How Start Ups Can Power the Recovery

Good article by Ross DeVol from Heartland Florida about the importance of entrepreneurs and small businesses to having a vibrant local economic recovery.

Heartland Forward’s report lays out specific ways that cities can—and should—focus on creating environments where new, growing firms can thrive. A brief look at these suggested actions:

1. Improve attitudes toward entrepreneurs.
2. Enable dealmakers.
3. Promote early stage risk capital networks.
4. Establish and fund entrepreneurial support organizations.
5. Link in corporations.
6. Employ new real estate and service provider models.
7. Demand university entrepreneurial engagement.
8. Position government as a central hub for entrepreneurial resources.
9. Build and enhance quality of place and amenities.

How Startups and Entrepreneurs Can Power the Economic Recovery