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Appalachian Regional Commission Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) Each year ARC provides funding for several hundred projects throughout the Appalachian Region in support of increased jobs, improve local water and sewer systems, increase school readiness, expand access to health care, assist local communities with strategic planning, and provide technical, managerial, and marketing assistance to emerging new businesses.
Center for Rural Entrepreneurship The Center for Rural Entrepreneurship is a Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) national research and policy center. The Center conducts practice-driven research and evaluation and then shares this learning as a way of fostering new approaches to rural economic development.
Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization SM (CEO) is the premier student entrepreneurship network with chapters on university campuses across North America and beyond. Their mission is to inform, support and inspire college students to be entrepreneurial and seek opportunity through enterprise creation.
Consortium for Entrepreneurial Education The Consortium is a leading advocacy and resource group for entrepreneurship education for grades K-14 and adult education.
Edward Lowe Foundation The foundation actively embraces and encourages entrepreneurship as the source and strategy for economic growth, community development and economically independent individuals.
National Business Incubation Association (NBIA) The NBIA is the world’s leading organization advancing business incubation and entrepreneurship. NBIA serves more than 1,900 members in over 60 nations.
Kaufman Foundation The Kauffman Conference Center is a nationally recognized convening site. The Center attracts local to international thought leaders and decision makers to a place where innovative thinking and dialogue lead to action.
National Federation of Small Business Owners (NFSBO) NFIB operates in Washington DC and all 50 state capitals. This organization represents small businesses on a variety of issues and provides training and purchasing discounts.
US Department of Agriculture (USDA) The USDA has a number of programs targeted to develop and assist rural business and communities.
US Small Business Administration The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was created in 1953 as an independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns.
Virginia Department of Business Assistance (DBA) DBA is a state economic development agency providing business information services, access to small business financing and other incentive programs to assist small businesses.
Topic-Specific Links Courtesy of VT KnowledgeWorks VT KnowledgeWorks has compiled a full complement of online references for start-ups, covering a broad range of topics, including Planning, Entity Formation, Marketing, Human Resources, and SBIR/STTR Grants.

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