SourceLink Founder Wins Global Ecosystem Champion Award 

At the 2025 Compass Awards during the Global Entrepreneurship Congress, our founder Maria Meyers was presented with the Ecosystem Champion award, highlighting her work as a trailblazer in the field of entrepreneurship-led economic development. Through her work at SourceLink and KCSourceLink, she’s helped make millions of connections and supported countless small businesses. To read more about Maria’s impact in the field, check out this article from Startland News. 

SourceLink at the 2025 Global Entrepreneurship Congress

Last month, the SourceLink team participated in the 2025 Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC) hosted by the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) in Indianapolis, IN. We were able to connect with affiliates and partners, gain insights from peers all over the world, and hear from experts on the future of economic development and entrepreneurship. 

If you couldn’t make it, we’ve got you covered! All sessions from GEC are on the GEN YouTube page, including SourceLink’s Session on the Future of Entrepreneurship! The session features SourceLink affiliates on shaping the future of inclusive and innovative entrepreneurship development: 

And be sure to check out GEN’s 2025 Impact Report, which was released at the conference. 

We also had the opportunity to network in a closed session with SourceLink affiliates. We hope to gather with our network again next year, so stay tuned for more updates.

Celebrating SourceLink Enterprise 

Happy First Anniversary to SourceLink Enterprise! We’re celebrating one year of SourceLink Enterprise, the groundbreaking CRM built specifically for ecosystem builders. For over 20 years, SourceLink Pro has been a trusted CRM, and now Enterprise takes it further as the first shared CRM solution designed to allow multiple organizations to streamline collaboration, enable secure data sharing, simplify client intake, and reduce redundancies—all while giving users full control over what data stays private or public. Want to learn more? Schedule a demo with us! 

Plenty of Economic Development Opportunities Ahead!

We’re halfway through 2025 and there’s still a packed calendar of exciting events and opportunities to connect and learn.

• Coming up soon: SourceLink Founder Maria Meyers will speak at the Network of Academic Corporate Relations Officers (NACRO) Annual Conference, happening July 15–17 in Kansas City, MO.
• Looking ahead to fall, we’ll be exhibiting at the IEDC 2025 Annual Conference in Detroit, MI, Sept. 14–17.
• And don’t miss two back-to-back events in Georgia this November:
  • InBIA’s 2025 e.Builder’s Forum – Atlanta, GA, Nov. 3–4
  • Startup Champions Network Fall 2025 Summit – Augusta, GA, Nov. 5–7

Explore these and more upcoming opportunities on our events calendar.

Upcoming Events

• Independence Day, July 4

• USASBE's 2025 Rural Entrepreneurship Symposium, July 8-11

• NACo 2025 Annual Conference, July 11-14

• 2025 NACRO Annual Conference, July 15-17

• NUL Annual Conference, July 16-19

• ACCE Annual Convention, July 22-25

Visit our Calendar of Entrepreneurship & Economic Development Events to discover more information on these events and other conversations just on the horizon.

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