• Reduced registration fee to GROW Nebraska™ workshops. The workshops GROW Nebraska™ offers are designed to assist entrepreneurs at all levels in their product development, business training, and marketing skills.
• Access to member resources. GROW Nebraska™ provides listing state and national organizations, publications, and services geared specifically to entrepreneurial businesses. We also refer businesses to funding and resource providers.
• Subscription to GROW Nebraska™ Monthly Updates. GROW Nebraska provides information on upcoming events, membership news, services, marketing opportunities, and educational tips.
• E-mail alerts on time-sensitive items such as upcoming marketing and training events.
• A voice in determining GROW Nebraska™ services and institutional direction by providing feedback and exercising member voting privileges.
• Free GROW Nebraska™ member technical assistance for entrepreneurs at all levels.
• Referral Service Benefits. GROW Nebraska™ will refer businesses to existing entrepreneurial programs that can also provide assistance, such as REAP, EDGE, NBDC, New Community Development Corporations and other microenterprise programs. GROW believes strongly in not duplicating services that are already in existence. We encourage collaboration between programs.
• Free Publicity/News Release Service. GROW Nebraska provides members with news releases about their business successes and/or expansion. Generate publicity for businesses through special presentations and displays.
• Reduced Rate Cooperative Advertising. Cooperative advertising offers members the opportunity to take part in cooperative advertising in statewide and national magazines. The cooperative reduce rate is generally more than half what non-GROW Nebraska™ pays.
• Reduced Rate Cooperative Radio Advertising offers members the opportunity to take part in cooperative advertising in statewide radio opportunity. The cooperative reduce rate is generally more than half what non-GROW Nebraska™ pays.
• Reduced Rate Internet Representation. GROW Nebraska has the capability to build a home page for entrepreneurs and offers reciprocal links for member sites. We also offer different Web development packages for members wanting to develop a Web site.
• GROW Book. GROW Nebraska™ members can participate in the GROW Book. Circulation is 10,000 catalogs. The catalogs are distributed to prospects and retailers.
• Exclusive Marketing Opportunities. GROW Nebraska™ can help entrepreneurs display their products at several places, including the GROW Gallery, the GROW Collection, the annual State Fair Store, the year round Kearney Retail Store, the GROW Holiday Store and the Affiliated Foods Show. The GROW Collection is currently located in the Great Platte River Archway, Kearney.
• Reduced Rate Product Evaluation/Web site Evaluation. Members can have their products evaluated for labeling, pricing, packaging, and marketability by a panel of five storeowners and/or graphic designers. Members can also have their existing Web sites evaluated by Web development experts to get feedback on their current Web sites. The Product Evaluation and Web site Evaluation are ¼ the cost of what a private business evaluation would cost.
• Funding Opportunity Direct GROW Loan and the Quick GROW Loan. In collaboration with the Rural Enterprise Assistance Program (REAP) to help microenterprises access quick start cash for their businesses.
• First Fridays Training - Join GROW Nebraska™ from noon to one on the first Friday of each month for a presentation on a topic pertinent to growing your business more effectively. Topics will cover a wide range including financing, marketing, product development and all kinds of promotion. Members may suggest topics, whether it's a challenge or an area where you have overcome challenge and want to share your experience.

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