Invest in local businesses
Investing where you live: the new and low risk ways to help local businesses business through an easy to replicate model called the Diversified Community Investment Fund. DCIF is lower risk than traditional crowdfunding. Other models will also be explored, including entrepreneurship through acquisition as the Boomers are ready to retire. Instructors: Chris Reisenger, Mountain Biz Works, Michael Shuman, Brian Beckon, Derek Peebles, Jeremiah Robinson
Partners:NC3 the National Coalition for Community Capital [1]
Michael Shuman and the Main Street Journal [2]
AMIBA, the American Independent Business Alliance [3]
Stakeholders: Local CDFIs doing small business lending
Startup accelerators
Community economic development organizations
Technical assistance providers