Community Leaders

Build A Thriving Entrepreneur Ecosystem In Your Community

We provide you with the content, courses, consultation, marketing and other resources to build community programs that will help you help entrepreneurs build their dream business and develop community and economic impact that matters.

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Our Work

WITH
CO.STARTERS

New Business Creation Increases

Entrepreneurs

30% More
Successful

More dreams of owning a successful business become reality for more people with diverse backgrounds

Community Impact That Matters

Economic Impact That's Meaningful

Startup Sioux Falls

Used 1 million SBA Grant to demonstrate how it could support entrepreneurs at scale across the region and state.
200 businesses launched
400 jobs created

Community Organization

Corner to Corner Community Organization
500+ Starters
$13 Million + Economic Impact

Main Street Organization

2,000 new jobs created
Wheeling's city vacancy reduced by half

Entrepreneurship Hub

Chattanooga was named the ultimate destination for remote workers by Travel + Leisure
Various tech & large companies chose to build warehouses/ factories nearby
Chattanooga is one of the best cities in the country for starting a new business

Coworking Space

90 entrepreneurs - the equivalent of almost 3% of Bradford's population - have graduated from CO.STARTERS
CO.STARTERS programs have encouraged Bradford and its surrounding towns that no space is too small to be transformed by the power of communal entrepreneurship

Chamber of Commerce

Fostoria Chamber has produced 27 new operational businesses (and 8 developing businesses) using CO.STARTERS
Community has seen a dramatic uptick in entrepreneurial support

Local Government

Entrepreneurs who have been through SWNMCOG's programs launched their businesses at a 50 percent rate
Connecting entrepreneurs to other people who are going to have their back

“CO.STARTERS is an invaluable cornerstone of our work with aspiring and early stage entrepreneurs, helping us to turn local talent and dedication into new businesses.”

Buddy Palmer

Executive Director (Former)

"Since starting CO.STARTERS, we've seen more energy in the town around supporting people who want to start businesses, and more understanding about fostering entrepreneurship."