Fifteen months ago, I was invited to lead InBIA as its President and CEO. Since the organization was founded in 1985, InBIA has grown to serve over 2,100 members located in every state of the U.S., as well as in 61 other countries. I have been incredibly honored to visit and learn about the diverse array of high-impact entrepreneurship centers that InBIA members are running around the world. Today is a time of rapid transformation as entrepreneurs are leading the way in growing their local economies one startup at a time….
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Despite the recent media hype around the rise in privately-backed seed accelerators and coworking spaces, the vast majority (over 90%) of entrepreneurship centers are non-profit incubators that are mission-driven to create regional economic growth through entrepreneurship. In order to respond to the rapid growth of entrepreneurship as an economic strategy in virtually every region of the world, many incubators have grown in to “super hubs” that offer a mix of shared (coworking) space, robust mentor networks, private offices, networking events and accelerator programs under a single roof…
Read MoreLast month, our Director of Membership Development, Matt Melloy had the honor of speaking at the Pujiang Entrepreneurship Forum in Shanghai. Matt has worked with Chinese incubators for years and has established a unique perspective on cross-border collaboration. As a past resident of China, Matt established a slightly pessimistic view that the challenges of cross-border collaboration between China and the United States outweighed the benefits…
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