Specifications include, but are not limited to: Purchase Description: 1. Development of training, materials, tools and resources that can be utilized by communities and economic development professionals statewide to support entrepreneurship growth. 2. Support expansion of programming by establishing relationships with organizations engaged with entrepreneurs and millennials, including support of staffing to foster the expansion effort, based on review and approval by Commerce. i. Provide consultation and training to demonstrate on-going sustainability of staffing and programming developed. 3. Expand offerings like or similar to TedX, 1 Million Cups, or others and establish Founder’s Programming that fosters the entrepreneurship ecosystem statewide. 4. Develop and execute a plan to establish an entrepreneurial association and identify and invite partners providing like or similar services across the state to participate with the goal to create greater alignment and common direction among statewide entrepreneurial support systems. 5. Provide direct consultation to communities on the development of entrepreneurial support systems and associated programming.
