1. Intrapreneurship
1.1. Blue Diamond Industries
1.2. J.R. Hoe & Sons
1.3. Vaughn & Melton
1.4. Green Construction
1.5. Shoffner Management, LLC
2. Service Providers
2.1. Accounting
2.1.1. Greene & Greene
2.1.2. Pillion Accounting and Tax
2.1.3. Sally A. Simpson CPA
2.1.4. Larry Brooks Bookkeeping and Tax Service
2.2. HR
2.2.1. The Job Shop
2.3. IT
2.3.1. World Wide Gap
2.3.2. Young Computing Solutions
2.3.3. CSC (Barbourville)
2.3.4. GDIT General Dynamics
2.3.5. Networking Solutions
2.4. Legal
2.4.1. Pete Cline
2.4.2. John Brown
2.4.3. Josh Howard
2.4.4. Chris Douglas
2.4.5. Keith Nagle
2.4.6. Adam Bowling
2.5. Insurance
2.5.1. Mountain Valley Insurance
2.5.2. American National Insurance Co.
2.5.3. Kentucky Farm Bureau
2.6. Advertising
2.6.1. Custom Specialty Advertising
2.6.2. Quality Outdoor Advertising (TN)
2.6.3. Just Dubb-it Video Services/Frog Studios
2.7. Web Design
2.7.1. Dillon Frost
2.7.2. Brian O'Brien
2.7.3. Genesis Web Solutions
3. Funding
3.1. State/Federal
3.1.1. KSTC
3.1.1.1. Kentucky Innovation Network
3.1.1.1.1. Rural Innovation Fund
3.1.1.1.2. Kentucky Enterprise Fund
3.1.1.1.3. Kentucky New Energy Ventures
3.1.1.2. SBIR/STTR
3.2. Seed/Angel
3.2.1. Kentucky Angel Investors Network
3.2.2. RAIN Source Capital
3.2.3. Kentucky Seed Capital Fund
3.3. Venture Capital
3.4. Private Equity
3.5. CDFi
3.5.1. Kentucky Highlands Investment Corp.
3.5.2. Mountain Area Center for Economic Development
3.5.3. Southeast KY Economic Development Corp.
3.5.4. Pine Mountain Community Development Corp.
3.6. Other
3.6.1. Appalachia Funders Network
3.6.2. Frazier Foundation
4. Support Agencies
4.1. Pine Mountain Community Development Corp.
4.2. Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation
4.3. Mountain Area Center for Economic Development (MACED)
4.4. Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Program (EKCEP)
4.5. Appalshop
4.6. Lighthouse Ministry
4.7. Red Bird Mission
4.8. KY Promise Zone
4.9. Center for Rural Development
4.10. Advance Kentucky Alliance
4.11. Shaping Our Appalachian Region (SOAR)
4.12. Discover Downtown Middlesboro, Inc.
5. Networking & Events
5.1. Bell Co. Appalachian Craft Guild
5.2. Bell Co. Chamber of Commerce
5.3. Middlesboro Business and Professional Women’s Club (BPW)
5.4. Eastern KY Young Professionals
5.5. Events
5.5.1. Mt. Laurel Festival
5.5.2. Selling to the World
5.5.3. Cumberland Mountain Fall Festival
6. Incubators/Accelerators
6.1. KHIC Coffee Hubs (Coming Soon)
6.2. Makers Market
6.3. Henderson Settlement (Commercial Kitchen)
7. Tech Talent/Training
7.1. Kentucky TECH Advanced Technology Centers
7.1.1. Bell County
7.1.2. Know County
7.1.3. Whitley County
7.1.4. Clay County
7.1.5. Letcher County
7.1.6. Leslie County
7.2. KY Project Lead the Way
8. Research
8.1. UK Robinson Center for Appalachian Resource Sustainability
8.2. UK Center for Rural Health
8.3. Appalachian Resource Commission
8.4. Kauffman Foundation
8.5. Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development
8.6. UL/UK Data Center
9. Gaps/Opportunities
9.1. Underutilization of industrial parks
9.2. Commercial kitchen space
9.3. Biomass / energy
9.4. Reclaimed coal land
9.5. Public transportation
9.6. Senior Care
9.7. Daycare Centers
9.8. Lack of online presence for existing businesses
9.9. County-level collaboration
9.10. Regional Tourism
9.11. Asset Based Economic Development
10. Entrepreneurship Education
10.1. Southeast KY Community & Technical College
10.2. University of the Cumberlands
10.3. Lincoln Memorial University (TN)
10.4. FarmStart - UK Cooperative Extension
10.5. Collins School of Cosmetology
11. Companies
11.1. Software/Tech
11.1.1. Troll & Toad
11.1.2. CSC (Barbourville)
11.2. Manufacturing/Services
11.2.1. Straight Creek Coal
11.2.2. Schwartz Automotive
11.2.3. CBJ Plating and Machine
11.3. Healthcare
11.3.1. ARH Family Care
11.3.2. The Rejuvenation Center
11.3.3. Amedisys Home Health Care
11.3.4. Log Mountain Family Healthcare
11.3.5. Lincare
11.3.6. Mountain Region Home Health
11.4. Life Sciences
11.4.1. Forest Production
11.4.2. Pine Mountain Lumber
11.4.3. E&E Hardwood
11.5. Food
11.5.1. Avenue Cafe
11.5.2. Shades of Brown
11.5.3. Kentucky Biscuit Co.
11.5.4. Busy Bees Cafe
11.5.5. Lazy Joe's
11.5.6. B-Ville Grill
11.6. Tourism
11.6.1. Marty's ATV Oasis
11.6.2. Wilderness Roads Outfitters
11.6.3. Tommy's ATV
11.6.4. Barbourville Water Park
11.6.5. Black Mountain Thunder Zipline
11.7. Media
11.7.1. The Big One 106.3FM