TIMELINEAugust, 2003
Submitted Proposal to develop an Agricultural Innovation and Commercialization Center
September, 2003Awarded 1 of 10 grants for $1 million
October, 2003Identified Board of Directors
December, 2003Received Funding and Hired Cole Ehmke
May, 2003Hired Jane Anderson
Since last OctoberDeveloping and Implementing AICC products and services
Value Added Business Ventures• Potential
• to increase income for agricultural producers and producer groups
• Challenge• As many as 95% of new businesses fail in
first 5 years• Opportunity
• Assist in assessment of projects to increase chance of success
The purpose of AICC is to provide education on,
assessment of, & shepherding of
value-added products or processes fromidea to value-added enterprise.
• Partnership of New Ventures Team and Center for Food and Agricultural Business
• One year – partnership allows us to move quickly and combine resources from campus and the counties
Center for Food and Center for Food and Agricultural BusinessAgricultural Business•17 years experience in Executive Education•Educational Materials Development and Program Delivery
New Ventures TeamNew Ventures Team•Team of County Educators and Campus Specialists•Education and facilitation “one-on-one”
New Ventures
On Campus Specialists
County Educators
Center for Food and Agricultural
Business
Non-degree Programming
ResearchDegree
Programming -- EMBA
AICC
Joint Venture
AICC Board of Directors
Cole Ehmke Jane Anderson
Joan Fulton Mike Boehlje
Betty Jones Allan Gray
New Ventures CAB
IDEA
VALUE ADDED BUSINESS
IDEA
IMPLEMENTATION
VALUE ADDED BUSINESS
ASSESSMENT
• Initial activity of AICC to develop and test set of educational materials and protocols for assessment• Web-based assessment tool• Publications• Training Seminars
• Training Seminar for New Ventures Team• August 25-26, 2004 – On Campus
• Public Training Seminar• December 2-3, 2004 – Indianapolis
http://www.agecon.purdue.edu/newventures/
http://www.agecon.purdue.edu/aicc/
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