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Enterprise Innovation Institute

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Office of the Executive Vice President for Research

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Advanced Technology Development Center

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Georgia Tech Procurement Assistance Center

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Innovation Corps

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VentureLab

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Understanding E-Commerce in Rural Georgia

(Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute, 2009-08-08) King, Dana ; Galewski, Nancy ; Green, Randy ; Lytle, Andrea ; Wilkins, Joy

From September 2008 through February 2009, the Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI2) conducted a series of focus groups and a survey of businesses regarding how they use, or would like to use, e-commerce activities to expand their business operations. The survey and focus group responses resulted in these primary findings: businesses have limited financial resources to pursue their desired e-commerce activities; to enhance their e-commerce knowledge, businesses have a strong interest in a classroom-based learning experience and a comprehensive Web site learning resource; many businesses have questions about how to determine which electronic tools professional service providers and other resources are the best to use to expand their e-commerce activities; and, broadband access remains a challenge for rural Georgia’s ability to maximize businesses’ full ecommerce and thus, their full market potential. These findings confirm that businesses throughout Georgia would benefit from more learning opportunities, and the continued pursuit of funding opportunities to enhance broadband connectivity throughout the state.
1-16 inland port feasibility

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009-07-09) Lann, Robert B.
2009 Policy Priorities of Women Business Owners

(Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute, 2009-07) King, Dana

On April 29, 2009, a town hall meeting of women business owners was held in Atlanta at the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Student Center. Hosted and facilitated by the National Women’s Business Council (NWBC), this meeting was the seventh in a series of meetings that began in March 2007. NWBC designed these conversations to generate grassroots‐level recommendations from women business owners for the ultimate consideration of the President, Congress, and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). This report intertwines the findings of the discussions the NWBC facilitated from March 2007 through April 2009. There is a particular emphasis on the most recent meeting held in Atlanta, to reflect that meeting’s intent to determine how women business owners’ needs may have changed amid the current national economic downturn. This report divides the priority policy‐related needs and opportunities identified by women business owners into five key areas: Access to Capital, Affordable Health Care, Education and Workforce Development, Procurement, and Taxes. The report concludes with a section focused on needs specific to microenterprises (defined as businesses with five or fewer employees, including the owner).
Accelerating economic development innovation with four USDA champion ...

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009-06-22) Wilkins, Joy Lea
Benchmarking Excellence Among Accredited Economic Development Organizations

(Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute, 2009-05) Wilkins, Joy ; King, Dana ; Garvey, Blair ; Lytle, Andrea

In search of competitive excellence, economic developers often ask for guidance and assistance on key enterprise management and operational issues relating to running a quality economic development program. They are interested in operating as effectively as possible, in making the highest possible impact, and in having a knowledge system in place for tracking their performance to enable continual improvement. To assist in this arena, the Calibration ProgramTM was designed by the Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI2) to help local economic development organizations (EDOs) achieve higher performance in their operations. The program draws on quality management standards from the International Economic Development Council’s (IEDC) Accredited Economic Development Organization (AEDO) program, the International Organization of Standardization (ISO), the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Program - and, the expertise of professionals associated with EI2. To provide benchmarks for EDOs via this program, IEDC and EI2 launched a joint initiative in 2006 to benchmark excellence in quality management among AEDOs located across the United States. These organizations were selected for participation in the survey because they have been recognized by IEDC for their enterprise excellence and, therefore, represent the “best of the best” in economic development. This initiative has informed other EDOs on what it takes to be a high-performance organization in economic development, as well as identified opportunities for continual improvement. It has provided a set of often-cited benchmarks. In 2009, IEDC and EI2 launched a new initiative to create up-to-date benchmarks by surveying current AEDOs. Stakeholders from each organization were asked to assess their organization on the basis of key indicators related to quality management, according to 10 areas. These 10 quality management areas include seven Baldrige award criteria and three additional criteria specifically relevant to economic development organizations. Also included were quality management indicators relating to innovation management and sustainability.
Financing Your Invention

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-10-27) McGraw, Greg ; Ruffner, Connie ; Urech, Alan W.

Securing financing can be one of the most daunting challenges to someone starting out on a new business venture. Inventors and new entrepreneurs face a unique set of obstacles that they must navigate through including answering the first question, "do I create a business around my invention or do I leverage my ideas through someone else?" This educational workshop seeks to help inventors understand the realities of financing their ideas, and provide a "how-to" for those looking to attract new investors, from friends and family to venture capitalists. Greg McGraw, a partner at TechCFO with over 25 years of top level financial and operational leadership, will discuss financing for all levels of inventors. Greg was named one of Catalyst Magazine's 2004 & 2005 50 Top Entrepreneurs in Atlanta.
WebFIT™ implementation in Lowndes County, Georgia

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-10) Lann, Robert B.
Eureka! Winning Ways Choices for Business Growth

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-09-11) Hall, Doug

Georgia Tech and the Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) hosted TV personality and corporate growth guru Doug Hall on September 11, 2008 in Atlanta. Hall presented "Choices for Growth," in which he'll bring his experience developing new ideas with Fortune 500 companies directly to Georgia's manufacturers and show them how they can adapt these methods of growth to their own approaches.
Using LinkedIn with your professional network

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-07-16) Fleming, Stephen
Youth - The Real Future of the South: Georgia Discussion Forums

(Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Georgia, 2008-06) Chernock, Jason ; Wilkins, Joy ; Holt, Karen

Through the Southern Growth Policies Board, Governors and other key leaders of thirteen states and Puerto Rico jointly investigate economic development issues of high priority across the South. Each year, an issue is selected for in-depth research that results in policy and action recommendations for implementation at local, state, and regional levels. A critical part of the process is the facilitation of community-based forums. In 2008, the key policy question was “What are the biggest challenges facing our community, and how can young people help address these challenges?” Building upon the 2006 and 2007 efforts, and to further support Southern Growth and the State of Georgia, in 2008, a series of discussions focused specifically on youth development and engagement were launched in Georgia. The focus was identified by Southern Growth in recognition of the immense value and potential of youth development as a critical building block toward developing a strong workforce and fostering knowledge-driven innovation that fosters new technologies and business opportunities. This effort was conducted under the sponsorship and leadership of the Governor’s Office of Workforce Development, the State Workforce Investment Board, and the Georgia Department of Labor. The work of this broad-based and collaborative partnership included conducting a survey and hosting several discussion forums with Georgia’s youth to gather input on Southern Growth’s policy question. The survey and forums were developed and implemented by a university team comprised of professionals from Georgia Tech and the University of Georgia. The 2008 survey and forums generated data speaking to the preparation and perspective of the next generation workforce, as well as input about their level of engagement within their communities. Nearly 1,800 young people from across Georgia completed the on-line survey. Of these, 152 attended in-person forums that gathered their reaction to the survey questions. The implementation of the 2008 Southern Growth Policies Board’s Youth—The Real Future of the South initiative in Georgia was a collaborative effort involving many statewide partners, institutions of higher education, local government and educational institutions, and, most importantly, the hundreds of young people who took the time to express their opinions about the state of youth in Georgia today.