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Insights from Growing a Regional Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

The Shenandoah Valley in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains is renowned for its stunning vistas, even if not yet for its entrepreneurial ecosystem. But the insights that we have gained from stitching that ecosystem together hold great promise for our region and for other regions seeking to cultivate new and young businesses that create virtually all job growth in America.​ The Shenandoah Valley stretches for 143 miles, across 11 counties, along Interstate 81 from Winchester to Buena Vista. While the Interstate provides a spine that connects and strengthens the largest cities in the region, those 143 miles through the mountains keep…

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Anika Horn is Director of Ecosystem Building at the Shenandoah Community Capital Fund in Staunton, VA, where she works to build a strong coalition of entrepreneurial support organizations across the Shenandoah Valley. She is the host of “Ecosystems for Change,” a podcast for entrepreneurial ecosystem builders. Previously, Anika co-founded several ... Read more

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