In this week’s episode, Tracy and Mike interview Fay Horwitt and Brett Brenton with Forward Cities. 

Show Highlights:

• Brett and Fay share the heart behind Forward Cities to address the inequities in our society, specifically within the context of Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial Support, and how Forward Cities creates “equity for every entrepreneur” (02:15)
• Tracy asks the group about how Forward Cities helps communities progress towards a common goal and vision, in spite of the competing priorities and self-interests of individual groups and organizations. Forward Cities calls this “Sense-Making” (10:00)
• The group discusses how Forward Cities determines it’s time to step away and allow the community to progress without them (22:00) 
• Mike summarizes the conversation to this point, and then Fay and Brett build upon the core points to this point through the lens of two short case studies (22.20)
• Brett and Fay share about their experiences in communities ranging from working with indiginous populations in New Mexico, to Baltimore, to a deeper dive into New Kensington and Kansas City (30:30)
• The gang discusses the metrics that Forward Cities uses, and how the processes that they utilize can translate to organizational leaders outside of ecosystem building (including the use of the Forward Cities “E3 Scorecard”) (38:00)  
• Brett and Fay share about the launch of the SBA Pilot program (48:45)

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Related Podcasts: In this podcast, we discuss the great work done by ecosystem builder Geraud Staton, the executive director of Helius. Check out the full podcast here! 

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