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RUPRI Center for Rural Entrepreneurship

Don Macke(402) 323-7339

don@e2mail.org

National Economic Gardening Gathering

Steamboat Springs, COJune 13, 2008

GrowingEntrepreneurs

inRural America

About Us

Rural Myths & Reality

DevelopmentCapacityUrban/Rural

DevelopmentOpportunities

Development Capacity?

Ability to do Work!

Development Capacity Building Blocks

Right Strategy Organization/Staffing/Leaders Funding/Capital People Attraction Entrepreneurs

Most Rural Communities. . .

No Game Plan Dysfunctional Organization Under Capitalized

Unable to use the opportunitiesavailable to them!

Lack ofHope

Not All Rural Communities. . .

This need not and is not the case for all of rural America.

One story. . . . Valley County, Nebraska

Situation 2000

Very Rural & Very Small 4,500 Residents Depopulation No Development Plan No Development

Capacity Divided/Lacking Hope

Impact

Strong Development Plan 3 FTE - $750,000 Budget 2x Commercial Tax Base $100 Million New Investment 330+ Net New Jobs Increased Retail and

Increased Income Population Growth

Why the Four Pillars

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Many ApproachesSystems Not ProgramsCommon Practices

Entrepreneurial Development Systems

Simple EDS

ExternalResourceNetwork(ERN)

EntrepreneurDevelopment

System(EDS)

AreaResource

Team(ART)

BusinessCoach(BC)

MEDCRex

As Needed Assistance

As Needed Assistance

Advise

Contract Performance Overnight

E Market Segments1. Growth

2. Attractions

3 Transitions4. Startups/Aspiring

5. Challenged

6. Youth

Market ResearchOpportunitiesNeeds

McCook Game PlanBusiness Coach

High Performing EDS

RESOURCE INFRASTRUCTURE

Pricing

Customers

Competition Marketing

Micro

Commercial Lending

RLF GapFinancing

Angels

Venture

Mentors

Peer Groups

CoachingCounseling

Training Classes

AdvisoryBoards Source Link System

Markets Education

Networks

CapitalAcces

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MarketResearch

OrganizesRationalizes

Purdue University

Metropolitan Counties

Noncore CountiesMicropolitan Counties

Nonmetropolitan Counties

Metro and NonmetroCounties in Indiana

The Statewide Consortium: Who, Why and How

USDA Rural Development Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA) Indiana Grantmakers Alliance Indiana Rural Development Council, Inc. (IRDC) Ball State University’s Building Better Communities

Program. Purdue University’s Center for Regional Development

and Cooperative Extension

Western Alabama Eastern Mississippi

Other Landscapes

Michigan Nevada Ogallala Commons Kansas Others

A Final Thought!

For More Information. . . .

Don Macke

Phone: (402) 323-7339

don@e2mail.org

QUESTIONS?