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A Workshop On Facilitating Collaboration In Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

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Everything Moves at the Speed of Trust: A Workshop On Facilitating Collaboration In Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
Hilton Philadelphia At Penn's Landing - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sunday, April 6, 2025, 1-4 pm ET
Registration: $20 (if this cost is a barrier to your participation, please contact Lindsay Schuenke at lschuenke@inbia.org)

Thriving entrepreneurial ecosystems aren’t just collections of people and resources—they’re networks built on trust, collaboration, and shared purpose. Entrepreneurs, incubators, investors, Main Street offices, universities, and resource providers all play roles, but the real glue that binds them together is a culture of trust and collaboration – built over time through conversations among people. 

The heart of ecosystem building consists of starting and sustaining conversations and relationships across a community, leading to more collaborations that help entrepreneurs and ecosystems flourish.

This interactive workshop will introduce you to new frameworks for fostering trust and collaboration within entrepreneurial ecosystems. You’ll learn new ways to facilitate open, inclusive, and structured conversations that build rapport, align perspectives, and uncover new collaborative opportunities. You’ll walk away with actionable strategies to create a more connected, thriving ecosystem that empowers and welcomes even more people to work together in your community to better support entrepreneurs and drive impact.

In this workshop, we’ll explore:  

  • How ecosystem leaders can navigate collaboration when changes and disruption seem to be around every corner.

  • Why open, structured, and constructive conversations are essential in today’s ecosystem building efforts.  

  • What strategies can help maintain productive dialogue across diverse perspectives.

About The Presenters

The hands-on workshop will be led by Fay Horwitt, President and CEO of Forward Cities, and Jim Woodell, Founder and CEO of Venn Collaborative.


Fay Horwitt is an accomplished ecosystem builder and inclusive entrepreneurship expert. She is the President and CEO of Forward Cities and the creator of STROLL, an ecosystem-building framework that helps leaders cultivate systems change in the face of cultural shifts.

Jim Woodell, Ph.D., is a nationally recognized expert in how higher education institutions can partner with their communities in outreach, engagement, innovation, and entrepreneurial ecosystem development. He is the Founder and CEO of Venn Collaborative and the principal co-creator of the C•CUBE Toolkit, an ecosystem building framework that was developed by the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and Venn Collaborative in collaboration with the UEDA, NACCE, APLU, USASBE and the Kauffman Foundation.


The workshop will be co-hosted by Andy Stoll, the Executive Director of the Ecosystem Building Leadership Network (EBLN), Rob Williams, Director of SourceLink, and Mark Lawrence, chair of the Startup Champions Network and principal at Inncuvate.

 

Workshop Co-Producing Partners

This workshop is being presented through a collaboration of eight leading national organizations that support entrepreneurial ecosystem building across the country and is being hosted in conjunction with the 39th International Conference on Business Incubation and the 2025 Main Street Now Conference, which will be held concurrently in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 5-9, 2025.

Workshop Co-Producers: 
Price: $20
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