Innovative Rural Business Models - The old way of going into business doesn't fit today's economic realities. Entrepreneurs need new, more accessible business formats and new ways of doing business. Find out how entrepreneurs are already using these smaller scale market tests to learn what works before making a huge investment. Learn how you can adapt them for any size of community and pull down the barriers to entry. As you watch this presentation, look for the tiny, temporary or together ideas that appeal to you. What you’re listening for are ideas that spark your excitement because they might work for you, but also you’re listening for how the different models fit together.  

1. Innovative Rural Business Models
Artisans
Market,
Fostoria OH

2. Hard way
Photo by Becky McCray

3. Easier Way
Photo by Deb Brown

4. Pop Ups
Photo by Deb Brown

5. All Ages
Photo by Deb Brown
Tiny
Photo by Deb Brown

6. Temporary:
Artisan Markets Photo via Zuni Pueblo Main Street, Facebook

7. Sheds and Traveling Businesses
Photo by Austin Moore

8. Tiny
Sheds:
Artist
Shanties
Photo (CC) by Jeffrey Grandy

9. Tiny Sheds:
Grain Bins
Photo from Binyard Facebook page

10. Photo by Julia McCray
Sheds Mean You
Can Stop Waiting

11. Tiny Market Village
Photo by Julia
McCray

12. Cozy Cabin Christmas
Cozy Cabin photos via Miller SD

13. Success and
Lessons
Learned

14. Photos via Anchor Square Facebook page
Enhance economic equity

15. Fill Your Pipeline

16. Shed in a Parking Lot
Photo by Becky McCray

17. Traveling
Services
Photo by Gary Stewart

18. Together: Shared Spaces
Photo by Becky
McCray

19. Together in
One Location
Photo by Deb Brown

20. Photos by Cathy Lloyd
Create Tiny
Spaces
Photos courtesy of Cathy Lloyd

21. Art on the Walls
Photo via Somayeh Kashi Art on Facebook

22. Business Inside a
Business: More Walls
Photo by Deb Brown

23. Salons are
Incubators
Photo by Deb Brown

24. Together:
Shared Kitchens
Photo by Teton Valley Facebook Page

25. Small Shop Spaces Photo by Becky McCray

26. Photo via Rose Ellis Facebook Page
Tiny Spaces
Can Change Lives

27. Fill Empty Buildings
Photo by Becky McCray

28. Temporary: Pop Ups
in Empty Buildings
Photo by Deb Brown

29. Simple Incubators
Photo by Deb Brown

30. Simple Incubator Success: Grocery Store
Owners Test A Restaurant Idea
Photo by Deb Brown

31. Repurpose
Huge Buildings
photo courtesy of Coppes Common

32. Seasonal use
Photo by Deb Brown

33. Got Questions?
Leo’s Sharpening Service photo by Sue

34. Photo by Deb Brown

35. Receive practical steps every
week, at no charge, in your email!

36. Tiny Non-profits
Photo by Becky McCray