Partners
The following organizations are participating in this project:
Principal Contractors
- North Central Education Foundation (NCEF).
- Western Kentucky University (WKU).
- Innovative Productivity, Inc. (IPI)
- BurtWalker.com.
Contributing Organizations. The following organizations are providing goods and services at no cost as in-kind contributions toward this project:
- Advancement Strategies, LLC
- Kentucky Student Ventures Corporation (KSVC)
- SCORE
- South Central Kentucky Innovation and Commercialization Center (ICC).
PARTNER ROLES:
NECF. Prime contractor. Provides executive oversight. Also collaborates with BurtWalker.com and Advancement Strategies for the economic roundtable forums.
WKU. Provides access to the IRIE classroom(s) in Radcliff or ECTC, provides speakers for economic roundtable forums, assistance with development training modules and design for business accelerator office space.
IPI. Provides contract fiscal management function. Also prepares and conducts the focused education pilot.
BurtWalker.com. Provides overall management guidance and oversight. Also responsible for all deliverables not attributed to other organizations.
Advancement Strategies. Serves as panel member of economic roundtable forums. Also responsible for organizing these forums, to include obtaining speakers and panel members.
KSVC. Plans, organizes, and conducts the Entrepreneurial Boot Camps. Also assists BurtWalker.com with development of marketing materials and public relations.
SCORE. In coordination with BurtWalker.com, establishes the mentoring network for business accelerator clients. Also collaborates in development of the interactive mentoring functions.
ICC. Provides consulting services with respect to development and operation of business accelerators.
