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“Entrepreneurship at its core is a willingness to challenge the status quo” love this very true comment from @ChancellorSDCCD at #NACCE2021 — I truly believe entrepreneurship is a vehicle for activism!

“To recognize you can pursue a passion with purpose, to be thoughtful about what’s possible - that’s what entrepreneurship is about at its core” love this thinking from Dr. Michael Baston #NACCE2021

So very excited to be bringing the CORI Pitch Event to life with awesome partners like Rise of the Rest !

coming soon to groceries stores near YOU - rural innovation on butter boxes!!! 🧈

The best obituary for Joan Didion wasn’t written by any of the major newspapers. It was a letter to the editor from a former Brooklyn English teacher in the NYT. “We tell ourselves stories in order to live, she said. All storytellers leave immediate survivors, I’m saying.”

Just watch this video. Just watch.

I’m excited to join the conversation at the Richmond Fed’s #InvestRuralUSA Conference on 3/30! We'll explore strategies for investing in community-driven economic and workforce development initiatives in rural areas. Check it out: bit.ly/3HPJjRD

When working w/ rural communities “you gain trust by the thimbleful & lose it by the bucketful” — @MakeaBetterWV with a great quote underlining how trust & relationships are truly core to equitable rural economic development Richmond Fed #InvestRuralUSA

Please consider donating to support folks in Eastern KY after these devastating floods, Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky, a trusted local community org, has set up a donations page and is providing updates: appalachianky.org/flood/

“Rural america is a lot more diverse than you might expect” - Xochitl Torres Small Under Secretary for Rural Development at USDA with some great remarks at the IEDC conference #IEDC

Loved being a part of this panel!

So great to be at #RuralRise2022, love this take on the importance of culture in entrepreneurial ecosystem building from Kauffman Foundation

1) Metrics for ecosystem growth 2) business models to fund this work & 3) TRUST between community/grassroots orgs & more traditional large institutions/cos are critical factors for eship ecosystem building, esp in rural areas. Couldn’t agree more Andy Stoll #RuralRISE2022

Love this question Dell Gines is posing to the group attending RCAP’s #RuralRISE2022 and couldn’t agree more with his belief that “every community has a right to prosper in our economy if they so choose”

Ecosystem building recenters the community as the place of power, replaces competition w cooperation & collaboration, & prioritizes innovation, placemaking & local job creation. YESSSS!! Dell Gines #RuralRISE2022

Thanks RCAP for letting me share our approach Center on Rural Innovation to rural economic development through supporting tech entrepreneurship, innovation & ecosystem building! my first #RuralRISE2022 was awesome! Already looking forward to next year 🤓

A couple members of our team — Molly Pyle and Mark Rembert — traveled to Pikeville this week to participate in the @@SOAR_EKY Summit. They caught a beautiful weekend in Eastern Kentucky — and a tremendous event hosted by Colby Hall and co.!

Excited to be speaking at this event to share more about the work we do Center on Rural Innovation! Thanks The Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues for the invitation. Learn more & register here: statedept.webex.com/weblink/regist…