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Dunedin needs to double down on supporting risk-takers, thinkers and entrepreneurs, Startup Dunedin general manager Rachel Butler says.

They will be needed to solve social, economic and environmental problems, she said at a Dunedin City Council 10-year plan hearing yesterday.

Startup Dunedin is a trust tasked with co-ordinating and supporting growth of an ecosystem designed to support entrepreneurs.