Welcome to Venn Collaborative

We offer services, community and networking, and professional learning to higher education partnership professionals. We also serve community, economic, and workforce developers. We help to drive transformation at the intersections of talent, innovation, and place. 

Advance Your Ecosystem Building

C•CUBE Peer Learning Roundtables

An 8-week program to help you engage your entrepreneurship ecosystem and build stronger collaborations!

C•CUBE (Conversations for Colleges and Universities in Building Ecosystems) is a freely-available online toolkit. We're hosting Peer Learning Roundtables to help college and university and ecosystem leaders apply C•CUBE strategies and tools to local entrepreneurship ecosystem building.

Now enrolling the Winter 2025 Roundtable cohort! Register by January 9, 2026.

What is a C•CUBE Peer Learning Roundtable?

Check out the recording from our recent LinkedIn Live!

Jumpstart your ecosystem building with this free guide.

5 Steps to Ecosystem Building Success Using C•CUBE

Conversations are the foundation of thriving ecosystems. But where do you begin? 5 Steps to Ecosystem Building Success with C•CUBE gives you a clear, practical roadmap to start building momentum today.

Strategic Advisory

Embedded thought partnership for leaders navigating complex work in higher education, regional development, and innovation ecosystems. Whether you’re designing strategy, aligning partners, or moving ideas into action, Venn Collaborative provides consistent, expert support that helps you clarify direction, stay focused, and get results.

Find clarity across your partnerships and priorities.

7 Strategic Questions for Aligning Partnerships, Priorities, and Impact

Collaboration across institutions, sectors, and communities is complex—but alignment doesn’t have to be. 7 Strategic Questions for Aligning Partnerships, Priorities, and Impact helps you uncover where your partnerships are thriving, where priorities are pulling in different directions, and how to refocus your team on shared goals that create meaningful impact.