Special Presentations

Special Presentation: The Growth Accelerator Fund Competition with SBA’s Maura Shenker

Thank you to SBA’s Maura Shenker for joining this past Monday’s call to share with the network how regional stakeholders can collaborate with award winners through SBA’s Growth Accelerator Fund Competition. The program seeks to catalyze strategic ecosystem partnerships building by awardees; a critical activity that we at AMCC believe necessary for driving better and more innovative collaborations among public and private partners across the nation. Thank you Maura for taking the time!

David Van Siclen, Project Operations Director

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