CO.STARTERS PRESENTS
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LIVE WEBINAR
APRIL 21, 2021 | 2 p.m. Eastern
Filling the Gaps in Memphis’ Ecosystem
Epicenter Memphis has served hundreds of previously unreached entrepreneurs. Learn how your community can unlock economic potential in your early-stage entrepreneurs.
Free webinar | Registration required
LIVE WORKSHOP
MARCH 24, 2021 | 2 p.m. Eastern
Find Your Strategy
Homegrown small businesses are your best investment. Join this interactive workshop and use a proven lean startup tool—the CO.STARTERS Canvas—to strategize how you can restart your Main Street. 64% of net new jobs are created by small businesses. Make sure they can thrive in your town.
Free workshop | Registration required
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LIVE WEBINAR
MARCH 10, 2021 | 2 p.m. Eastern
Create Birmingham’s Journey from Arts Council to Economic Driver
Birmingham reinvented itself from an arts council to economic developer. Learn how your community can unlock economic potential in your artists and creatives.
Free webinar | Registration required
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LIVE WORKSHOP
FEBRUARY 24, 2021 | 2 p.m. Eastern
Strategy Session Workshop
Homegrown small businesses are your best investment. Join this interactive workshop and use a proven lean startup tool—the CO.STARTERS Canvas—to strategize how you can restart your Main Street. 64% of net new jobs are created by small businesses. Make sure they can thrive in your town.
Free workshop | Registration required
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LIVE WEBINAR
FEBRUARY 10, 2021 | 2 p.m. Eastern
How Wheeling, West Virginia used Entrepreneurship to Restart its Main Street
Join us to hear how Wheeling, WV has used entrepreneurial education to change their community, their economy, and their opportunities for success.
Free webinar | Registration required
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LIVE WORKSHOP
JANUARY 13, 2021 | 2 p.m. Eastern
Find Your Strategy
As economic developers, it’s easy to get into a rut; old strategies stop working. Innovation is required to really achieve success at the local level. Join this interactive workshop and use a proven lean startup tool—the CO.STARTERS Canvas—to rethink your economic development strategy. By thinking like an entrepreneur, find a new way forward to grow your community.
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LIVE WEBINAR
DECEMBER 16, 2020 | 2 p.m. Eastern
How SOAR is Training Entrepreneurs to Restart Eastern Kentucky
Shaping Our Appalachian Region (SOAR) took flight in 2013 as a collaborative effort to address challenges and explore opportunities in Eastern Kentucky. SOAR was created as a platform for the people of Appalachia Kentucky to be engaged, embrace new ideas, leverage resources, and build capacity to create a 21st Century Appalachia. The organization has succeeded in part by recognizing the importance of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial training to revitalize a region full of economic opportunity.
Executive Director Colby Hall and Director of SOAR Innovation Ryan Jones discussed the importance of private sector partnerships, the need to identify specific regional strengths and target strategic industries, and the important role entrepreneurial education plays in a successful economic development strategy. Facing a regional shortage of more than 30,000 jobs, the team at SOAR made a compelling case that Applachia’s future depends on entrepreneurial support and thriving, homegrown companies.
More than anything, we learned how SOAR is leveraging CO.STARTERS and private sector partners to create the entrepreneurial ecosystem Eastern Kentucky needs.
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COMMUNITY STORIES
Reaching Memphis’ Entrepreneurs: Epicenter Ensures Access for All
For many entrepreneurship hubs and economic development organizations, it can be surprisingly challenging to connect with the people they’re trying to help. Epicenter Memphis faced this very problem—and their solution might surprise you. [...]
Reinventing Economic Development: Creatives As Entrepreneurs
Seven years ago, leaders of an arts organization in Birmingham, Alabama saw a serious opportunity to impact their local economy—but it meant reinventing themselves. Originally established in 2004 as [...]
Wheeling, West Virginia Made their Main Street Relevant with Entrepreneurship. Learn how Your Community can do the Same.
Read on to learn how Wheeling Heritage leveraged entrepreneurship to create more than 2,000 new jobs and reduce their building vacancy rate by half.
From Florida to Colorado: Economic Development and Entrepreneurship Success Stories
On December 16th from 2:00-3:00 PM EST CO. STARTERS will host “Rethinking Economic Development: How SOAR is Training Entrepreneurs to Restart Eastern Kentucky”, a free webinar that will share how Shaping Our Appalachian Region [...]