Stories

Nurturing Hope Through Entrepreneurship for All

August 20, 2020 | By

Nicolas Gunkel, Vice President of Ecosystem Impacts

Editor’s Note: the following reflections are from Nicolas Gunkel, VP of Ecosystem Impacts, who earlier this year with his wife welcomed their son to the world.    Reconciling in...

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ESHIP Communities’ Partners Address Barriers to Entrepreneurship During Turbulent Times

August 19, 2020 | By

Eliza Salmon, ESHIP Research Manager

The latest ecosystem research is replete with disheartening data on how the pandemic is hurting small businesses. According to a survey of over 8,000 small business owners conducted between...

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Building Awning

Entrepreneurship and the Next CARES Act

August 14, 2020 | By

Christopher Gergen

This text first appeared on The New Localism and is co-authored by Christopher Gergen, Nic Gunkel, Bruce Katz, and Victor Hwang   As Congress negotiates the next COVID-19 relief package, it...

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TWO AMERICAS, ONE PATH FORWARD

June 2, 2020 | By

Forward Cities

In 1963, during what is arguably his most well-known speech, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. imagined a time when Blacks in America would be judged by the content of their...

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