Community-Based EntrepreneurshipCommunity-Based EntrepreneurshipTaking Care of the TrackTaking Care of the Track

Entrepreneurship

• The Horse – The Business Idea

Entrepreneurship

• The Horse – The Business Idea

• The Jockey – The Entrepreneur

Entrepreneurship

• The Horse – The Business Idea

• The Jockey – The Entrepreneur

• The Track – The Community

The Entrepreneurship-Supportive Community

• Supportive policy environment

• Short memories (don’t penalize failure)

• Collaborative support organizations

• Celebrate entrepreneurs

Purdue Extension’s Role

• Tend to the track

• Link to Purdue resources

Tend to the Track• Entrepreneur-Friendly Communities

http://www.georgia.org/Business/SmallBusiness/Entrepreneur+Friendly+Communities.htm

• Energizing Entrepreneurshiphttp://www.energizingentrepreneurs.org/

• Entrepreneurial League Systemhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASov2zkqYic

• Community Gardeninghttp://www.littletongov.org/bia/economicgardening/

Link to Purdue Resources

• eBIN

• STEM Entrepreneurship Academy

• Purdue Extension

• Purdue University Krannert Management & Economic Library

• SBDC

STEM Entrepreneurship Academy

• Purdue Research Park

• Wendy Kennedy

• Local Schools

http://www.prf.org/academy/

For More Information

• Scott Hutcheson hutcheson@purdue.edu

• ECD Blog http://www.pcrd.typepad.com/ecd/