Mo is well known in the entrepreneurship economic development education space. She brings terrific energy, personality and actionable on-point content to every session!

For Economic Development Organizations

This new Economic Brief Seminar will get your entire board on the same page around what is happening in your local economy with a focus upon entrepreneurship and workforce. Mo offers custom research into your local economy, then delivers a leadership roundtable unlike anything you’ve experienced before. This on-site session will engage, educate and empower your leadership to row in the same direction and provide clear, actionable strategies for entrepreneurship and workforce development in your community.

Rural communities are in the midst of profound and fundamental economic change. For many regions, entrepreneurship may hold the key to a sustainable rural economic future. This seminar brings community champions together to collaborate in support of building an entrepreneurial ecosystem. Attendees will use data to determine their current entrepreneurial activity, receive guidance and tools needed to successfully identify, connect, and empower entrepreneurs and learn how to measure the economic impact of this kind of economic development.

Training for Small Business

As we enter the third year of a global pandemic, small business owners face an uncertain future.  Economic shutdowns and slowdowns, supply chain challenges and changing consumer tastes and buying habits are putting pressure on already stressed small business owners nationwide. While the economy rises, many small companies need help knowing where to start, what to focus upon and how to navigate 2022 and beyond.  Beyond the Pandemic provides practical, actionable steps for small business owners to take now and over the next 24 months.

Ten million women own businesses in the United States. Nearly all of these companies are very small; seldom generating substantial wealth or normal profits. The factors which contributed to this are well-known but not likely to change-until now. Recent shifts in technology and work have blown open the doors for women to excel in business startup and growth. Women-owned businesses are poised to remake the economy – this session will provide a six step framework for how women can reimagine entrepreneurship, small business and women’s economic health.