STORIES + TIPS
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Shop Small Business, Shop CO.STARTERS
By David Kraus Finally. The time has arrived for holiday music to flood through the ceiling speakers of local shopping malls, unleashed from its eleven-month-long hibernation. And that means one thing--you have shopping to do. [...]
Telling the Story of Our Impact
By David Kraus We at CO.STARTERS want to invest in your story. Every individual story is unique, and we want to do justice telling the complex stories of ventures that benefit from our platform. Specifically, [...]
Our Common Vision
At this year’s CO.STARTERS Retreats, we conducted a visioning exercise aimed at getting to the heart of our work’s shared purpose. Participants were prompted to consider their community becoming a national success story for creating [...]
Starter Story: Ashley Gladney // Mobile Mommy
“CO.STARTERS was that push I needed to launch… Because everything is laid out, you have no choice but to move forward. You just have to have the will to do it.”
Growing Inclusive Entrepreneurial Communities
By Tim Moore In 2016, one of the country’s leaders in philanthropic investment in entrepreneurship - the Kauffman Foundation - distributed a challenge to address one of the biggest issues entrepreneurial communities face: what can [...]
Why is CO.STARTERS Doing Retreats This Year?
Q & A with Enoch Elwell Why is CO.STARTERS doing retreats this year instead of the normal Summit? After going to countless conferences and summits over the years, I’ve found that the most lasting value [...]