A full set of effective business support services, available to all the businesses in your service area. Our team delivers the following support services virtually on your behalf, so they don’t add any administrative burden to your agency. Your businesses get free and unlimited access to all of the following services:

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1:1 COACHING: A variety of one-to-one personalized coaching services in the areas of business startups, business management, succession planning, and website design, all provided by seasoned entrepreneurs.

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MASTERMIND GROUPS: Our Business mastermind groups allow your local business owners to connect with peers from across the country. Mastermind groups give business owners a community of peers and opportunities to share, learn, and grow.

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TECH CAREER CERTIFICATES: We've partnered with Google to offer career certificates in six high-growth career fields. There are more than 1.8 million open jobs in certificate fields and average entry-level salaries of $93k. Plus, with many jobs in these fields offering options for remote work, your stakeholders can find high-growth career opportunities without having to leave your community.

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CURATED INSPIRATION: We curate a workshop library and a podcast library, both tailored to the unique needs and perspectives of rural business owners. Our team evaluates each workshop and podcast and only selects the "best of the best" to feature in our libraries.

Great organizations and leaders are continually learning and sharing ideas, inspiration, and best practices. With an agency membership, you get the following opportunities for professional learning:

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AGENCY MASTERMIND GROUPS: Participate in live mastermind groups that explore how economic and community development agencies can best support new and existing businesses in rural communities.

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DISCUSSION GROUPS: Access to our economic and community development online discussion group, where you can participate in an ongoing conversation with business support organizations serving rural communities across the country.

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SUMMIT TICKETS: 6 complimentary tickets to our annual Rural Ideas Summit, a digital-first convening of rural entrepreneurs and community development organizations from across the US ($1,200 ticket value).

You're a leader with vision and passion. An agency membership provides robust advisory services to help you operate a high-performance agency.

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LEADERSHIP COACHING: Our team provides one-on-one coaching to help you improve your leadership, set meaningful goals, think through challenges, and get the strategic support you need to run your organization effectively.

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MARKETING COACHING: You'll get to work directly with our communications specialists to develop and execute a marketing plan that supports your agency's goals and aspirations, plus we can help you remain accountable to the plan and evaluate results to refine it over time.​

In addition to the great benefits described above, we offer a variety of additional perks as part of your agency membership.​

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INCREASED VISIBILITY: Your agency will be included on our network map & member profiles page, creating opportunities for connection and interaction with businesses and peers.

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COLLECTIVE ACCESS: You get six membership user accounts, which allow you to share access to all of your membership perks with your agency's staff and board members.

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NETWORK INPUT: Exclusive, member-only opportunities to participate in ideation sessions that help the Rural Ideas Network identify needs and fill gaps.

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EVENT TOOLKITS: Easy-to-use guides that help you host in-person regional conferences, networking events, and educational forums focused on supporting rural entrepreneurship and building your reputation as a thought leader in this field.