Founding Partners

Where do I go? Planning Capital/Loan New Markets Tech.Transfer Permits Office Space Legal Services Mentoring Home-based Lifestyle Manufacturing Bio-tech High-tech Woman owned Minority owned Low-income High-income

KCSourceLink The Mission Our mission is to help small business grow and prosper in the Kansas City region by providing business owners easy access to needed services.

The Market Entrepreneurs Service providers Funders

For Entrepreneurs Gather information about the business Research available resources Direct the business to the appropriate support organization(s) Follow up to assure service and satisfaction

KCSourceLink partners with the network to: Raise community awareness of services Educate partners and the community on network services Identify gaps in services Increase funding Measure economic impact For Service Providers

Consolidated view of the entrepreneurial community, its needs and resources Identification of gaps in services Measurement of economic impact For Funders

Results 100 respondents to a recent client survey said: –16 started a business –13 expanded significantly –20 are actively engaged in growing a new business –12 solved an operational problem –14 made significant changes to the nature of their business

Results Resource partner surveys say KCSourceLink has: –Raised awareness of network services resulting in more clients accessing programs and services –Increased organizational productivity –Created better avenues for getting entrepreneurs to the right resource

Real time information on entrepreneurial activity in a particular region Results

Hotline: Website: The Resource Navigator Biz-Trakker Client Management An Integrated Economic Development System

The Web Site

The Resource Navigator

Biz-Trakker

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