The Creative Confessional By Jami Milne At the 2019 Summit, attendees had the opportunity to enter The Creative Confessional, where visual artist Jami Milne captured their story by building connections through conversation and photography. Attendees confessed the creative endeavor they never followed through with or the idea that never came to fruition. The Creative Confessional allowed attendees to […]
The Ecosystem Building Science Fair Like previous ESHIP Summits, the Ecosystem Building Science Fair took place throughout the venue in 2019. These curated display boards featured Summit attendees’ programs, learnings, research, tools, and work (or work in progress) and invited connection throughout the ESHIP Summit. Click through the gallery below to view the science fair projects.
2019 Firestarters Our 2019 Firestarters had a common thread – the power of action in an entrepreneurial community. As we move through the Deliver phase of this work, watch these Firestarters for inspiration.
The ESHIP Goals Based on the input of 800 ecosystem builders at the two ESHIP Summits, we’ve formulated the ESHIP Goals: a proposed set of collective objectives to further fortify the entrepreneurial ecosystem-building field. The solutions to the ESHIP Goals will serve as tenets to the field, and the goals themselves are a checklist to help us prioritize, […]
The 2019 ESHIP Summit Please note that the following content is specific to the 2019 ESHIP Summit. Updates for the 2020 convening can be found here. The 2019 ESHIP Summit in Kansas City brought together more than 500 entrepreneurial ecosystem builders – leaders connecting communities to accelerate entrepreneurship. Over the course of three days in late May, the group gathered […]
Previous ESHIP Summits The ESHIP Summit 2017 was the Kauffman Foundation’s inaugural global gathering of leaders working to facilitate and spread entrepreneurship through the creation of entrepreneurial ecosystems. 450 attendees from 48 states and 9 countries – entrepreneurs, mayors, economic developers, grassroots community leaders, university leaders, academics, philanthropists, corporate leaders, and media – collaborated to create actionable plans […]
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Building Playbook Published in 2019, the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Playbook 3.0 shares some of the Summit community’s collective learning and progress following the 2018 ESHIP Summit. It builds on earlier learnings from the ESHIP Summit series and sets goals for collective efforts to explore and progress the ecosystem building field of practice. See the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Building Playbook […]
ESHIP Summit The ESHIP Summit is a convening that brings together entrepreneurial ecosystem builders – leaders connecting communities to accelerate entrepreneurship.
Epilogue and Credits Featuring Sarah BinderAndrew BrimerDedric CarterAbby CohenMarkey CulverChristine DeehringShonna DorseyEric EngelmannRiley Eynon-LynchLuke HaverhalsDan HoughtonAmy JohnsonRavi PatelNikki SalekSteve ShriverJeff SlobotskiMallory SmithAndy StollCole WestDan WilsonSteve Zika With Victor Hwang and Phil Wickham Production Crew Danny BowersoxJon DeMonteJosh GloerEmily HeroldDavid LightnerAndy MirianiJeff PeakShawn Wright Kauffman Foundation Associates Amy BrownLarry JacobMette KramerMatthew LongKeith MaysMatthew PozelTim RacerJulie ScheideggerCindy White Thank You […]
St. Louis, Missouri By far the biggest Midwestern city on the #EshipCITY road trip, the Greater St. Louis area is home to nearly 3 million people. The gateway to the West where the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers meet, St. Louis was acquired in the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. One hundred years later it was one of the largest […]