Southeast Kentucky Startup Community

The entrepreneurial ecosystem map for Middlesboro and the surrounding counties (Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Letcher and Perry)

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1. Service Providers

1.1. Accounting

1.1.1. Greene & Greene

1.1.2. Pillion Accounting and Tax

1.1.3. Sally A. Simpson CPA

1.1.4. Larry Brooks Bookkeeping and Tax Service

1.2. HR

1.2.1. The Job Shop

1.3. IT

1.3.1. World Wide Gap

1.3.2. Young Computing Solutions

1.3.3. CSC (Barbourville)

1.3.4. GDIT General Dynamics

1.3.5. Networking Solutions

1.4. Legal

1.4.1. Pete Cline

1.4.2. John Brown

1.4.3. Josh Howard

1.4.4. Chris Douglas

1.4.5. Keith Nagle

1.4.6. Adam Bowling

1.5. Insurance

1.5.1. Mountain Valley Insurance

1.5.2. American National Insurance Co.

1.5.3. Kentucky Farm Bureau

1.6. Advertising

1.6.1. Custom Specialty Advertising

1.6.2. Quality Outdoor Advertising (TN)

1.6.3. Just Dubb-it Video Services/Frog Studios

1.7. Web Design

1.7.1. Dillon Frost

1.7.2. Brian O'Brien

1.7.3. Genesis Web Solutions

2. Funding

2.1. State/Federal

2.1.1. KSTC

2.1.1.1. Kentucky Innovation Network

2.1.1.1.1. Rural Innovation Fund

2.1.1.1.2. Kentucky Enterprise Fund

2.1.1.1.3. Kentucky New Energy Ventures

2.1.1.2. SBIR/STTR

2.2. Seed/Angel

2.2.1. Kentucky Angel Investors Network

2.2.2. RAIN Source Capital

2.2.3. Kentucky Seed Capital Fund

2.3. Venture Capital

2.4. Private Equity

2.5. CDFi

2.5.1. Kentucky Highlands Investment Corp.

2.5.2. Mountain Area Center for Economic Development

2.5.3. Southeast KY Economic Development Corp.

2.5.4. Pine Mountain Community Development Corp.

2.6. Other

2.6.1. Appalachia Funders Network

2.6.2. Frazier Foundation

3. Support Agencies

3.1. Pine Mountain Community Development Corp.

3.2. Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation

3.3. Mountain Area Center for Economic Development (MACED)

3.4. Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Program (EKCEP)

3.5. Appalshop

3.6. Lighthouse Ministry

3.7. Red Bird Mission

3.8. KY Promise Zone

3.9. Center for Rural Development

3.10. Advance Kentucky Alliance

3.11. Shaping Our Appalachian Region (SOAR)

3.12. Discover Downtown Middlesboro, Inc.

4. Networking & Events

4.1. Bell Co. Appalachian Craft Guild

4.2. Bell Co. Chamber of Commerce

4.3. Middlesboro Business and Professional Women’s Club (BPW)

4.4. Eastern KY Young Professionals

4.5. Events

4.5.1. Mt. Laurel Festival

4.5.2. Selling to the World

4.5.3. Cumberland Mountain Fall Festival

5. Incubators/Accelerators

5.1. KHIC Coffee Hubs (Coming Soon)

5.2. Makers Market

5.3. Henderson Settlement (Commercial Kitchen)

6. Intrapreneurship

6.1. Blue Diamond Industries

6.2. J.R. Hoe & Sons

6.3. Vaughn & Melton

6.4. Green Construction

6.5. Shoffner Management, LLC

7. Entrepreneurship Education

7.1. Southeast KY Community & Technical College

7.2. University of the Cumberlands

7.3. Lincoln Memorial University (TN)

7.4. FarmStart - UK Cooperative Extension

7.5. Collins School of Cosmetology

8. Tech Talent/Training

8.1. Kentucky TECH Advanced Technology Centers

8.1.1. Bell County

8.1.2. Know County

8.1.3. Whitley County

8.1.4. Clay County

8.1.5. Letcher County

8.1.6. Leslie County

8.2. KY Project Lead the Way

9. Companies

9.1. Software/Tech

9.1.1. Troll & Toad

9.1.2. CSC (Barbourville)

9.2. Manufacturing/Services

9.2.1. Straight Creek Coal

9.2.2. Schwartz Automotive

9.2.3. CBJ Plating and Machine

9.3. Healthcare

9.3.1. ARH Family Care

9.3.2. The Rejuvenation Center

9.3.3. Amedisys Home Health Care

9.3.4. Log Mountain Family Healthcare

9.3.5. Lincare

9.3.6. Mountain Region Home Health

9.4. Life Sciences

9.4.1. Forest Production

9.4.2. Pine Mountain Lumber

9.4.3. E&E Hardwood

9.5. Food

9.5.1. Avenue Cafe

9.5.2. Shades of Brown

9.5.3. Kentucky Biscuit Co.

9.5.4. Busy Bees Cafe

9.5.5. Lazy Joe's

9.5.6. B-Ville Grill

9.6. Tourism

9.6.1. Marty's ATV Oasis

9.6.2. Wilderness Roads Outfitters

9.6.3. Tommy's ATV

9.6.4. Barbourville Water Park

9.6.5. Black Mountain Thunder Zipline

9.7. Media

9.7.1. The Big One 106.3FM

10. Research

10.1. UK Robinson Center for Appalachian Resource Sustainability

10.2. UK Center for Rural Health

10.3. Appalachian Resource Commission

10.4. Kauffman Foundation

10.5. Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development

10.6. UL/UK Data Center

11. Gaps/Opportunities

11.1. Underutilization of industrial parks

11.2. Commercial kitchen space

11.3. Biomass / energy

11.4. Reclaimed coal land

11.5. Public transportation

11.6. Senior Care

11.7. Daycare Centers

11.8. Lack of online presence for existing businesses

11.9. County-level collaboration

11.10. Regional Tourism

11.11. Asset Based Economic Development