e2 In-Depth: Community Capacity Building
By: Don Macke, e2 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Community Capacity Building Building Blocks for Community Development Success If you have spent any time with our e2 resources you know we constantly make […]
e2 In-Depth: Urban America is Filling Up
By: Don Macke with Ann Chaffin, e2 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Urban America is Filling Up Opportunities for Rural America From the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean there is a vast continent […]
e2 In-Depth: Community Leadership
By: Don Macke with Ann Chaffin, e2 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Community Leadership Growing an Entrepreneurial Community Building an entrepreneurial community requires the right kind of leadership. Where there is the right kind […]
e2 In-Depth: Lessons from Central Appalachia
By: Don Macke with Ann Chaffin, e2 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Special Thanks to Deb Markley and Dana Williams Central Appalachia is a landscape rich in both culture and natural resources. It […]
e2 In-Depth: Mega Trends and Rural America
By: Don Macke, e2 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems We live in a very complex and dynamic global economy and society. Change seems to be accelerating. The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic illustrates how globally […]
e2 In-Depth: 2020 Anthology of e2 Work
By: Don Macke, e2 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Despite a worldwide pandemic health crisis, recession, all the Zoom conferences, and a presidential election, we close out another productive year. Here’s a compilation […]
e2 In-Depth: Is Your Community a JEDI Hometown?
By: Don Macke, e2 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and David Iaquinta Is Your Community a JEDI Hometown? Growing Entrepreneurial Communities The United States has grown and developed in large part by waves […]
e2 In-Depth: Broadband and Rural America Restart, Recovery and Resiliency
By: Don Macke, e2 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Broadband and Rural America Restart, Recovery and Resiliency The world COVID-19 pandemic health crisis has greatly disrupted our lives with millions of Americans now […]
e2 In-Depth: How hardship, leadership, philanthropy, and a 20-year vision built an entrepreneurial community
By: Don Macke, e2 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Ord, Nebraska An Entrepreneurial Community In the 1980s Ord and its region were in crisis facing serious challenges and the potential it could go […]
e2 In-Depth: Pandemic Recession Future Trends
By: Don Macke, e2 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Pandemic Recession Future Trends Implications for rural community development With each major socioeconomic event (e.g., depressions, pandemics, civil unrest, wars, etc.) there is typically […]