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Measuring an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
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Measuring an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem


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The Kauffman Foundation is a nonprofit organization that advances entrepreneurship. In this paper, Kauffman researchers Dane Stangler and Jordan Bell-Masterson discuss four factors that will help assess whether a region or community is entrepreneur-friendly. Their handy overview explains why these factors are crucial, suggests ways to measure them and lists sources where you can obtain the relevant data. Although their analysis  focuses only on assessing – not promoting – these factors, getAbstract recommends it to entrepreneurs, investors and policy makers.

 

Take-Aways

  • To measure a community’s entrepreneurial “vibrancy,” focus on concrete outcomes.
  • “Density, fluidity, connectivity” and “diversity” are vital to an ecosystem’s entrepreneurial potential.
  • A large number of people moving in and out of an area can foster innovation.

About the Authors

Dane Stangler is vice president of research and policy at the Kauffman Foundation. Jordan Bell-Masterson, a former analyst at the Kauffmann Foundation, is now an MBA candidate at the University of Chicago.


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