Our Insights
Our Insights are where ideas meet practice. Here, we share reflections, frameworks, and field notes from the journey of ecosystem building—originally published on LinkedIn and now gathered in one place. These writings explore the heart of the WayBuilders methodology - shifting culture, transforming economies, and equipping builders to lead from the inside out.
Call to Build: A Rallying Cry for Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Builders
The blog is a rallying cry for entrepreneurial ecosystem builders in the face of dismantled DEI programs and corporate backpedaling on equity commitments nationwide. It urges builders to stop waiting for broken systems to validate their work and instead create new, community-driven, trust-based systems that prioritize people, culture, and equity over politics.
WayBuilders: Transforming How Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Are Led, Built, and Sustained
This article introduces WayBuilders as a new social enterprise born out of a decade of ecosystem-building work and designed to transform how entrepreneurial ecosystems are led, built, and sustained. It presents WayBuilders’ three-part methodology as a framework to equip builders, communities, and funders to move beyond fixing broken systems and to create new, equitable ones that endure.
It’s Time to Right-Size the Future of Entrepreneurship
This article calls for “right-sizing” the definition of small business so Main Street, rural, immigrant, and women-owned microbusinesses aren’t overshadowed by larger firms newly qualifying as “small.” It urges policymakers, funders, and ecosystem builders to protect the true backbone of entrepreneurship by ensuring resources, visibility, and long-term opportunities flow to those who need them most.
