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Delta Entrepreneurship Network
The
D E N
Developing an entrepreneurial eco-system for Northeast Arkansas
• Community Capital Collaborative
•Marketing Community Capital
• Technical Assistance
• Sustainability
Delta Entrepreneurship Network
• Identify and qualify communities
• The Network
• The Delta Center
•Goal - create a strong regional economy
Delta Entrepreneurship Network
Community Capital Collaborative
Marketing Community CapitalTechnical AssistanceSustainability
1. Identify and qualify communities• Interest• Assets• Capacity• Desires and expectations
Delta Entrepreneurship Network
Community Capital Collaborative
Marketing Community CapitalTechnical AssistanceSustainability
1. Identify and qualify communities2. The Network
Leverage resources from private, public and non-profit sectors• Local• Region • Across the state
Connect with new business opportunities Working in new ways to increase and support -
Number of idea generation events and venues
Delta Entrepreneurship Network
Community Capital Collaborative
Marketing Community CapitalTechnical AssistanceSustainability
Delta Entrepreneurship Network
1. Identify and qualify communities2. The Network
3. The Delta Center
• Neutral, well known and respected reputation in the region
• University-based resources• largest staff of economic development
professionals in the region
• Lead role for development of the Delta Entrepreneurship Network
Community Capital Collaborative
Marketing Community CapitalTechnical AssistanceSustainability
Delta Entrepreneurship Network
Goal - create a strong regional economy
• Investment capital
• Aggressive appetite to support a successful entrepreneurial eco-system in eastern Arkansas.
Community Capital Collaborative
Marketing Community CapitalTechnical AssistanceSustainability
Delta Entrepreneurship Network
Goal - The Delta Center:
• Catalyzing connections
• between entrepreneurial qualified communities and innovators
• Raising the level of expectation
• among creative/innovative entrepreneurs
Community Capital Collaborative
Marketing Community CapitalTechnical AssistanceSustainability
Delta Entrepreneurship Network
Community Capital Collaborative
Marketing Community CapitalTechnical AssistanceSustainability
Through…
1. Online Marketing / Connecting
2. Existing Events in Arkansas/Region
3. New Venues for Events
Delta Entrepreneurship Network
Community Capital Collaborative
Marketing Community CapitalTechnical AssistanceSustainability
1. Online Marketing / Connecting
• Entrepreneur/Startup/Innovation
• Events
• Networks
• Coming Home Delta
• ASU Alumni
• Local – Alumni and former residents
Delta Entrepreneurship Network
Community Capital Collaborative
Marketing Community CapitalTechnical AssistanceSustainability
1. Online Marketing
2. Existing Events in Arkansas/Region
• Startup weekend type events
• Inventors meetings new business ideas fast pitch contests
• Business plan competitions
• Virtual events held via the Internet
Delta Entrepreneurship Network
Community Capital Collaborative
Marketing Community CapitalTechnical AssistanceSustainability
1. Online Marketing
2. Existing Events
3. New Venues for Events
• Startup Weekend in Jonesboro
• Entrepreneur/Inventors Networking Events
• Community level
• Local library venue where feasible
• New G60 and Bar Camp venues
Delta Entrepreneurship Network
Community Capital Collaborative
Marketing Community Capital Technical AssistanceSustainability
Goal – For interested entrepreneurs, the Delta Center will serve as the DEN’s hub and neutral zone where
• entrepreneurs can obtain assistance and be “pitch ready”
• communities will be assisted in establishing standards
• In investment decision-making process
• For their business targets
Delta Entrepreneurship Network
Community Capital Collaborative
Marketing Community Capital Technical AssistanceSustainability
1. ASU-Centric Services
2. Community Colleges
3. Communities
Delta Entrepreneurship Network
Community Capital Collaborative
Marketing Community Capital Technical AssistanceSustainability
1. ASU-Centric Services
• Who• SBTDC• Alt.Consulting, Inc.• Catalyst Innovation Center• Faculty and other Centers of
Excellence
• What
Delta Entrepreneurship Network
Community Capital Collaborative
Marketing Community Capital Technical AssistanceSustainability
1. ASU-Centric Services
• Who
• What• Business plan development• Market research• Value chain development• Evaluating capital investment need• Conducting site specific feasibility
studies• Preparing project-specific economic
impact analysis
Delta Entrepreneurship Network
Community Capital Collaborative
Marketing Community Capital Technical AssistanceSustainability
1. ASU-Centric Services
2. Community Colleges
• Maximize the potential of community colleges
• Strengthens the DEN’s regional collaboration
• Strengthens capacity of area communities
• [One method: Alumni]
Delta Entrepreneurship Network
Community Capital Collaborative
Marketing Community Capital Technical AssistanceSustainability
1. ASU-Centric Services2. Community Colleges
3. Communities - Increase local communities’ (individual members of the collaborative) ability to cultivate homegrown entrepreneurs
• Local libraries
• Alumni and Former Resident Initiatives
Delta Entrepreneurship Network
Community Capital Collaborative
Marketing Community Capital Technical AssistanceSustainability
1. ASU-Centric Services2. Community Colleges
3. Communities – • Local libraries to serve as “idea centers”
• Identify the relevant resources they already have; establish a dedicated space in the library• Arkansas State Library
• Train librarians in how to assist these patrons,• Patent and Trademark Resource Center
• Makers Space• Access/entry to all other DEN services
Delta Entrepreneurship Network
Community Capital Collaborative
Marketing Community Capital Technical AssistanceSustainability
1. ASU-Centric Services2. Community Colleges
3. Communities – • Local libraries• Alumni and former resident initiatives
• Recent webinar series• Subscriptions and other lists• Relatives• Events
Delta Entrepreneurship Network
Community Capital Collaborative
Marketing Community Captal Technical Assistance Sustainability
Sustainability Plan
• Insure program continues as may be needed
• a replication report to provide roadmap for other universities to follow
Delta Entrepreneurship Network
Delta Center for Economic Development
Funding support provided by the U.S. Economic Development Administration
For more information, contact:Jerry L. Smith [email protected] us: