Anticipated Outcomes
JumpStart’s economic inclusion strategy targets a series of short term and long term potential outcomes:
SHORT TERM OBJECTIVES
- Increased number of JumpStart investments in minority and women owned businesses
- Greater participation/engagement of minority groups and women in JumpStart Exchange Events
- Enhanced awareness of services and activities that support and encourage technology-based entrepreneurship
- Enhanced optimism and “buy-in” from minority groups
- A broader “regional buzz” as the overall messaging is replicated in minority media channels currently underserved or not utilized at all
LONG TERM GOALS
Longer term outcomes include:
- Creating meaningful, lasting, and higher-paying jobs among minority groups and women
- Providing a cost-competitive and highly capable supply base for major corporations and government
- Developing opportunities for younger entrepreneurs to identify growth prospects and develop businesses of scale
- Creating and expanding wealth within minority groups
- Fostering a new cadre of leaders to further support the historic community/civic leadership