I am so fortunate [insert corny title here to distract from shameless self-promotion ?? ]

What a great summer (so far!)… Not that I’m getting rich but much, much to be thankful for! Truly blessed...

Here at the huge Academy of Management Conference, today there’s a pecha kucha showcase for the finalists of the Kauffman Best Papers in Entrepreneurial Cognition. Thanks to my co-author Gabi Kaffka , we are one of them! (IMPRESSIVE list of finalists…)

Tomorrow, we have our 5th annual research workshop on entrepreneurial ecosystems – all the cool kids will be there. And the BEST co-organizers and facilitators! (We have 137 people who say they are going to attend! If you want to join this community, add your info here opt-in list:? https://forms.gle/DqpYT31thkCzdu3w7?

Add that to International Council for Small Business (ICSB) ’s World Congress where I was also a finalist for best paper (on entrepreneurial thinking), a paper on ecosystems, and a great workshop on mindset/intentions/assessment where Ricardo Alvarez suggested a killer research project on assessment… more on that later (or ping me).

Keynoted at BIG entrepreneurship education event in Ghent led by Bart Derre – is going to become a major grant proposal to EU.

Meanwhile, Raffaele Trapasso 's EECOLE effort is gaining traction – love to be again helping OECD - OCDE .

Started teaching an online social innovation class for American University - Kogod School of Business again with great students!

Closer to home, #EBLP/ #EBLN [successor to #ESHIP is still rolling! I just learned today that a grant for Idaho to support IdahoConnect.org, our SBA Community Navigator was awarded (I got to play a small role -what fun!) And Kinect Capital has started monthly meetups that I’ve been coordinating (if you’re in/near Boise, mark 4-6pm Aug 10 on your calendars!)

Whew! (and my work with QREC, Kyushu University ’s great entrepreneurship center, resumes in September. I’ve also been invited to DC by the new Research2Policy project to share policy ideas on entrepreneurship to multiple people on Capitol Hill.)

But MOST of all, I am so honored to have such amazing friends in the entrepreneurial, policy, and academic world!

Whew! So anything else that I can do to help YOU to grow entrepreneurship and entrepreneurs?