The Channels and Customer Relationships building blocks Today’s post author is Victor Oyervides, retail business specialist with FFED. He shares information about one of the tools that our Enterprise Development team uses to support Iowa’s entrepreneurs with business startups: the Business Model Canvas. This article is the third in a series. In this our third … Continue reading Business Model Canvas Tool: Part 3
The Value Propositions building block Today’s post author is Victor Oyervides, retail business specialist with FFED. He shares information about one of the tools that our Enterprise Development team uses to support Iowa’s entrepreneurs with business startups: the Business Model Canvas. This article is the second in a series. The Business Model Canvas (BMC) is … Continue reading More on the Business Model Canvas tool
by Emily Coll, program coordinator Farmers manage many spinning plates like any other business owner: production, accounts receivable/payable, marketing, customer service, research and development and more. And there is only so much time in the day. The FFED Program won a grant from the USDA Agricultural Marketing Resource Center to develop enterprise budgets that incorporate … Continue reading Enterprise budgets help farmers calculate crop profitability
by Connie Hardy, program specialist FFED Enterprise Development team members Brian Tapp, Ray Hansen and I recently presented a Focus on Feasibility workshop at the University of Minnesota–Crookston. The 14 participants are engaged in business development and training in their areas. The workshop, funded by AgMRC, will increase the capabilities of business and economic development … Continue reading Taking Focus on Feasibility on the road to Crookston