What Can Local Government Do to Grow and Attract Tech, Startups, Etc.
This presentation assumes:
1. You are not new to the game
2. You already know your local economic drivers
3. You already have a handle on your local resources
Thus we are going to take you up 50,000ft to see a different perspective and focus on how to TRULY impact the economic development of your community.
We will discuss a different way of thinking and show you how to find ALL the potential development ideas in your Community. We will then show you how to narrow those choices down to the most viable ones and discuss how to build a strategy for attracting and/or growing your chosen targets.
About Eric Egeland:
Eric Egeland, CPCU, AU is the President of Capacity Consulting, Partner in Capacity Bookkeeping, and Founder of the National Startup Association.
Capacity Consulting
Capacity Consulting was founded in 1999 by Eric Egeland and has two main practice areas; Economic Development and Startups.
Our Economic Development area provides three main services:
1. Grants/Incentives – Finding, applying for, and managing various grants and incentives for both the public and private sectors.
2. Standard Economic Development Research and Reports – Feasibility Studies, Market Research, Economic Impact, Cost/Benefit, etc.
3. Ad-Hoc and Specialty Economic Development Research and Reports – When the engineers, lawyers, officials, ecologists, etc. have a unique need, this is an area Capacity really excels in. Examples include the Sullivan County Casino study ranking multiple counties to see which best fit the legislative criteria to be awarded a casino licensees; or a Site Potential study to determine the best uses of a site or best attraction or growth opportunities for a particular area.
Our Startup area provides five main services:
1. Feasibility Studies/Business Plan/Financial Projections
2. Funding Preparation so entrepreneurs can approach investors properly
3. Advisory/Assistance covering ANYTHING an entrepreneur might need to stay focused, from financial projections to vetting CRM systems, to finding an assistant.
4. Marketing Strategy to insure an ROI on marketing spend vs. “trying” things.
5. Sales Preparation including valuation, consulting, and brokerage.
Capacity Bookkeeping
Capacity Bookkeeping was founded by Eric Egeland and Rosa Stychek in 2015. It combines the expertise of a large web based accounting firm with the high touch and low cost of a local bookkeeper.
National Startup Association
NSUA was founded by Eric Egeland in 2017. Its mission is to make United States based startup entrepreneurs successful as quickly as possible by providing the following:
1. Advocate and raise awareness of the importance of entrepreneurship and startup businesses.
2. Provide education and support for the members’ startup business.
3. To initiate and improve collaboration among its members by
4. Provide effective platforms for entrepreneurs to connect with service providers and investors.