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Why I Take Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Building Personal
I come from Omaha’s Black community. The Black community in Omaha consists of about two and a half zip codes, and at one point was home to over 60% of all Black people in the state. According to a 2008 pew report, it had the highest African American poverty rate for children and the 3rd highest rate for adults. For as long as I can remember, I have been committed to creating change in my community. The first formal community work I did was during my senior year of high school.
6 essentials for an effective entrepreneurship ecosystem
I have coached basketball for over 20 years. I often think about what it took to make Michael Jordan “Air Jordan,” arguably the greatest basketball player of all time. Of course, he needed physical gifts of height and athleticism. He needed that internal motivation and competitiveness. But once you move past those “personal” attributes, everything else he needed to be great came from the broader basketball community. Michael Jordan needed the basic things like a basketball, a hoop, and a court.
Small Businesses of Color Recovery Guide
As the nation continues to work toward economic equity, and the demographics of the United States continue to change, the necessity of supporting the recovery of Small Businesses of Color (SBOCs) becomes imperative. The purpose of this guide is to help support the recovery of these businesses by providing readers with a range of ideas in the areas of small business credit and capital, education and training, policy recommendations, and community support.
Building racial equity in tech ecosystems to spur local recovery
Overview Systemic inequities in America have created a history of wealth inequality, disproportionately exposed certain communities to the COVID-19 pandemic, and established conditions leading to racial violence and social unrest. To address these issues, communities of color—specifically, Black communities—will need broad-based economic support and policy reforms.
Inclusivity Increases Economic Productivity in Entrepreneurship Ecosystems
We often use many arguments to encourage further inclusive entrepreneurship ecosystem building. One of these arguments is often the positive long-run impact on the nation and local economies by ensuring that inclusivity is a normal practice in our ecosystems. One of the things I have rarely heard outside of the discussion around demographic shifts and which companies create the most net new jobs is an explanation as to WHY inclusivity creates better and more economically efficient output.
Boomers Leading the Way in Business Formation
The following interview offers a high-level understanding of senior entrepreneurship. Why focus on senior entrepreneurship? Because 34 million seniors have self-identified as wanting to start their own business. The one cohort that continues creating businesses is the boomer cohort, which is starting more businesses than any other age group. Millennials have trouble starting businesses because they are coming out of college with so much debt.
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