ELI Top of Mind — January 2019
January 28, 2019
Top of Mind is ELI’s favorite entrepreneurial mindset studies, articles, papers, books, and talks. Check out this month’s selection! Read Here
Read moreNew Year, New Mindset: How Public Libraries Can Support Economic Development in Their Communities
January 15, 2019
Ice House Facilitator Duncan Smith is the Chief Strategist for EBSCO Information Services, a pioneer in the library services industry. After attending certification training in Durham, NC, Duncan was inspired by the potential an entrepreneurial mindset could bring to communities and saw a unique way to engage stakeholders through their public libraries. Spurred on by his new passion, Duncan wrote a blog post illustrating how public libraries are perfectly suited for entrepreneurial learning and activity. Read Now
Read moreEngaging New Partners to Build Entrepreneurial Communities
January 8, 2019
By Gary Schoeniger & Chris Thompson, president of Civic Collaboration Consultants, LLC We all know that entrepreneurship is vital to creating prosperous communities and the need to encourage and support entrepreneurial activity at all levels of society has never been more important than it is today. After all, entrepreneurs have become the engines of economic growth, not only starting new businesses that create jobs and revitalize our communities but also…
Read moreELI Top of Mind — December 2018
December 28, 2018
Top of Mind is ELI’s favorite entrepreneurial mindset studies, articles, papers, books, and talks. Check out this month’s selection! Read Here
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How To Recognize Opportunities That Others Overlook
December 10, 2018
Photo By Paul Skorupskas on Unsplash Learn How to Think (and Act) Like an Entrepreneur Part 2/8 I’ve spent the past two decades exploring the mindset and the methods of everyday entrepreneurs – the underdogs and the misfits whose only advantage in life is in the way they think. In this second post of an eight-part series, I’ll explore the underlying logic and the cognitive strategies that enable entrepreneurs to recognize opportunities that others overlook.…
Read moreSteidle: The future of work is entrepreneurial
November 30, 2018
Why do so many people not understand the power of entrepreneurship? Perhaps the word “entrepreneurial” gives them hives or they have no idea how the word even applies to them. After all, they are not interested in starting a business so why should they care? Ice House Facilitator and founder of the Innovation Agency, Samantha Steidle answers this question and more in a blog post initially posted in the Roanoke Times. Read Now …
Read moreELI Top of Mind — November 2018
November 20, 2018
Top of Mind is ELI’s favorite entrepreneurial mindset studies, articles, papers, books, and talks. Check out this month’s selection! Read Here
Read moreELI Top of Mind — October 2018
October 17, 2018
Top of Mind is ELI’s favorite entrepreneurial mindset studies, articles, papers, books, and talks. Check out this month’s selection! Read Here
Read moreELI Top of Mind — September 2018
September 18, 2018
Top of Mind is ELI’s favorite entrepreneurial mindset studies, articles, papers, books, and talks. Check out this month’s selection! Read Here
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