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Ecosystems For Change

Anika Horn, Social Venturers

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Transforming communities is hard work. That may go without saying, but when your job is about helping your neighborhood, city or region thrive, talking about being underpaid, burnt out and frustrated with the slow pace of change is kind of frowned upon. As ecosystem builders, we amplify the work of local makers, doers and innovators by championing their efforts and rallying support around them. And maybe most importantly, we build a culture of trust and collaboration among all stakeholders, ...
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Welcome to my seventh logbook, an in between seasons update on Ecosystems for Change. In each logbook, I give you a peek behind the scenes of what’s happening in my day job as an entrepreneurial ecosystem builder in the Shenandoah Valley, some updates from the field of ecosystem building, an introduction to Unsung Heroes of Ecosystem Building doing…
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Kate interviews educator and author Andrew Lang. They talk about: ✨ Scarcity mindset as a disconnection from our own inherent dignity. ✨ Practices for cultivating a rich inner life. ✨ The importance of depth and introspection to seeing the resources that are already available to us. ✨ The intersection of spirituality and activism for social change.…
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On today’s bonus episode, I’m speaking with Chris Heivly. Chris has over 40 years of experience working as, for, and with entrepreneurs and I was delighted to talk with him about why he wants to see more ecosystem and community builders come together and build a fort. Chris Heivly is a life-long entrepreneur and multifaceted investor who spent fort…
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We started this season by asking how we can tell better stories about what is happening in our ecosystems. As I reflect on the lessons learned throughout the season, the key piece is that storytelling is not just some fun marketing campaign; it’s a tool to show the community what is possible and what the future might look like. But most of us–entre…
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Kate interviews holistic time coach, Becca Rich. They discuss: ✨ The portal that takes us from linear "human" time to a more spacious "spiritual" sense of time. ✨ Approaches to separating time from money. ✨ How and why we should experience states of timelessness. ✨ And more! Go Deeper: To receive the journal prompts and practices that accompany tod…
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Kate talks to author and creative coach, Catherine LaSota. They discuss: How honing your authentic voice in order to find your place in a crowded creative market. The importance of community over competition with other artists and writers. The false scarcity that can be created when we view awards, grants and residencies as the only path to legitim…
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Today, we’re headed to Vermont to hear stories about extraordinary rural communities throughout the US. Austin Danforth is the chief storyteller in charge at the Center on Rural Innovation (CORI), not that he would call himself that. But I definitely do. Austin is putting his prior career as a sports reporter and photographer to use to reshape the …
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In this episode, I’m continuing my conversation about Yearbook Indiana with Polina Osherov of Pattern, Morgan Allen of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, and Julie Heath, formerly of IEDC. We’re jumping right back in from the break, so if you haven’t listened to part one, go do that! In part two, we’re digging into the nitty-gritty of ge…
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In today’s episode, I get to introduce you to a storytelling powerhouse trio. At every stage of the process, from vision to execution to the final product, I have rarely seen such a well-produced, coherent, and meaningful storytelling campaign as Yearbook Indiana. The Indiana Economic Development Corporation–IEDC–collaborated with Indiana-based mag…
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Kate interviews the award-winning musician and teacher, Gary Grundei. They talk about: How scarcity and limitations can support the creative process. Songwriting and the human voice as a portal to creating more from less. Why everyone has permission to write songs, even if you don't have formal training. How and why to prioritize creativity. And so…
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I’ve been in awe of today’s guest, Natalie Hodge, since I first learned about her show Hometown Hustle. As of summer 2023, the show is in its second season telling the stories of entrepreneurs building their big business ideas in the small towns of rural America and changing the narrative about rural entrepreneurship. Today, Natalie shares why she …
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Welcome to my first interview of season 6. I sat down with none other than Eva-Maria Verfürth, Publisher and Editor in Chief of Tea After Twelve. While based in Frankfurt, Germany, Eva’s storytelling spans around the globe to talk about new solutions to old problems to create a better world. As you’ll see in this conversation, Eva is driven by a de…
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Kate interviews Rolfer and movement educator, Kat Kocurek. They discuss: How Kat developed the clarity and courage to leave a successful corporate marketing career to pursuing her dream of becoming a professional bodyworker. The ways that embodiment can help disrupt scarcity thinking. Kat's relationship to money mindset as someone who had "golden h…
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In season 6 of Ecosystems for Change, we are going to explore the art, craft, and science of telling meaningful stories that have the power to affect change in our communities. I’ve always enjoyed hearing other people’s stories, reading about them, and eventually telling these stories. As I started out helping to develop the ecosystem in Richmond, …
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On this solo-cast, Kate reviews some of the most common scarcity mindsets related to creativity, thought leadership and self-expression. If you have ever worried that your ideas are not good enough, original enough, or you are not getting your work into the world fast enough to compete with the others who might have similar expertise, this episode …
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Welcome to my 6th logbook where I give a little insight into what’s happening behind and beyond the scenes of this show. And I’m switching up the format a little bit! I’ve been meeting so many incredible ecosystem builders, and while I can’t have them all on the show, that’s not going to stop me from trying! I’m super excited to introduce a new qua…
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Kate interviews ICF accredited Positive Psychologist & Leadership Coach, Karma Hill. We discuss: Karma's doctoral research into the impact of positive psychology coaching on workplace burnout. The importance of integral leadership to creating thriving workplaces. The top 3 signs that you may be experiencing burnout, and what to do about it. The inf…
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Kate interviews Anika Horn, about building collaborative ecosystems around a common cause and overcoming the scarcity mindset of competition in movements for social good. More about this week's guest: Rooted at the intersection of systems thinking, social impact and storytelling, Anika works to advance the field of ecosystem building through her po…
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In this solo-cast, we are getting to know the nervous system! Kate outlines different stress responses that are influenced by scarcity mindset, and offers reframes, prompts and practices that will turn the power of the nervous system into an abundant resource. Go Deeper: To learn more, sign up for Kate's weekly newsletter HERE. Sign up for The Spac…
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Over the course of this season, quitting became a constant topic in my life. One of my team members quit to take on a new role closer to home. A new friend talked to me about quitting her job to spend more time enjoying her family and less time worrying about making it all fit in her schedule. A partner quit because he had done what he came to do a…
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In our last conversation of this season, we’re traveling to Berlin, Germany. I’m sitting down with Naomi Ryland, systemic change maker, social entrepreneur, bestselling author and overall insightful person. We talked about the last ten years in the German social impact space, how to turn your organization from a hierarchical to a self-organized one…
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Kate interviews "Ritual Witch", Meghan Bursiek. They discuss: ✨ The relationship between binary thinking and scarcity mindset. ✨ How systems and spreadsheets can integrate with witchy rituals. ✨ Ways to disrupt time scarcity without adding more to your to-do list. ✨ Cultivating trust for what wants to happen. And so much more! Go Deeper: 🌈 Sign up …
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In today's episode, we're traveling to Phoenix, Arizona to chat with Lucas Lindsey. Lucas is an ecosystem builder turned real estate developer. We talked about planning for succession and the importance of the built environment for entrepreneurial ecosystem building. Lucas Lindsey is a Michigan kid on a long hiatus to the American Southwest. He is …
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In today's episode, I want to introduce you to my longtime friend and OG ecosystem builder, Larkin Garbee. Larkin has put a lot of blood, sweat, and tears into jumpstarting entrepreneurial support initiatives, both in Richmond, Virginia, as well as nationally. In this conversation, we talk about handing initiatives over to people who can carry them…
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Kate interviews her friend and coach trainer, Andrea Leda. They discuss: ✨ How scarcity mindset is similar to/differs from general anxiety. ✨ How our sense of entitlement and privilege differentials can influence scarcity thinking (and why sometimes entitlement can be a good thing). ✨ Specific examples of how coaching can disrupt cycles of scarcity…
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In today’s episode, we’re making our way to Fargo, North Dakota to talk to Annie Wood. I first met Annie through Startup Champions Network and was fortunate enough to visit her community during our Fall Summit in 2018. Shortly thereafter, Annie left the host organization and started a new chapter of her life. Today, she shares what was going on beh…
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Kate interviews Tiffany North (aka "Coach Tiffany") about her work as an intuitive eating professional, registered nurse and coach supporting people with disordered eating to find freedom and a secure attachment to food. Coach Tiffany is the creator of the Food Attachment Model, and in today's episode we discuss: The scarcity mindset inherent in di…
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Today, I want you to meet Julia Firestone. Julia is a transformational leadership and career coach who serves experienced social impact professionals to help them unleash their biggest positive impact in the world while living their most fulfilling life. Julia has worked in corporate innovation and strategy, global NGOs, scrappy startups, and corpo…
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When Joe Maruschak left his home ecosystem of Eugene, Oregon, it sent ripples through our community of ecosystem builders. In the public farewell letter that he wrote in July 2021, he voiced what so many of us had been struggling with and discussing behind closed doors. A year and a half after this letter, I invited Joe onto the show to share his j…
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Kate interviews the founders of Upbringing Collective, Hannah and Kelty. They talk about: How to parent without conditioning our kids into a scarcity-driven culture. Transforming our own scarcity-driven conditioning through awareness of our needs and boundaries. How to model respectful, connection-driven and needs-based communication with kids, rat…
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In this season of Ecosystems for Change, I’m talking to my guests about their experience with quitting. As much as I dislike quitting–I really do–I understand it is part of life. We evolve and so do the circumstances, organizations and people around us. As we uncovered in season two, ecosystems are complex, adaptive systems; they are constantly shi…
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In this solo podcast, Kate offers a primer for how attachment theory might intersect with scarcity thinking, and how our attachment styles can influence the way we relate to our resources. References and additional resources: ✨ Sign up for Kate's Monday newsletter to receive additional prompts and practices that accompany today's episode. ✨ Learn m…
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As I was wrapping up the first year of the show, I found myself wondering what had come of all those great plans and even greater unknowns that many of my guests had shared with me when they were on the show. And selfishly I wanted to catch up with some of my previous guests to hear what they are working on these days. So I invited a handful of the…
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Before we kick off the next season, I have a very special episode for you today. At the end of 2022, I found out that there are several federal funding opportunities for entrepreneurial ecosystem builders here in the US. The US government is starting to see the effectiveness of an ecosystem approach and has started recruiting some of their programs…
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Kate talks to the director of Realise Earth, Osbert Lancaster about: ✨ Why overcoming scarcity mindset is important to building a more sustainable future. ✨ How to avoid burnout as someone who cares about environmental sustainability. ✨ Examples of how people in a variety of fields can become sustainability leaders. ✨ Creating pockets of the future…
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In this episode, Kate introduces a new tool for assessing decisions based on the level of scarcity or abundance they may bring. You can download the workbook that accompanies this podcast HERE. Resources and references: ✨ Sign up for Kate's "Scarcity Free 2023 Vision and Intention Setting for the New Year" mini-retreat HERE. ✨ Get your very own dig…
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Welcome to my fifth logbook, an in-between-seasons update on what’s happening in the field of entrepreneurial ecosystem building, what’s going on behind the scenes of the show, and what is happening in my day job as Director of Ecosystem Building at the Shenandoah Community Capital Fund. In this quarterly format, I love sharing with you what I’ve l…
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Throughout this season, we really traveled through the lowest valleys and highest mountaintops of ecosystem building. My guests shared some of their hardest experiences of facing and trying to navigate conflict. We heard some pretty hairy tales about naysayers and saboteurs and how even seasoned ecosystem builders struggle to keep their call and mo…
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Kate interviews business consultant Brooke Monaghan. They discuss: -Why there is no "right way" to do business. -The link between scarcity mindset and perfectionism. -How to create more agency in your approach to success. And more! Resources: Check out Brooke's free self-guided workshop, "Pathway to Sustainable, Values-Aligned Impactful Business" C…
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For our last interview of the season, we’re headed to Portland, Oregon, to chat with Rick Turoczy. As Silicon Florist and co-founder and general manager of the Portland Incubator Experiment, or PIE, Rick has been supporting founders in the Portland startup community for fifteen years. We talked about how you might plan for succession as a keystone …
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For today’s episode, we make our way to Indianapolis, Indiana, to talk to Julie Heath, Vice President of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems at the Indiana Economic Development Corporation. Julie was the first employee at a startup, then executive director at Indiana’s first collaborative workspace, the Speak Easy, and now serves as a statewide ecosystem bu…
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If you listened to the very first episode of this show, the name Todd Nuckols and part of the following story might sound familiar. When I first moved to the US eight years ago, Todd was one of the very first people I met. We met up at a coworking space called 804 RVA and I asked him how to get involved in Richmond’s entrepreneurship scene. Without…
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Kate interviews anti-capitalist coach and fellow podcaster, Lauren Roberts. They talk about: -The role of mindset coaching in working with political candidates. -How Lauren defines anti-capitalism and why she uses that phrase in her work. -The ethical nuance of money mindset work. And so much more! Additional Resources: ⚡️You can schedule a free 30…
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For today’s episode, we’re headed to Anchorage, Alaska to sit down with Margo Fliss. Margo is a lifelong and proud Alaskan; when she’s not building the entrepreneurial ecosystem for the state of Alaska, you can find her fishing salmon in the Kenai river during the summer and raising her newborn daughter. In this conversation, Margo talks about an e…
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Today, I want you to meet Cecilia Wessinger, who I’ve known for several years through her work as a community activator with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and her role at Startup Champions Network. Cecilia shares what types of conflict she has encountered in helping convene an ecosystem of ecosystem builders. Cecilia also talks about how she…
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Today’s conversation did not take me far from home because my guest, Jess Edwards, is in the midst of wrapping up a project in Danville, VA. Jess is a project-based ecosystem builder who has done this work in her hometown of Buffalo, NY, in Dubai as well as in Alaska and - most recently - in the South of Virginia. Jess spilled the beans on how she …
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My first guest this season is Fay Horwitt who joined me from the Forward Cities headquarters in Durham, NC. Since 2014, Forward Cities has worked in more than 50 communities around the US and has a deep organizational well of knowledge that they share generously. I invited Fay on the show to share some of her hardest-won lessons when it comes to ma…
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Earlier this year, I was chatting with a fellow ecosystem builder who had just been hired to convene an entrepreneurial ecosystem. From the outside, it looked pretty mature. They had the right institutions, programs, a digital map, co-working spaces, an active angel network, and an active entrepreneurial community. But when he got there, it quickly…
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Kate interviews brand strategist and founder of the Ethical Move, Alice Karolina. In our conversation, we talk about: -Building ethical businesses that are based on relationships and trust. -The bottom up influence of small businesses on corporate culture. -The role that small business owners can play in influencing policy and a more just economy. …
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