Selected Presentations
Rural Business Ideas - Places to Start or What do I really love to do?
Overview of a variety of diversified and value-added agriculture and agribusiness opportunities that can lead to successful rural businesses.
New Age Rural Business Ideas & Opportunities
Overview and examples for identifying a variety strategies upon which rural businesses might be developed...final examples illustrate that most businesses incorporate several strategies to diversify their sources of revenue.
Rural Entrepreneurship as an Economic Development Strategy - "Creating Wealth in Texas"
Overview of the importance of entrepreneurship in local economies, short description of entrepreneurs, and how entrepreneurship can be encouraged in rural communities.
Developing Entrepreneurs & their Communities: Rural Entrepreneurship Suppport Networks (RESN) curriculum
Resource used to provide an overview of the RESN curriculum in a one-day workshop setting...includes an outline of target audiences, benefits, and content of three courses aimed at entrepreneurship as an economic development strategy in rural communities.
Considerations in Determining Feasibility
Highlights the differences between a feasibility study and a business plan, describes the key steps in a feasibility assessment, and programs that might help fund a feasibility study.
Overview of Business Planning for Rural Ventures
Business planning topics outline the critical elements of a natural resource-based rural business.
Preparing to Borrow - Strategies for Investment, Operations, and Cash Flow
Necessary hints and information for responding to the critical questions that will be asked by capital sources.
Finding a Path to the Top of the Hill - Finances and Budget Management
Overview of the principles of management accounting, the importance of cash flow, and financial ratio analysis.
Some Principles of Marketing for Small Businesses
Description of the activities included in the marketing function, an understanding of consumers, and components of a marketing plan.
Growing a Healthy Business
Description of key elements that should be in place when growing a business, the economic tools to analyze alternatives, and the impact of growth on your financial position.
Economic presentations from the Pasture and Livestock Management Workshop for Novices, Overton
Options for Marketing Your Calf Crop
Includes elements of developing a marketing plan and review of the pros and cons of several marketing methods.
Planning for Profit
Overview of the elements included in a farm or ranch plan.
Record Keeping for Cow-Calf Systems
Suggestions on what data to keep for management decision making, how to use data to monitor your performance, and data recording systems.