Regional Entrepreneurial Resource Team Sign-Up

The National eXtension Entrepreneurship Community of Practice is seeking advice from educators and key partners across the United States who are engaged in or interested in entrepreneurship-related subjects. In an effort to build a strong team of Extension educators involved in entrepreneurship efforts across each region, the eXtension Entrepreneurship COP is working in tandem with the Regional Rural Development Centers to form "Regional Entrepreneurship Resource Teams." These regional teams will be asked to provide input to our national eXtension Entrepreneurship team on various components of the eXtension Entrepreneurship Web site. Furthermore, they will be encouraged to alert the Entrepreneurship COP (or their respective Regional Rural Development Center) of important research and educational products and resources that should be carefully considered for possible inclusion in the entrepreneurship section of the national eXtension Web site.

If you would like to become a member of the North Central Regional Center for Rural Development Entrepreneurship Resource Team, please complete the following registration form and note the entrepreneurial-related areas that most closely reflect your areas of expertise or interests.

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Would you be willing to be included on our "Ask the Experts" list of Extension educators who would respond to questions posed by Extension customers on entrepreneurship-related topics? These requests would be infrequent and would be focused only on those topics that you feel are within your areas of expertise.
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Please note your areas of expertise below (please check all that apply).
Enhancing the Skills of Current or Emerging Entrepreneurs
	Business Ideas (helping entrepreneurs develop and/or refine their ideas)
	Starting a Business (moving the idea forward to creation)
	Securing Business Financing (locating funds, generating revenue, managing the funds)
	Running a Business (adapting to market conditions)
	Growing a Business (expanding to new markets or products, using new technologies to expand markets—such as e-commerce)
	Exit Strategies (selling or moving out of the business)
	Resources and Tools for Entrepreneurs (information and resources entrepreneurs may need to manage through the ups and downs
	Developing Youth Entrepreneurs

Creating Entrepreneurial Communities
	Traits of an Entrepreneurial Community (key attributes that help spur entrepreneurship)
	Approaches to Creating Entrepreneurial Communities (enterprise facilitation, entrepreneurial league system, entrepreneurial coaching, economic gardening, community incubators)
	Assessment Strategies (community entrepreneurial readiness, asset mapping, inventory of local entrepreneurs)
	Importance of Entrepreneurial Communities (how entrepreneurship fits into the local economy, Entrepreneurial Communities as a community/economic development strategy, building a support base for creating an Entrepreneurial Community)
	Policies that Support Entrepreneurial Friendly Communities (local/state policy options and activities)
	Tools for Building Entrepreneurial Communities (strategic planning, community asset mapping, inventorying of local entrepreneurs)
	Case Studies of Entrepreneurial Communities (ways to tell the story about successful entrepreneurial communities)

Do you know of any communities that you would describe as being entrepreneurial-friendly places? If so, can you please provide us with the name of the community, what state it is in, and a contact person that we could contact to gather more information about the community's efforts?

Are there any resources you have developed that you would like to bring to the attention of the team?

North Central Regional Center for Rural Development
Iowa State University
107 Curtiss Hall
Ames, IA 50011-1050
(515) 294-8321, (515) 294-3180 fax

For questions, comments or concerns about the NCRCRD website, contact khetland@iastate.edu.

Last updated June 7, 2007