Board Member
Enoch Elwell
Enoch has been involved with startups since his grade school popsicle stand, with his latest adventure being a luxury treehouse retreat, TreetopHideaways.com. Driven by a passion to help others, Enoch currently supports hundreds of emerging startup communities through the CO.STARTERS platform, helping local ecosystem builders around the world take the first steps in accelerating the success of thousands of creative starters annually. Together, these nontraditional small business owners are growing a thriving culture of collaborative entrepreneurial support in their communities.
Enoch is committed to accelerating the convergence of economic development and community development beyond the CO.STARTERS Community. He is globally recognized for his expertise in providing strategic support to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in establishing the field of "Ecosystem Building" through the ESHIP Summit Community, as a founding board member of the Startup Champions Network, as one of the founders of the Rural Rise national network of the leading rural entrepreneurship support organizations, and as co-founder of The Company Lab (CO.LAB) and GIGTANK, a boutique accelerator and community-building organization that played a key role in the entrepreneurial renaissance of Chattanooga, Tennessee.