We launched the ESHIP Summit over several events. That was the first time the field of [entrepreneurial ecosystem building] support had been brought together into one community. And that led to now, to thousands of people across the world who actually think of themselves as part of that larger community and network.... It also led to a series of practices that got disseminated around applying the models of natural, complex systems to entrepreneurship... and that Ecosystem Playbook got used all over the world.

— Victor Hwang, former associate, 2016-2019