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Development Tools

Based on our research, the Center is developing a number of entrepreneurship tools to help those in the field identify and support their entrepreneurs.

 

  1. Readiness for Entrepreneurship
 A tool to help rank your community in terms of "readiness factors" for building a successful entrepreneurship-based economic development strategy.
  1. Outcome Measurement for an Entrepreneurial Economy
 A tool to help you begin the process of measuring outcomes of entrepreneurial development programs by suggesting criteria and indicators of short, medium, and long-term outcomes.
  1. Understanding Entrepreneurial Talent
 A tool to help you identify and understand the support needs of different types of entrepreneurs in your community.
  1. Entrepreneurship Quick Test
 A tool to help community residents assess their own entrepreneurial potential and to help assess the level of community support for entrepreneurs.
  1. Entrepreneur Self-Test
 A tool to help community residents identify and understand their entrepreneurial potential.
  1. Rural Community Entrepreneurship Survey
 A tool to gather baseline information about your community's support for entrepreneurs.
  1. Rural Entrepreneur Survey
 A tool to gather baseline information about your community's entrepreneurs.
  1. Tourism Related Visitation Protocol
 Visitation protocol was developed for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
  1. Transfer Business Visitation Protocol
 Visitation protocol for Ord/Valley County, Nebraska for Transfer Businesses.
  1. Growth Business Visitation Protocol
 Valley County, Nebraska Visitation Report.
  1. Community Entrepreneurship Guide
 (Under Construction)
  1. Entrepreneur Visitation Protocol
 A tool to provide a generic step by step process for conducting in person visitation with targeted entrepreneurs within a community setting.
  1. Rate Your Community Support for Entrepreneurs
 Explore and rate the ways your town helps to identify, support, and nurture entrepreneurs.
  1. How "E" Are You?  The Entrepreneur Quiz.
 An entrepreneur is a person that sees opportunities and is able to take some of those opportunities and turn them into successful ventures.  There are both civic and business entrepreneurs.  Have a little fun, take a bit of a risk and see how entrepreneurial you are with this quiz.
  1. Community Capacity Questionnaire
 A tool to help you assess your community's capacity for economic and entrepreneurship development.
  1. Leadership Skills Assessment and Personal Development Plan
 A tool to help community residents understand their strengths and weaknesses in terms of leadership skills and to create a plan to develop and use their leadership skills in support of entrepreneurship development.