Community Entrepreneur Development Pilot Demonstration Projects
- Des Moines County Area Entrepreneurial Project (.pdf file),
sponsored by the Southeast Iowa Entrepreneurial Center, to organize a collaborative initiative to inventory local support resources and create a business start-up manual featuring local contacts in printed and on-line form.
- Jefferson County Entrepreneur Mentoring Demonstration Project (.pdf file),
sponsored by the Fairfield Entrepreneurs Association, to provide mentoring opportunities and services to the entrepreneurs in the Fairfield and Jefferson County area.
- Kossuth County Career Intern Program (.pdf file),
sponsored by the Kossuth County Economic Development Corporation, to expand a successful college student intern program in a rural area.
- NW Regional Entrepreneurial Conference and Seeds of Success Program (.pdf file),
sponsored by the O’Brien County Extension Council, to provide training, assistance, and encouragement to Northwest Iowa residents interested in starting or expanding entrepreneurial businesses.
- Palo Alto Area Virtual Incubator--an Incubator Without Walls (.pdf file),
sponsored by the Emmetsburg Community Development Commission and Palo Alto Extension, to create partnership that will sustain a virtual incubator of local expertise and mentors for assisting local business start-ups.
- SW Iowa Multi-County Cluster Enterprise Facilitation Project (.pdf file),
sponsored by the Economic Development Corporation of Audubon and adjacent counties, to take initial steps toward creating a network of motivated people to assist entrepreneurs, and build the multi-county area economy.
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