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2. lectrifyingreation 3. Our Challenge: Bring in thetop 20%of young entrepreneurs (30 & under) to Entrepreneur Center. 4. Capital Community Counsel The EC Circuit 5. Disconnect Only55%of young entrepreneurs have heard of the Entrepreneur Center. Velocity Consulting. (Survey of Entrepreneurs, October 2010) 6. The EC Circuit Capital Community Counsel Consolidate Clarify Connect 7. Roadmap To bring in the top20%of entrepreneurs, we will Consolidatemarket Clarifyresources Connectcommunity 8. onsolidate 9. 17.3% of total entrepreneurial growth since 2004 is among those aged 25-34 Nationally, business start-ups increased by4%between 2008-2009,50%of which is from entrepreneurs below the age of 40 Kauffman. (2009). Demographic Information. Retrieved October 7, 2010, from Kauffmanwebsite: www.kauffman.org 10. Your customer Ernest Caesar 11. How do we reach the As? Caesar

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Ernest 12. Online Searches 43%said online research EC ranked5thin entrepreneur search. 60%said they would search new business EC doesnt show up in first10pages Velocity Consulting. (Survey of Entrepreneurs, October 2010) 13. larify 14. Value of Resources Velocity Consulting. (Survey of Entrepreneurs, October 2010) 15. Superior Resources Counsel Capital Community 16. Benchmarks 17. New Website Design 18. ECisodes Visually communicating the entrepreneurialmindset&lifestyle , and showing the ECelectrifying creationof new ideas 19. Benchmarks Techstars .(n.d.). The Founders. Retrieved October 24, 2010, from http://www.techstars.org/ 20. Benchmarks Unreasonable institute giving high-impact entrepreneurs wings. (n.d.). Retrieved October 27, 2010, from http://unreasonableinstitute.org 21. ECisodes 22. onnect 23. Independent Study 24. Independent Study

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Electrical Engineering Julie Johnson Sociology Laurie Woods Terrie Spetalnick Medicine, Health, & Society Courtney Muse 27. Industry Insider 28. Industry Insider Partnering withbusinessto identify entrepreneurialemployeesto create innovativesolutionswithin their industry 29. Industry Insider 30. Coffee Sleeve Entrepreneur Center Ernest just received the $55,000 funding he needed to start his mobile application for networking. Pearescope will launch in July 2011. 31. Benchmarks Client Referrals Social Media Boulder Innovation Center Entrepreneur Center in Dayton, Ohio Client Referrals Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center Client Referrals 1. Boulder Innovation Center Boulder's Entrepreneurial Hub. (n.d.). Retrieved October 24, 2010, from http://www.boulderinnovationcenter.com/ 2. Entrepreneurs Center Dayton. (n.d.). Retrieved October 24, 2010, from http://www.tecdayton.com/ 3. Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center. (n.d.). Retrieved October 28, 2010, from http://www.chicagolandec.org/ 32. The EC Elite 33. The EC Elite Referral Event Experiencing Community Catered by local entrepreneurial restaurants Financial Incentive Every 2 months 34. Reunion 35. Financials EC Elite Invitations$164.88 Referral Rewards$15,000.00 Part-time Employees$25,500.00 Website Redesign$5,000.00 Ecisodes$1,500.00 EC Annual Reunion$1,516.64 Coffee Sleeves $356.25 NBIA Membership$525.00 Total: $49,562.77 36. Financials 37. BIC Metrics Boulder Innovation Center. 2009 Metrics Report. (2009). Retrieved October, 2010, from Boulder Innovation Center Website: http://www.boulderinnovationcenter.com/PDF/newsletters/BIC%20Metrics%20Report%202009.pdf 38. How to Think about ROI Client Economic and Lifetime Value 20% of 75 referrals incubated means1533 New companiesNew Jobs 39. Revenue Projections By averaging out statistics from the Boulder innovation Center we project that the approximate 15 new companies that our marketing should bring in year one will create roughly $2,734,756 in revenues of current clients. 40. The Complete Circuit Capital Community Counsel Consolidate Clarify Connect 41. Electrifying Creation Today forTomorrow 42. Bibliography Ann arbor spark business accelerator. (n.d.).Retrieved October 25, 2010, from http://www.annarborusa.org/business-accelerator note: Website provided information of what their key successes are Austin Technology Incubator. (n.d.). Retrieved October 28, 2010, from http:// www.ati.utexas.edu/ Note: Website provided great success statistics that ATI has earned Boulder Innovation Center Boulder's Entrepreneurial Hub. (n.d.). Retrieved October 24, 2010, from http://www.boulderinnovationcenter.com/ Note: Provided statistics explaining the impact and success they have garnered Chattanooga economic development. (n.d.). Retrieved October 26, 2010, from http:// www.chattanoogachamber.com/economicdevelopment/ Note: Website provided numbers of how much it costs to rent out for clients as well as Virtual office. Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center. (n.d.). Retrieved October 28, 2010, from http://www.chicagolandec.org/ Note: Website provided great success statistics that Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center has earned Concho valley business resources. (n.d.). Retrieved October 28, 2010, from http:// www.cvbiz.org/ Note: Website had great personal success stories from clients. Demographics. ( n.d.) . Retrieved September 07, 2010, from Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce website:http://www.nashvillechamber.com/Homepage/BusinessNashville/Research/Demographics.aspxCurrently 28.7% of people in Nashville have bachelors degrees or higher. Ecorner Stanford University's Entrepreneurship Corner. (n.d.). Retrieved October 23, 2010, from http://ecorner.stanford.edu/index.html Note: Website provided great insights for EC website to follow 43. Bibliography 44. Bibliography Nashville Business Incubation Center (Personal communication November 3, 2010). National Business Incubation Association. (2010) About NBIA. Retrieved October 25, 2010, from NBIA.org website: http://nbia.org/about_nbia/ National Business Incubation Association. (n.d.) Membership Categories. Retrieved October 25, 2010, from NBIA.org website: http://nbia.org/join_nbia/membership_categories.php The business incubator center the grand valley's center for entrepreneurship. (n.d.). Retrieved October 27, 2010, fromhttp://www.gjincubator.org/ Note: Provided information on ways to market. Techstars. (n.d.). The Founders. Retrieved October 24, 2010, from http://www.techstars.org/ U.S Bureau of the Census (n.d.) State and Country Quick Facts. Washington D.C: Bureau of the Census. Retrieved from U.S CensusBureau website: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/47/4752006.html Note: The EC will primarily have White and African American customers, since these races make up for 92.7% of theNashville population Unreasonable institute giving high-impact entrepreneurs wings. (n.d.). Retrieved October 27, 2010, fromhttp://unreasonableinstitute.org/ Note: Website provided a youthful, vibrant website in ways the EC can follow.