8:30 ~ 9:00 a.m. Registration ~ Coffee, Tea, Snacks
9:00 ~ 9:15 Opening remarks
Overview of day and Greater Good project – Richard Eidlin
9:15 ~ 10:00 Sustainable Enterprise: A Tool for Creating Economic Opportunity
- The Need – Cec Ortiz, City of Denver, Office of Economic Development and Tracey Stewart, Colorado Law & Policy Center
- The Strategy – Beth Parish, Regis University and Kevin Johansen, The Business Catapult
10:00 ~ 10:15 Break
10:15 ~ 10:40 The Greater Good Project
Creating the Infrastructure to Support Sustainable Entrepreneurs
- Greater Good Pipeline – Richard Eidlin/Christine Marquez Hudson
- Greater Good Training Academy – Richard Eidlin/Adam Brock
- Greater Good Fund – Ceyl Prinster, Colorado Enterprise Fund
10:45 ~ 12:00 The Sustainable Entrepreneurs Pipeline
- Presentations from Aspiring Triple Bottom Line Businesses
- Q&A from panel and then audience
12:00 ~ 12:15 Next Steps
- Comments from the Greater Good Advisory Group
12:15 ~ 1:15 Lunch
Agenda An Economic Development Strategy to Support "The Greater Good Project will be launched on November 12th with a half-day program featuring some of Colorado's leading economic development organizations and emerging sustainable entrepreneurs. We’ll be demonstrating the need for a program like Greater Good and reviewing the scope of the project, which will include:
Greater Good is a comprehensive business development program that identifies, trains and funds low and moderate-income, for-profit sustainable entrepreneurs along Colorado’s Front Range. By connecting these emerging triple-bottom-line businesses with key players in the economic development, venture capital and socially responsible business communities, Greater Good will help scale innovative early stage businesses into high-impact ventures. Our goal is to provide civic-minded entrepreneurs from underserved communities with the technical and financial resources they need to succeed. And, in the process; strengthen local communities, increase self-sufficiency, and create new jobs. If you believe in the power of business to create economic self-sufficiency, support local economic development and improve environmental conditions, we strongly encourage you to attend. We welcome your participation in bringing the benefits of sustainability and triple bottom line business practices to low and moderate-income entrepreneurs throughout Colorado. Join us on November 12 to help launch this important initiative!" For further information, please contact: |
