National Dialogue on Entrepreneurship
I stumbled across the National Dialogue on Entrepreneurship while reading Jeff Cornwall’s post about Rural Entrepreneurial Economic Development Successes and thought I would pass it on. Jeff’s post points specifically to “programs that are having success in supporting rural entrepreneurial economic development.”
There’s a blurb at the top that gives a very brief overview including the overall theme of exploring “trends driving the innovation economy.” Following are the topics being discussed:
- Public Opinion on America’s Innovation Future
- Georgia’s Entrepreneur-Friendly Communities
- Entrepreneurship and Rural Revitalization
- Additional programs target angel investors
Despite the focus on a localized business community, I found the description for Georgia’s Entrepreneur-Friendly Communities to be the most interesting:
“Designated communities have sent their community leaders through a training process, and have established a system that allows them to map local assets and identify entrepreneurial strengths and weaknesses. The process provides them with tools and resources that help identify what local business owners need, and to design effective strategies for assisting them, or if necessary, getting out of the way. This program is an interesting model for getting community leaders and elected officials more engaged in promoting entrepreneurship.”
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