Global Entrepreneurs Impact Network

When successful entrepreneurs build companies they start with a problem that is begging to be solved. They build an MVP and then they unleash market forces and feedback used to iterate until they have a winning solution. This model has proven to be effective for startups. Now, Entrepreneurs Across Borders is injecting these same principals into a new movement: EAB’s Global Impact Network (GIN).

Top down, rigid approaches to the kinds of issues experienced in underdeveloped communities often result in underwhelming engagement or limited effectiveness. Both public and private sector operations have tried this top down approach with little to point to by way of making a lasting difference. Institutionalized approaches to economic development are often lacking because they are missing a key component for change at the individual level: community.

At Entrepreneurs Across Borders we understand the need for building community and relationships as a starting point, and then listening to those closest to the issues so that we can iterate, adjust, and finally scale. Our team has collectively been building communities for decades. By using a member to member, bottom up approach, we can all play a role in creating economic uplift for entrepreneurs in developing nations.

Your network and skillset combined with a burgeoning community of seasoned and emerging entrepreneurs can create lasting change. How? By combining community, and a scalable system that connects entrepreneurs with the things they need most critically in order to succeed: capital, customers, and community.

Imagine a network of, highly successful entrepreneurs who all recognize that no one succeeds alone and have experienced the critical role that community and mentorship have played in their own journey. Employing a “give first” mentality, the GIN will work together to create opportunities for emerging entrepreneurs in developing nations. Through regular events, one on one mentorship, trusted referrals, and access to our collective networks, GIN members will impact entrepreneurs regardless of their stage of development in ways that will change their trajectory.

Why a network of seasoned entrepreneurs? So that we can employ the exact same methodology to the Global Impact Network: build and map, unleash market forces and feedback, then iterate until we have a Global Impact Network that can scale. Our own experience has taught us that no approach is right from day one, but that success lies in feedback from as many supporters as possible and then iterating again and again until we can scale…And a scalable Global Impact Network only creates long term change at scale.

In conjunction with the Global Impact Network we are building the MVP for a software platform that identifies entrepreneurs, curates them The Global Impact Network at scale, combined with the EABConnect Platform is a winning combination that can create lasting change and community.

Our software platform helps identify emerging entrepreneurs who are often not on any organization’s radar. It then helps them asses what they most need to take next steps in their entrepreneurial journey, and then helps us connect them to the resources, relationships, learning, or opportunities that might otherwise keep them from success.

In April of 2023 EAB convened a highly curated group of US based investors, connectors, and entrepreneurs, in Kingston Jamaica for Beyond the Beach. Attendees included Angel Investors, exited startup founders, Jamaican Development Bank leadership, Caribbean Startup Ecosystem builders, local startup entrepreneurs, Techstars leadership, and VC’s from both the US and Jamaica. The Result? Every single attendee came away with new relationships. Five different Jamaican founders were placed in accelerators, four were offered deals, and a pathway towards collaboration to build the entrepreneurial ecosystem was forged.

Several attendees have even made subsequent visits since to continue the work started. This three day opportunity tour promises to be just as impactful as we look to bring together a group of US based entrepreneurs, investors and connectors who will explore how EAB can be even more effective in our mission. You may just find your next investment but…You will experience a side of Jamaica you would never see on vacation. You will galvanize new relationships. You will leave knowing that you helped create a new future for entrepreneurs in a developing nation.