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SourceLink + National League of Cities – Impacting Entrepreneurship in Rural Communities

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The initiative asks city leaders to commit to an inclusive economic development policy, program or practice over the course of one year. The City of Kankakee also recognized that local entrepreneurs didn’t have a good sense of what resources were available to help them start and grow a business. Committed partnerships.

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 GrowOK workshop comes to Durant & McAlester on July 18-19

Innovation 2 Enterprise

GrowOK, a free one-day venture assessment workshop designed to help rural and tribal entrepreneurs understand the markets they serve, is coming to Durant and McAlester on July 18-19. The workshop is free to tribal citizens and residents of rural Oklahoma with a completed registration form. Presented by i2E, Inc.,

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GrowOK workshop for new and growth-oriented ventures returns to Durant, McAlester on September 25-26

Innovation 2 Enterprise

GrowOK, a free one-day venture assessment workshop designed to help rural and tribal entrepreneurs understand the markets they serve is returning to Durant and McAlester on September 25-26. The Durant workshop will begin at 9 am on September 25 at the Choctaw Nation Headquarters, 1802 Chukka Hina Dr., Room 1419.

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GrowOK & ExtraBold workshops set for June 6-7 at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa

Innovation 2 Enterprise

A pair of free workshops designed to help rural and tribal entrepreneurs and small business owners understand the markets they serve and increase sales are scheduled for June 6-7 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa. Preceding the GrowOK workshop the day prior on June 6 will be the half-day ExtraBold sales training workshop.

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Top Small Business Resources for Starting and Growing Your Business        

American Entrepreneurship

Most important for a small business to succeed is to keep moving forward—which means the entrepreneur must always be on the lookout for resources that will help the business grow and become profitable. The Centers often reside within universities, colleges or state economic development agencies.

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Small Business Resources Essential for Starting a Business

American Entrepreneurship

For any entrepreneur to be successful in starting a business, they must have the right help and resources to support of their hard work. It has a small business loan guarantee program and runs awards that recognize entrepreneurs and ecosystem stakeholders who provide assistance to small business owners. Learn more here.

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Project to Professionalize Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Building Progresses

Ecosystem Builder Hub

After a several months of collaborative online exploration and development, over 70 volunteers convened in Indianapolis in early September to move the project forward. Tarsha Hearns , Senior Director of Ecosystems at Dallas Entrepreneur Center (Communications Working Team). Storytelling to Identify Persuasive Messaging. said Zimmer.