The Keystone - A Podcast For Ecosystem Builders

This week on the Keystone we speak with Scott Dorsey, Co-Founder of Exact Target (which sold to Salesforce for $2.5B) and Managing Partner at High Alpha, talks to us about his investment in the midwest startup ecosystem.Show notes: https://medium.com/p/1cdcba40dc3e/Website: www.ecosystem.buildersSeason 2 Partners:AFWERX: https://www.afwerx.af.mil/Startup Space: https://www.startupspace.us/Clique: https://clique.ai/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Between WeWork, Coronavirus and the rise of remote-first work, it's been a exciting year for the coworking industry. This week, we dive into the details with one of the pioneers of the industry, Tony Bacigalupo.Show notes: https://medium.com/p/c898486d3a44Website: www.ecosystem.buildersSeason 2 Partners:AFWERX: https://www.afwerx.af.mil/Startup Space: https://www.startupspace.us/Clique: https://clique.ai/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode we are joined by Holly Beilin, Director of Communications and Community at Engage Ventures, and Monique Villa, Investor at Mucker Capital and Founder of Build in SE. They tell Yuval and Charlton about their work in ecosystem networks across the Southeast, and how storytelling strengthens regional communities. Show notes: https://medium.com/p/94608cac0d35/Website: www.ecosystem.buildersSeason 2 Partners:AFWERX: https://www.afwerx.af.mil/Startup Space: https://www.startupspace.us/Clique: https://clique.ai/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode we are joined by Srinivas Kollipara, the Co-Founder & former CEO of T-Hub, India's largest incubator. Srinivas breaks down the startup culture in Hyderabad, and how India transitioned from a conservative business culture to a global leader. He also shares the unusual strategy behind T-Hub and why "this is not the India of ten years ago."Show notes: https://medium.com/p/11ad632a0eb5Website: www.ecosystem.buildersSeason 2 Partners:AFWERX: https://www.afwerx.af.mil/Startup Space: https://www.startupspace.us/Clique: https://clique.ai/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode we are joined by Kiera Smalls, Executive Director of Philly Startup Leaders and co-founder of City Fit Girls. We'll be discussing ways of bring self-compassion and mental health awareness to the startup scene.Show notes: https://medium.com/p/a0089a4d00adWebsite: www.ecosystem.buildersSeason 2 Partners:AFWERX: https://www.afwerx.af.mil/Startup Space: https://www.startupspace.us/Clique: https://clique.ai/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Season 2 of The Keystone! We're kicking it off with one of the godfathers of ecosystem building himself, Brad Feld, author of Startup Communities, co-founder of Techstars and Founder of Foundry Group. Tune in to learn about what Coronavirus can teach us about ecosystem building, what Brad has learned since he published his first book, and what he plans to share in his newest one, launching this June. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're coming to you from Minneapolis with the very first live episode (meaning we have a studio audience!) of The Keystone! Today we'll be interviewing Mary Grove, Partner at Rise of the Rest Seed Fund and co-founder of Silicon North Star, a non profit focused on giving Minnesota youth the opportunity to imagine exciting careers in technology through experiential learning in Silicon Valley. We'll be chatting about the creation of Google for Entrepreneurs, investing in startups outside of Silicon Valley and rise of the Minneapolis - St. Paul startup community. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hello ecosystem builders and welcome to pisode 11 of The Keystone! On today’s episode we’re going to be speaking with Inbal Gottesman, Jerusalem Ecosystem Manager at Start-Up Nation Central. Start-Up Nation Central is an independent non-profit that builds bridges to Israeli innovation. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We’ve officially hit double digits and to celebrate, I invited one of my favorite ecosystem builders (I know I say that often, but this woman is really at the very top of my list)… shelly Bell.She’s a computer scientist, a former high school teacher, a performance poet, a community organizer, a founder, and a CEO. She has two successful apparel printing businesses: MsPrint USA — through which she creates swag for clients like Amazon and Google with a team of women designers and printers — and Made By A Black Woman, which celebrates products made by Black women.She now serves as the Founder and CEO of Black Girl Ventures, and is focused on creating access to capital for black and brown women through interactive pitch competitions. Shelly is a force of nature, and I’m so glad we were able to capture her thoughts around inclusion, business growth, training, culture development and program expansion and fundraising. We hit a TON of topics. Buckle up, and help me welcome shelly bell to the keystone! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today, we have a very special guest, one of our very first supporters, and a man many of you turn to for guidance and inspiration- Victor Hwang!For those unfamiliar with Victor, he is the VP of Entrepreneurship at the Kauffman Foundation, the author of The Rainforest book and a long time ecosystem builder and supporter of entrepreneurs. We’ll be discussing his story, how he fell in love with his work, how he’s seen the industry change and the thing you’ve all been waiting for, where he’s headed next. Spoiler alert, the big reveal won’t be happening on todays episode, but we’ll hear some of his thoughts on the direction he’ll be moving in. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On today’s episode, we’ll be diving into a conversation many of you have asked for: rural entrepreneurship. In order to fully dive in and share several perspectives, we decided to do our very first group interview with the Rural Rise organizers. We'll begin by discussing the state of rural entrepreneurship and then transition to learning all about the Rural Rise community. Whether you are knee deep in understanding rural communities, have zero insights or are somewhere in between, I think you’ll find value in this conversation. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today on our show we have Erik Mitisek, co-founder of Denver Startup Week, the largest free startup gathering in the world! He’s here to share the story of how they grew their event to 20,000 attendees and the lessons they’ve learned along the way while keeping the event completely free and welcoming to all. We’ll be chatting about developing partnerships, managing volunteers and building scalable solutions that enabled year over year sustainability.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week I’m excited to introduce you to Lakshmi Shenoy an ecosystem builder I greatly admire. She recently moved from Chicago where she worked at 1871, to Tampa Bay where she’s spear heading the development of Embarc Collective. We’ll be chatting about her decisions to move down to Tampa, the listening tour she embraced on to develop her strategy and the journey she’s been on building a team and a space to support the community needs.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today on our show, we have Kate Hodel, a pioneer ecosystem builder. I invited Kate to share some of her learnings with us today on our show. I feel lucky and humbled and inspired and i cant wait to share our conversation with you. A bit more about Kate… She is the co-author of Beyond Collisions: How to build your entrepreneurial infrastructure which I highly recommend and has has been instrumental in building tools for ecosystem builders through her work at the Kauffman Foundation and then at KC Source Link. Today, we’ll be chatting about economic development, community infrastructure, leadership styles and lego building. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week’s episode we’ll pick apart the concept of accelerator, understand what works, whats changing and where the future may take us. I’m excited to dive into a conversation with Beth McKeon, founder of Fluent. She’s taken a deep dive into accelerators, and is thinking outside of the box on about how we can redesign the experience to make it as impactful as possible for our entrepreneurs. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.