Embracing Your Future:
Preparing for Success in an Entrepreneur Ecosystem

Building Community and B2B Alliances

Seek knowledge – This is two-fold.

  1. The knowledge sought comes from researching demographics and resources within the hemisphere of experts and data analytics.

  2. The knowledge prospective individuals and entrepreneurs seek to help address their career or business development.

INTRODUCING TECHNOLOGY-BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (TBED) – THAT IS INCLUSIVE

How does TBED impact individual and business growth?

TRANSFORMATIVE IN CREATING HIGHER-WAGE JOBS

EXPANDING INDUSTRY CLUSTERS  

GROWING THE REGIONAL GDP¹ (EDA and SSTI)

Understand the economic landscape. Information can be overwhelming. Understanding what is developing in local and surrounding communities is very important. Who or what entities are at or missing from the table for meaningful conversations?

Cultivate relationships. A welcoming environment for learning starts with collaboration and building trust. Engage local and state economic development organizations, academic institutions, workforce development programs, and supply chain groups.

Create paths for career and business development. The path would be developed to meet present and intermediate needs and allow room for future strategies. Action plans will have flexible timelines, not rigid ones. 

Execute the path—The paths, whether career development or B2B, are determined with thoughtful collaboration with others working to build the specific ecosystem. Recommended resources, education, networks, and coaching will help achieve success. 

Learn more about how to build an ecosystem. Are you ready to begin? Let’s get started!

Vanessa Womack is an MBL Trailblazing Partnership Finalist Award Nominee