2021 highlights from across the Rural Innovation Network
Here's a look at some of the newsworthy events from 2021 in each of the Rural Innovation Network's 25 communities.
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Blog|Future Of Work, Tech-Based Economic Development
Rural learners reflect on free IT Support Specialist course provided by CORI and Generation USA
Derrick Esquibel and Jazzmin Little were part of the first rural cohort to participate in a 12-week intensive IT Support Specialist course offered free of charge through a partnership between the Center on Rural Innovation and Generation USA.
Blog|Entrepreneurship
Kall Morris Inc. wins $10,000 cash prize in inaugural CORI Pitch Event
Featuring pre-seed or seed-stage startups from a variety of sectors, “Small Towns, Big Ideas,” the first-ever virtual pitch event hosted by the Center on Rural Innovation, gave small-town entrepreneurs a national spotlight.
Blog, Press Releases|CORI Innovation Fund, Direct Investment, Entrepreneurship
CORI Innovation Fund leads investment in Calypso Continuing Education
Today, the CORI Innovation Fund announced an investment in Calypso Continuing Education, a provider of sustainable clean technology for processing and liberation of natural resources.
Blog, Press Releases|CORI Innovation Fund, Direct Investment, Entrepreneurship
CORI Innovation Fund invests in Disa Technologies, Inc.
Today, the CORI Innovation Fund announced an investment in Disa Technologies, Inc., a provider of sustainable clean technology for processing and liberation of natural resources.
Blog|Tech Economies, Tech-Based Economic Development
10 higher education institutions playing a key role in promoting innovation, entrepreneurship in rural America
We’ve assembled a list of 10 rural colleges and universities across the country that are playing a key role in promoting technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship on their campus and in their communities.
Blog|Entrepreneurship
Five reasons mentorship matters for rural tech startups
Author Maia Patrick Donohue offers five things to know about mentorship that show how it can be so important for rural tech entrepreneurs.
Blog|Future Of Work, Tech Economies
Expanded AmeriCorps VISTA program kicks off with orientation in Springfield
Blog|Entrepreneurship, Tech Economies, Tech-Based Economic Development
Why coworking and entrepreneurship spaces are crucial to digital economic development
The second part of a three-part series on the infrastructure needed to build digital economy ecosystems in rural America.
Blog|Entrepreneurship, Tech Economies
Five startups that show rural innovation is way more than ag tech
Too often, we have conversations with people who believe that agriculture technology is the only innovation that could occur in rural America. But let's be clear: That notion is woefully incomplete.