Celebrating Our Partners in Economic Development: The Small Business Development Center

Last Wednesday was National Small Business Development Day and we wanted to take a minute to recognize all that our Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) do as a partner in entrepreneurship support. Check out our latest blog to learn more about what the SBDC has to offer, and how they make our entrepreneurial resource network richer for small business owners.

Strategies to Sustain Your Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

There are always opportunities to fund entrepreneurial economic development work, but before you apply for funding, take time to map out your long-term goals and craft a clear vision. Revisit our 2022 blog for a few expert strategies when building a plan for sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystem building. 

SourceLink Affiliate Quarterly Conversation -

March 2023

Earlier this month, we met with SourceLink affiliates for our first quarterly conversation of 2023. We shared success stories, welcomed new affiliates, and went in-depth on best practices concerning data collection and how SourceLink Pro can be used to support your impact reporting.. We created a recap blog to catch you up on what you may have missed. Click the button below!

Upcoming Events

• National Women’s History Month in March
• 2023 NLC Congressional City Conference, March 26 -28
• Main Street Now Conference, March 27 -29
• National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day, March 29
• 2023 AACC Annual Conference, April 1 -4
• Startup Grind Global Conference 2023, April 11 -12
• Skoll World Forum, April 12 - 14
• IEDC Neighborhood Development Strategies, April 13 - 14
• National Get to Know Your Customer Day, April 20
• InBIA 37th International Conference on Business Incubation, April 23 - 26
• National Library Week, April 23 - 29
• SourceLink Summit, April 24 - 26
• 2023 Collective Impact Action Summit, April 25 - 27

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

See you in San Juan!

 We are thrilled so many SourceLink Affiliates will be joining us for our upcoming SourceLink Summit in San Juan, PR, April 24-26. Affiliate organizations attending include: BizLink Orange, Colmena66, Evergreen BizLink, Fairfax County (Fairfax CORE), Greater Baltimore Urban League, KCSourceLink, Louisiana Business Hub, MicroEnterprise Collaborative of Inland Southern California, MOSourceLink, Network Kansas, Nexus i90, NWI BizHub, Sparkyard, Start In Wisconsin and West Virginia BusinessLink. We are excited to be welcoming multiple national thought leaders in entrepreneurship-led economic development, as well as a number of local Colmena66 resource partners.

We have a full agenda with inspiring speakers in entrepreneurship and economic development and sessions on marketing, funding ecosystems, resource partner outreach with plenty of networking included. There are only a few spots left, contact Pola at pfirestone@joinsourcelink.com if you would like more information.

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