Towards an Effective Virtual Entrepreneurship Center for Rural Small Business Development

The study investigated the nature of entrepreneurial centers housed at colleges and universities
and methods of assistance to small businesses and rural entrepreneurs.

A description of three
entrepreneurship centers and their services is presented. The study emphasized the importance
of entrepreneurial assistance to rural entrepreneurship and shows a variety of options these
centers provide both locally and global. A possible barrier to low participation in utilizing these
outreach programs are difficulty in identifying the source of assistance on web resources.

Isaura B. Flores, The University of Texas at Tyler

Marilyn Young, The University of Texas at Tyler

Jonathan Trantham, The University of Texas at Tyler

Full Paper: http://sbaer.uca.edu/research/asbe/2009/p04.pdf