Camoin Associates looked at the entrepreneurship-led economic development strategy in Cattaraugus County. They liked what they saw.
Cattaraugus County has recognized that entrepreneurship is a key pillar in its overall economic development strategy.
Strategy firm Camoin Associates recently analyzed the effort to create "a shared operating framework that aligned existing efforts across entrperneuershipo, wofkroce and traditional econoicdevopment functions."
The firm found a host of exciting new initiatives led by the Olean Business Development Corp., including a physical cowering space called The Hub and the Laine Buiness Accelerator through St. Bonaventure Univerrsity and Jamestown Community College.
"One of the clearest insights from the strategy was that entrepreneurship support in rural communities must span the entire business lifecycle—including transition and succession—not just startup and early growth," the consultants wrote.
