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What if we could redesign our regional economic strategies knowing what we know now? In this dynamic panel, we’ll flip the script on traditional models of institutional support for startups and small businesses. Join leaders from across the country as they reflect on how universities, government agencies, and innovation hubs have historically supported founders—and how those systems could evolve to better serve diverse entrepreneurial communities.

This conversation invites you to view community and economic development through an institutional infrastructure lens. From funding flows and success metrics to partnerships and policy, we'll explore what we might do differently if given the chance to start again. Together, let’s reverse engineer the future of ecosystem design—one that’s more inclusive, adaptive, and aligned with founder realities