Is the Entrepreneurial Development Ecosystem (EDE) neglecting entrepreneurs?
At a conference on the future of EDE, everything remotely related to new business seemed to fall under the umbrella of EDE, including:
· Venture Development, Entrepreneur Development, and Social Development: Venture development is the Tech-VC model that is based on new innovations. Entrepreneur development is the Entrepreneurial Skills-based model. Social development seeks to solve social problems with entrepreneurial strategies. They were all discussed as part of the EDE.
· Small Businesses and VC-Funded Ventures: Small businesses and VC-funded unicorns were discussed as perhaps the two types of entrepreneurial for-profit businesses.
· Profit-Making Ventures, Social