The Keystone - A Podcast For Ecosystem Builders

Become a Keystone CorrespondentAs a part of our new initiative, 'DISPATCHES—From the Field', we’re looking for correspondents who are interested in sharing stories of their communities. If you are an ecosystem builder interested in telling your community's story (city, industry, etc.) you can now apply to share that story on The Keystone! Those that are accepted will attend a story telling and podcasting workshop, record a 30 minute episode, and submit it to us for final production and editing. Episodes will be released throughout our third season.If you're passionate about telling the story of your community, city, or region we'd love to connect with you and encourage you to apply below! https://forms.gle/R1jyAguuw4DF7kHU8Applications are due on October 16, 2020, at 5pm EST.

This week we're sharing our interview with Victor Hwang. That's not a typo, Victor becomes our first repeat offender! He joins the podcast to share his new focus the Right to Start initiative, a campaign to rebuild the America economy by putting entrepreneurs first. Our conversation covers how Victor decided to start this work, what the common barriers for starting a business are (and how to overcome them), and how this campaign will help to unleash entrepreneurial opportunity for everyone.

This week we are joined by co-author of The Startup Community Way, Ian Hathaway. We discuss his background and how he first connected with Brad Feld, how The Startup Community evolved from Startup Communities, and explore key concepts from the new book.