Excited to share this community resource with #women #socialimpact entrepreneurs. Join in the FREE HI-HERImpact Entrepreneurship Summit June 23-24: bit.ly/3e85KDP Powered by @FordFund @1863ventures

Super interesting spread and data visualization by Fast Company and The Plug worth checking out this Juneteenth : fastcompany.com/90644593/1-yea… (Props @Sherrell_Dorsey to you and your team)

A new online course for anyone out there who works with community college, thinking about how to foster a community that creates more entrepreneurs.👇

Join us TUESDAY to talk about how regional tech hubs can stimulate regional ecosystem building, with benefits for economic inclusion and equity Register here: brook.gs/3yyoANh Talk from Rodney Sampson Sheri Gonzales L Waymond Jackson Jr Nashlie Sephus, PhD and myself Brookings Metro

“We know that there is an opportunity right here in the Heartland to create inclusive prosperity through entrepreneurship”—ashleigh Learn more about the new grantees of the Kauffman Foundation Heartland Challenge: kff.mn/u4j

Do you know any Kansas City based women social impact entrepreneurs? Share the 2021 HI-HERImpact Pitch Competition for a share of up to $50K in cash and in-kind prizes. Applications due 7/18: bit.ly/hikcapp1 @FordFund @1863ventures

Rise of the rest: "The best economic news is that tomorrow’s startups are poised to tackle challenges that, until recently, have been overlooked. And they’ll do it increasingly from places that have also been overlooked." -Steve Case in the The Wall Street Journal wsj.com/articles/innov…

Well this news pretty much just makes my year. Barrage of high-fives to @vrroanhorse and the NativeWomenLead community. Much deserved and excited to see what happens next...thank you for leading the way.

"There is only one success, to be able to spend your life in your own way"-Christopher Morley

NEW REPORT: BEYOND SILICON VALLEY - Coastal dollars and local investors accelerate early-stage startup funding across the U.S. revolution.com/beyond-silicon… PitchBook Revolution Rise of the Rest #RiseOfRest

The phrase "Entrepreneurial Ecosystem" took off around 2012 and has become so common today we forget how recently this all happened.

"If we can remove (the) barriers & create access for people of all backgrounds to become #entrepreneurs it not only helps those individuals live and thrive and survive, but also their families and their communities. Our economies as a whole will be more successful." Andy Stoll

Thanks Robin Brule for inviting me to speak with your inspiring group of credit union leaders, and for Filene*’s work in exploring the expanding role of credit union leaders in supporting entrepreneurs and building entrepreneurial ecosystems — I’ve learned a lot!

Do you want to build a stronger community of entrepreneurs to anchor your entrepreneurial ecosystems? Whatever Monica Wheat says….do that 👇

Great work from Betsey Suchanic and a cohort of library leaders from across the US with Urban Libraries Council. What is the role of libraries in helping underestimated entrepreneurs and in building local entrepreneurial ecosystems? Read on... --and check out: urbanlibraries.org/resources/clos…

At the RuralRISE Summit in Emporia, Kansas where Dell Gines asks THE aspirational question about rural economic development and entrepreneurship — what would it look like to you?

"75% of the global food supply is sourced from just 12 plant and five animal species."😯 ideo.com/journal/what-t…

There are so many amazing, interesting, and awesome people in your community who have not yet had the opportunity to randomly collide. I implore you to take the chance to connect those folks. CONNECT THOSE DOTS. You never know what will come of that seemingly simple gesture 🧡

Props to Ronald Klain and team for doing more to build America's entrepreneurial and innovation "infrastructure" than any White House in modern times. #KeepBuilding