"Many states across the United States have significant rural populations, which typically face different sets of challenges than those closer to urban populations. This is particularly evident in the different types of opportunities that small businesses face in those rural areas."
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-Journal of Small Business Strategy
What is Rural Entrepreneurship?
Rural Entrepreneurship is all about identifying the needs of rural communities while understanding its nuances. What works in the city may not work for its countryside counterparts.
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Does that mean only cowboys and farmers benefit from rural entrepreneurship?
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The opposite!​
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Rural Entrepreneurship is focused on diversifying rural economies. Bookstores, coffeeshops, mechanic services, salons, trucking companies, mining, local theatres, home trades; anything that builds community and seeks to serve the people around it.
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What if you don’t live in a rural community? Can we still help you?
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Of course! Skills such as opportunity identification, problem solving, community engagement and creative thinking are universal. If you can learn how to create a business that is focused on making the most impact with the least resources, then you can create anything.
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