Entrepreneurship and

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• Entrepreneurship and
• Business Initiative
• Marion Bentley

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Entrepreneurship andBusiness Initiative

• Mission
• The purpose of this Entrepreneurship and Business
  Initiative is to assist Utah communities,
  businesses and individuals to make informed,
  research-based choices and decisions regarding
  growth, employment and development opportunities.
  In addition, this initiative is designed to
  support partner strategies and programs

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Entrepreneurship andBusiness Initiative

• Extension Entrepreneurship and Business
  Initiative Teams
• Pilot Best Practice Team
• Campus Program Team

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Entrepreneurship andBusiness Initiative

• The Pilot Best Practice Team works with local
  county partners to help organize and facilitate
  entrepreneurial and business development
  activities that support county and community
  development interests and plans including local
  business outreach.

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Entrepreneurship andBusiness Initiative

• County Business Outreach Toolkit
• Checklist for Starting and Growing my Business
• The important steps, decisions, procedures,
  licenses and permits required to start or expand
  my business
• StartSmart Workbook
• Assessment and Feasibility of my Business
• StartSmart analysis
• Marketing factors and competitive advantage
• Research and Resources That Can Help
• Referrals to SBDC, BRC, SCORE, other partners

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Entrepreneurship andBusiness Initiative

• The Best Practice pilot counties and their USU
  Extension contacts are
• Emery County Chris Jensen cjensen_at_ext.usu.edu
• Garfield County SuzAnne Jorgenson
  suzannej_at_ext.usu.edu
• Kane County Julie Ingersoll juliei_at_ext.edu.usu
  
• Millard County Jolene Johnson
  jolene.johnson_at_usu.edu
• Sanpete County Gary Anderson garya_at_ext.usuedu
• FCAOG and SCAOG Jody Gale jody.a.gale_at_usu.edu

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Entrepreneurship andBusiness Initiative

• The Campus Program Team is comprised of a
  coalition of Extension Specialists with
  assignments and programs relating to business and
  economic development. This team helps support
  the pilot Best Practice Team, and also
  coordinates and markets its Extension
  entrepreneurship programs and resources
  throughout the state.

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Entrepreneurship andBusiness Initiative

• Pilot Best Practice Team activities supported by
  the Campus Program Team of Extension specialists
  include
• Western EDGE community entrepreneurship in
  Sanpete County
• Local economic development in Garfield and
  Millard Counties
• Santaquin Community Heritage Farm proposal
• Paradise Kitchen Business Incubator
• Cache Valley, Brigham City, and Uintah Basin
  Business Resource Centers and
• 4-H Science and Technology Program

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Entrepreneurship andBusiness Initiative

• Campus Program Team areas and USU contacts are
• Community Entrepreneurship Western EDGE
• Jim Goodwin jgoodwin_at_ext.usu.edu , Marion
  Bentley mbentley_at_econ.usu.edu and Jody Gale
• Youth Entrepreneurship
• Dave Francis dfrancis_at_ext.usu.edu and Karen
  Biers karenb_at_ext.usu.edu
• Small Business Development
• Mark Holmes markh_at_ext.usu.edu , Marion Bentley
  
• Diversified Agricultural Development
• Jody Gale and Ruby Ward rward_at_econ.usu.edu

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Entrepreneurship andBusiness Initiative

• Outdoor Recreation and Tourism
• Steve Burr steve.burr_at_usu.edu
• Manufacturing Extension Partnership
• Steve Reed sreed_at_cc.usu.edu
• E-Commerce Development
• Eric Hawley eric.hawley_at_usu.edu
• Technology Transfer and Business Accelerator
• Henry Nowak henry.nowak_at_usu.edu
• Food Safety and Specialty Food Product
  Development
• Brian Nummer briann_at_ext.usu.edu

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Entrepreneurship andBusiness Initiative

• For more information, please contact
• Marion Bentley mbentley_at_econ.usu.edu