Forward Cities Research

Research & Evaluation team @ForwardCities. We are #measuringecosystems and #equity access to #entrepreneurship

[Forward Cities Research @Research_FC]

Check out our second interactive dashboard with data on equity in #businessownership for all states across the U.S. at the county level! A big thanks to Dr. Stacey Williams, Dr. of Research+Eval, and students @DukeFuqua for their support on this project.

https://t.co/KNT1W63Tvj

[Forward Cities Research @Research_FC]

SO proud of this team of #Durham all-stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ congratulations to all.

[Forward Cities Research @Research_FC]

Economic dynamism thrives in America's minority communities https://t.co/ltzfIPMpd9 via @BrookingsInst

[Forward Cities Research @Research_FC]

"We can invest in Black businesses, financial institutions, and neighborhoods in ways that combat the spread of COVID-19 and restore the value that racism has extracted." via @BrookingsInst @BrookingsMetro https://t.co/UVnm9b89CJ

[Andy Stoll @andystoll]

Well here is a win for society!

Congratulations @FayHorwitt_FC and @ForwardCities! Lead the way!

[Forward Cities Research @Research_FC]

Want to learn more about our work and the experience of local entrepreneurs and ecosystem builders? Check out the @ForwardCities podcast, Forging Forward.

Listen to the season premiere featuring our Director of Research and Evaluation. #Entrepreneurship
https://t.co/HxjUOro7Ab

[Deborah D. Hoover @DeborahHoover]

@BDMorganFdn excited to hear from @FayHorwitt_FC @ForwardCities on her journey & leadership becoming an ecosystem builder. #NEOeship strengthened through our Forward Cities participation 2014-16.

[Forward Cities Research @Research_FC]

Check out our new interactive dashboard with data on equity in #entrepreneurship for the 50 largest Metropolitan areas in the US! A big thanks to students @DukeFuqua for their support on this project.

https://t.co/1c2jBvykpk

[Forward Cities Research @Research_FC]

Read this now & again on the weekend if you’ve never heard of truth-in-lending laws. First state wide one was passed last year.

Joyce Klein @Aspen_BOI puts it simply: Transparency laws “don't apply to business loans where's it's still the Wild West”

https://t.co/DMAN4eyNIK

[Forward Cities Research @Research_FC]

In the midst of @oscarthinks‘ piece about the only community bank in the Bronx are two beautiful examples of how folks have used information about prospective clients from their social network behavior to broaden credit eligibility.

https://t.co/WQwgHb3Xj9

[Forward Cities Research @Research_FC]

In the midst of @oscarthinks‘ piece about the only community bank in the Bronx are two beautiful examples of how folks have used information about prospective clients from their social network behavior to broaden credit eligibility.

https://t.co/WQwgHb3Xj9

[Fay Horwitt @FayHorwitt_FC]

Excited to see my @ForwardCities colleague, @GunkelNic, VP of Ecosystem Impacts, sharing his policy expertise in collaboration our CEO, @cgergen, and partners, @rainforestbook and @bruce_katz.

https://t.co/V6RkdtN0Hz

[Forward Cities Research @Research_FC]

Solid reporting @JeffKauflin and @janetnovack that popped into my feed this morning - I very much appreciate how it profiles less known researchers working on the forefront of these issues. #reparations #babybonds #rainydayfunds #cdfi

via @idarademacher

https://t.co/BIUGDPCkRY

[Nic Gunkel @GunkelNic]

This piece @StartupChamps featuring the ecosystem-building champs #AmandaWest, @andystoll and @ericengelmann is a beautiful reminder that the work of community building is about much more than the start-up community. It’s tending to the entire community
https://t.co/5ZfwzS5HKA

[Kenan Fikri @kenanfikri]

Latest research from #smallbiz superstar Rob Fairlie shows the extent to which #minority and #immigrant business owners have borne the brunt of the fallout from COVID-19.

*Important to note these are inactive but not necessarily permanently shuttered.

https://t.co/xwzA5FCxNz

[Forward Cities Research @Research_FC]

And... 80% success rate compared to GoFundMe and Kickstarter that don’t even hover around half of that rate - the proof is in the pudding 🍮 both for @ioby and #ecosystembuilding

cc: @ewhitmore @rainforestbook

[Nic Gunkel @GunkelNic]

“We’re going to work through [No‘s] because you deserve it, and your community deserves it, deserves to benefit from the project idea you have.”

The parallels are striking between @ioby‘s Ambassadors that coach crowdfunding project leaders, most from...
https://t.co/KzMUL8kfTg

[Nic Gunkel @GunkelNic]

This 👇

[Nic Gunkel @GunkelNic]

Read every single of the pieces listed in this thread, and more - you’ve got 400 of them

[Forward Cities Research @Research_FC]

This promises to be a rare gem 💎 amidst all the poorly worded surveys that are proliferating

[David Wessel @davidmwessel]

Census Bureau has new experimental weekly surveys taking the pulse of small biz and households. Very timely during #Covid19economy. Join us May 20, 2 PM EDT to learn more. Hutchins Center @BrookingsEcon https://t.co/Hud7AIjzTC

[Forward Cities Research @Research_FC]

“If Casper, WeWork or some celebrity’s makeup company doesn’t survive this crisis, the impact on our lives will be negligible. [...] But if we lose our barber, the fruit store on the corner or the plumber who saved us in a flood, we will have lost a piece of ourselves”

[David Sax @saxdavid]

Something I wrote today @nytopinion The Coronavirus Is Showing Us Which Entrepreneurs Matter #celebrateentrepreneurs https://t.co/1vyPxGsCjM