInSE link.medium.com/F3S6dC8jskb

Join us this Thursday 10.21 at 2 EST for RuralRISE monthly Speaker Series! Speakers will present a very #innovative Social Return on Investment #SROI methodology. Please register to receive call information ruralrise.org #Rural #RuralMatters

Ecosystem building as a framework centers on cultivating strong networks & filling in support gaps to develop a system that more effectively helps business owners start and scale. Each ecosystem builder has to use the framework to adapt to their community’s unique needs.

Who do you know @ewhitmore, @KickAssEntre & Dell Gines?

Congrats to Jenny @Poondingo and her team at HUUB for taking home a Gold Award for Excellence in Economic Equity and Inclusion from the International Economic Development Council for their tech partnership with City of Mesa Office of Economic Development!

Special guest Ilana Preuss of Recast City will be join us for our November webinar on Wednesday, November 17. Join us to learn from Ilana about the secrets that make places great. Register at hubs.la/H0-sGmH0. #ecosystembuilding #entrepreneurship

So I think my next ecosystem book is going to be a fun one. I decided I am going to do a practitioners insight book, which combines thoughts and recommendations from those in the field in combination with the most recent research that has come it in the last three or so years.

Old economy: give a man a fish vs teach a man to fish New economy:give everyone the means to learn fishing on demand, virtually, and asynchronously, flexible capital to invest in fishing rods, and communities of other fishers to learn from

Moving from Advocacy to Action-What can you do with the resources you have to make your community or region more equitable? RuralRISE SpeakerSeries 11/18 @ 2:00 p.m.EST Register ruralrise.org Dr. Imani Woody Go Forward Pine Bluff LGBT Tech National Center for Resource Development Dell Gines

Want my best kept secrets on how to tell authentic, meaningful stories as an #ecosystembuilder? Then join me Dec 1 for the last installment of Forward Cities' E3 Scorecard Webinar Series: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…. #Storytelling #Metrics #Entrepreneurship

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Self-employment is up 6% since before the pandemic. People want to be their own bosses. Right to Start wsj.com/articles/worke…

Me, Don Macke E2E & Matt Dunne Center on Rural Innovation Center for Rural Innovation doing our part to help U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce Alejandra Y. Castillo, & members of the President's staff that focuses on rural development better understand ecosystem building in rural communities

Fascinating game theory learnings on trust. As basic as it is, many communities get the repeat interactions wrong (infrequent peak experiences vs stable, predictable rhythm) ncase.me/trust/:

One of the major problems with local economic development is it creates competition between cities, counties, and states instead of cooperation and virtually ignores the necessity to create a more competitive national economy.

Join us on Feb. 17th at 2:00 p.m. EST as we join our monthly Speaker Series with NatlEshipWeek™ speakers spotlighting #Rural #entrepreneurs RCAP Network Kansas Native Americans in Philanthropy NativeWomenLead Rural LISC Center on Rural Innovation Rural Development Register bit.ly/3LBaJgz