Welcome to the RUPRI Center for Rural Entrepreneurship. Our mission is to help leaders and citizens in rural communities and regions across the U.S. embrace entrepreneurship as a core rural economic development strategy. To learn more about the tools, success stories, research and other information we have developed, please click Enter. You may also choose to register on this website the first time you visit, and we hope you do so that you will be subscribed to our free monthly e-newsletter. If you are looking for companion materials to our book, Energizing Entrepreneurs: Charting a Course for Rural Communities, just click on the Energizing Entrepreneurs (e²) logo. Welcome!