--- title: How Ecosystem Builders Can Best Help Entrepreneurs Succeed - A Year of VilCap Communities description: How Ecosystem Builders Can Best Help Entrepreneurs Succeed - A Year of VilCap Communities --- [![Village Capital](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/hubfs/VilCap_2019/LogoHorizontal-color_2022.png)](https://vilcap.com/news-and-views) ![Open menu](https://vilcap.com/images/hamburger.svg) Open Main Menu [Village Capital](https://vilcap.com/) ![Close menu](https://vilcap.com/images/close.svg) Close Main Menu - [Home](https://vilcap.com/) - About Us - [The Village Capital Story](https://vilcap.com/about-us/story) - [Our Team](https://vilcap.com/about-us/our-team) - [Careers](https://vilcap.com/careers) - [Programs for Entrepreneurs](https://vilcap.com/programs) - [Programs for Entrepreneur Support Organizations (ESOs)](https://vilcap.com/eso-programs) - [News & Publications](https://vilcap.com/news-and-publications) - [Blogs](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts) - [Press Releases](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/press-releases) - [Reports](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/reports) - How We Support Entrepreneurs - [Our Tools for Startups and ESO's](https://vilcap.com/our-tools) - [Peer-Selected Investment](https://vilcap.com/entrepreneurs/peer-selected-investment) - [Impact Investing](https://vilcap.com/impactinvesting) - [Our Alumni](https://vilcap.com/our-alumni) - [Become a Mentor](https://vilcap.com/mentors) - [Support Our Mission](https://vilcap.com/get-involved) - [Results & Impact](https://vilcap.com/results) [Donate](https://donorbox.org/donate-to-vilcap) July 27, 2017 in [VilCap Communities](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/tag/vilcap-communities) # How Ecosystem Builders Can Best Help Entrepreneurs Succeed - A Year of VilCap Communities By Andrew Hobbs - Share - [Twitter](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/2017/07/27/ecosystem-builders-can-best-help-entrepreneurs-succeed-year-vilcap-communities&text=How%20Ecosystem%20Builders%20Can%20Best%20Help%20Entrepreneurs%20Succeed%20-%20A%20Year%20of%20VilCap%20Communities) - [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/2017/07/27/ecosystem-builders-can-best-help-entrepreneurs-succeed-year-vilcap-communities) - [LinkedIn](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/2017/07/27/ecosystem-builders-can-best-help-entrepreneurs-succeed-year-vilcap-communities) In 2016 we launched VilCap Communities, a 26-city pilot to license our curriculum and investment model to accelerators, incubators and investors around the globe. This report compiles lessons learned, based on survey data and interviews with >100 ecosystem leaders and entrepreneurs. We found that many entrepreneur support organizations promise everything to everyone, and end up failing for that reason. 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