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<p> Distressed rural regions exist throughout the United States and the world. Various economic and social interventions have been made by governments, non-profit agencies, and other institutions to provide relief, often with limited results that were not sustainable. The support of entrepreneurs who start businesses that are locally owned and do not engage in business practices that create environmental and social hazards are seen as a central component in the revitalization distressed regions. However, local businesses often lack the resources that are available to large corporations. This study examined three rural organizations and their social networks in distressed regions of Central Appalachia. A series of interviews was conducted to identify the extent that these organizations provide social capital, marketing assistance, and other essential skills and resources otherwise unavailable to small, local businesses started by entrepreneurs. The results of this study show that networks do increase the number of sustainable enterprises and improve the triple bottom line in distressed regions as well as increase the availability of capital in those regions. Future study is recommended to examine alternative financial strategies for non-profit networks, methods to deepen network relationships, and innovative strategies to develop infrastructure that reduces dependency on outside capital and absentee ownership. </p>

The goal of this paper is to outline patterns in biographical background of founders of successful startup ventures, more particularly in the technology sector, that contributed to their success. Additionally, this article aims to disprove the assumption that entrepreneurs have a special tolerance for risk, and rather explores the idea that entrepreneurs have access to resources--financial, social, and intellectual--that come from their family and friends that then give them an edge and a safety net that de-mystifies them from the risk of starting a business. Once we realize that because the majority of the entrepreneurs studied in this thesis had unusually privileged backgrounds, we may then end with a suggestion as to how to level the playing field for those who may not have the same.

<p> K-12 public schools are under immense pressure to meet the demands of several competing priorities. These priorities include, but extend beyond, educating students, providing social services, meeting benchmarks for the state and federal mandates, engaging with their community, and dealing with parents, being instructional leaders, and supervising staff members. Identifying the needs of the district, schools, and students is a daunting task for every school district and an imperative task for leaders. </p><p> This study explored whether intrapreneurship, entrepreneurship within an existing organization, could be a framework to help school districts meet these daunting demands. This quantitative study focused on an urban/suburban school district and examined the antecedents and dimensions of intrapreneurship in public K-12 education. Its main proposition was that environmental and organizational characteristics would relate positively to intrapreneurship and that together these two characteristics would also relate positively to intrapreneurship. Additionally, there were 11 sub-propositions, which examined whether the characteristics embedded within the antecedents of environment and organization also had positive relationships with intrapreneurship. Quantitative data gathering occurred through an electronic survey. The data analysis used descriptive and inferential statistic procedures. </p><p> The findings from this case study, although not generalizable to every school district, indicate that intrapreneurship is possible in public K-12 education. The findings were statistically significant, and the antecedents of environment and organization had positive relationships to intrapreneurship. Furthermore, nine of the 11 sub-propositions also had positive relationships to intrapreneurship. Lastly, favorability to change, organizational support, and industry growth were all main drivers of the antecedents in relation to intrapreneurship. This study adds to the literature on intrapreneurship in public K-12 education and offers insights for future research.</p><p>