Tag: business
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Small Town Business Pipeline: Turning College Talent Into Local Enterprise
Across America, smaller cities and rural communities are facing a familiar challenge. They have strong community pride, available buildings, loyal residents, historic downtowns, and real market needs. But they do not always have enough new business owners ready to step in, take a risk, and build the next generation of local enterprises. At the same…
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A Simple, Scalable Model for Mobilizing Businesses Around State Priorities
Every state is already home to employers, universities, health systems, small businesses, manufacturers, farms, nonprofits, chambers of commerce, workforce leaders, local governments, and community organizations working every day to strengthen their communities. The challenge is not that states lack effort. The challenge is that much of this work is spread across separate systems, making it…
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Legal Risk Partnership City: Helping Businesses Prevent Problems Before They Become Costly
Cities work best when local businesses are strong, workers are protected, residents are treated fairly, and public systems are easy to understand. The Legal Risk Partnership City idea is built around a practical question: what if a city could help businesses prevent common legal, regulatory, workplace, safety, and compliance problems before they become expensive disputes,…
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Student Entrepreneur Saturdays Idea
Student Entrepreneur Saturdays: A Local Bank Partnership Idea for Youth Entrepreneurship and Financial Readiness Student Entrepreneur Saturdays is an idea for local banks to help students build real world business skills, financial confidence, and entrepreneurial thinking through a simple community based Saturday program. The concept would bring together local banks, schools, small business owners, chambers…
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A National Model for Connecting Businesses, Government, and Communities
A National Model for Connecting Businesses, Government, and Communities The Civic Exchange is an idea for a national platform that could make it easier for businesses to connect with government resources, public programs, funding opportunities, workforce support, compliance guidance, and community partnership opportunities in one organized place. The purpose of the idea is simple: many…
Chad Trivette 