I85Cyber.org Participates In AU’s GEDI 2024 Intensive Economic Development Training

So for an entrepreneur based in IN ALABAMA,

  • What were/are the experiences of launching a business startup with limited resources?
  • What were/are some of the challenges and lessons learned through the experiences of Alabama based entrepreneurs? 
  • Startup community and ecosystem building is an extremely popular discussion point in today’s economy.  What was/is it like to actually build such a community and ecosystem throughout Central Alabama from the ground up with little to no resources?

This past July during Auburn University‘s week-long Government & Economic Development Institute(GEDI) 2024 Intensive Economic Development Training Workshop the team from the I85Cyber.org had an opportunity to share a few of these details to a “packed house” of

  • Regional Workforce Directors
  • Chamber of Commerce Leadership
  • Economic Development Coordinators
  • Civic Leadership

from around the nation.

Listen in on the panel discussion here:

 

 

 

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