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The Kauffman Foundation's partnership with the Lorain County Community College (LCCC) aims to replicate nationally the Ohio community college's very successful model for mentoring and funding high-growth startups, educating new founders, and, in turn, spurring regional economic growth.

The project, named Innovation Fund America, will begin with a pilot in three communities around the country, to be selected in the coming months. Kauffman and LCCC aim to eventually scale the model to more schools around the country and build a national network to support them.

The application period for the pilot phase is now closed, but we welcome expressions of interest and questions related to the possibility that this program will be scaled to additional locations in the future.

Community Colleges

Section 1: Institutional Information

A. Institution's Name

B. Your Name

C. Your Title or Role

D. Your Email Address

E. Your Telephone

F. Who is the person most responsible for your institution's credit entrepreneurship program?

G. Who is the person most responsible for your institution's non-credit entrepreneurship program?

GG. If you have a general inquiry, please enter your question(s) here.

Section 2: Program Information

H. Please identify the programs that your institution offers in the delivery of credit entrepreneurship education. Please check all that apply.

1. Entrepreneurship certificate(s)
2. Entrepreneurship degree / diploma
3. Entrepreneurship courses available to students across disciplines
4. Other

I. Please identify the additional program formats your institution utilizes in the delivery of entrepreneurship education. Please check all that apply.

1. Entrepreneurship Forums :: Open to non-students
2. Entrepreneurship Forums :: Fee-based
3. Entrepreneurship Forums :: Not offered at this time
4. Continuing Education Courses :: Open to non-students
5. Continuing Education Courses :: Fee-based
6. Continuing Education Courses :: Not offered at this time
7. Online Courses :: Open to non-students
8. Online Courses :: Fee-based
9. Online Courses :: Not offered at this time
10. Stand-alone workshops / seminars :: Open to non-students
11. Stand-alone workshops / seminars :: Fee-based
12. Stand-alone workshops / seminars :: Not offered at this time
13. Sequence of workshops / seminars :: Open to non-students
14. Sequence of workshops / seminars :: Fee-based
15. Sequence of workshops / seminars :: Not offered at this time
16. Conference / Symposium :: Open to non-students
17. Conference / Symposium :: Fee-based
18. Conference / Symposium :: Not offered at this time
19. Entrepreneurship Roundtables :: Open to non-students
20. Entrepreneurship Roundtables :: Fee-based
21. Entrepreneurship Roundtables :: Not offered at this time
22. Student Organizations with Entrepreneurship Mission :: Open to non-students
23. Student Organizations with Entrepreneurship Mission :: Fee-based
24. Student Organizations with Entrepreneurship Mission :: Not offered at this time

J. Please identify the institutional resources available to both entrepreneurship students and non-students. Please check all that apply.

1. Innovation Center :: Offered to students
2. Innovation Center :: Offered to non-students
3. Innovation Center :: Not offered at this time
4. Innovation Institute :: Offered to students
5. Innovation Institute :: Offered to non-students
6. Innovation Institute :: Not offered at this time
7. New Business Incubator :: Offered to students
8. New Business Incubator :: Offered to non-students
9. New Business Incubator :: Not offered at this time
10. Virtual Incubator :: Offered to students
11. Virtual Incubator :: Offered to non-students
12. Virtual Incubator :: Not offered at this time
13. Research / Technology Park :: Offered to students
14. Research / Technology Park :: Offered to non-students
15. Research / Technology Park :: Not offered at this time
16. Technology Center :: Offered to students
17. Technology Center :: Offered to non-students
18. Technology Center :: Not offered at this time
19. Entrepreneurship Accelerator Program :: Offered to students
20. Entrepreneurship Accelerator Program :: Offered to non-students
21. Entrepreneurship Accelerator Program :: Not offered at this time
22. Small Business Development Center :: Offered to students
23. Small Business Development Center :: Offered to non-students
24. Small Business Development Center :: Not offered at this time
25. Small Business Center :: Offered to students
26. Small Business Center :: Offered to non-students
27. Small Business Center :: Not offered at this time
28. Access to Entrepreneurial Funding :: Offered to students
29. Access to Entrepreneurial Funding :: Offered to non-students
30. Access to Entrepreneurial Funding :: Not offered at this time
31. Mentorship Program :: Offered to students
32. Mentorship Program :: Offered to non-students
33. Mentorship Program :: Not offered at this time
34. Internship / Externship Program with Start-up / Early Stage Companies :: Offered to students
35. Internship / Externship Program with Start-up / Early Stage Companies :: Offered to non-students
36. Internship / Externship Program with Start-up / Early Stage Companies :: Not offered at this time
37. Technology Resources and / or Consultation :: Offered to students
38. Technology Resources and / or Consultation :: Offered to non-students
39. Technology Resources and / or Consultation :: Not offered at this time
40. Networking Events :: Offered to students
41. Networking Events :: Offered to non-students
42. Networking Events :: Not offered at this time
43. Consulting Services (Fee-based) :: Offered to students
44. Consulting Services (Fee-based) :: Offered to non-students
45. Consulting Services (Fee-based) :: Not offered at this time
46. Consulting Services (Non-fee-based) :: Offered to students
47. Consulting Services (Non-fee-based) :: Offered to non-students
48. Consulting Services (Non-fee-based) :: Not offered at this time
49. Business Plan Competition :: Offered to students
50. Business Plan Competition :: Offered to non-students
51. Business Plan Competition :: Not offered at this time
52. Innovation Competition :: Offered to students
53. Innovation Competition :: Offered to non-students
54. Innovation Competition :: Not offered at this time

K. Does your institution participate in entrepreneurship experiential learning opportunities such as innovation competitions, entrepreneurship boot camps, business plan competitions, or funding companies?

Yes
No

L. Please describe how your institute participates in entrepreneurship experiential learning opportunities. (2000 max characters)

M. Please describe the ways in which students engage in entrepreurship experiential learning opportunities by providing knowledge. (2000 max characters)

N. Please describe the ways in which students engage in entrepreneurship experiential learning opportunities in gaining knowledge. (2000 max characters)

Section 3: Community Engagement

O. Does your entrepreneurship education program established formal partnerships or linkages with any of the following organizations? Please check all that apply.

1. State Government
2. City / County Government
3. Philanthropic Foundations
4. For-profit Companies
5. Social Service Agencies
6. 4-year College and University
7. Economic Development Agencies or Corporations

P. If any of the check boxes above are marked. Please identify the nature of these formal partnerships or linkages? Please check all that apply.

1. Financial Contribution
2. Shared Oversight / Management
3. Advisory Board Participation
4. Contract Agreement
5. Instructional or Curricular Expertise (e.g., teaching workshops, guest speakers)
6. Mentorship of Students
7. Internship / Externship Resource
8. Other

Q. Please identify the funding sources used to support your college's entrepreneurship eduction? Please check all that apply.

1. Private, For-profit Companies
2. Philanthropic Foundation Grants
3. Student Fees / Tuition
4. State Government Allocations
5. City / County Government Allocations
6. Social Service Agencies
7. Economic Development Agencies or Corporations
8. College General Budget
9. Other

R. Has your college established an entrepreneurship advisory or governing board?

Yes
No

S. Does your institution provide seed funding for start-ups?

Yes
No

T. Through what means does your institution provide seed funding? (2000 max characters)

Section 4: Program Assessment

U. How do you define success for your entrepreneurship program? (2000 max characters)

V. What quantitative data is gathered to measure the success of your entrepreneurship program? (2000 max characters)

W. What qualitative data is gathered to measure the success of your entrepreneurship program? (2000 max characters)

X. What methods are used to gather evaluation data on your institution's entrepreneurship offerings? Please check all that apply.

1. Program Evaluation Surveys Completed by Students
2. Student Surveys, Interviews or Focus Groups
3. Alumni Surveys, Interviews or Focus Groups
4. Community / Business Surveys, Interviews or Focus Groups
5. Economic Data Analysis
6. Other

Y. How often do you evaluate your entrepreneurship education program?

1. At the end of each individual course or program
2. Every semester / quarter
3. Every 6 months
4. Yearly
5. Only occasionally
6. Other

Z. What would you say is the major contributing factor to the success of your program? (2000 max characters)

ZZ. What do you believe your institution could do to increase the number of, or improve upon the success of, the start-up companies in your community? (2000 max characters)

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