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Resource map for NHV food entrepreneurs
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1. IDEAThis is where new entrepreneurs get inspired, learn best practices, develop skills, validate ideas, and begin to build their team and product.Successful entrepreneurs must be the guiding forces of any startup ecosystem, especially in the Idea-Stage.Active entrepreneur leaders* Interested in contributing to the food entrepreneur resource map? Insert a comment with the resource's name, descriptions, link, and category.

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This map is based on the Founder's Institute ecosystem template

This map is moderated by the team at the CT Food Launchpad at Atticus.
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1. Inspire2. Educate3. Validate
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Startup media

Inspirational events		Training, feedback & best practices
-- Food Business Accelerator

-- ConnCAT Culinary Arts Academy

-- A pinch of salt

-- Fig Cooking School

Youth programs
--Hillhouse High School culinary arts program

-- Wilbur Cross High School culinary arts program

-- Growing Entrepreneurs		Team formation

Build first product
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 EVANGELISTS
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Blogs & other resources
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https://www.cpgdatainsights.com/
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https://community.specialtyfood.com/store/
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https://jenniferbarney.substack.com/
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Malcolm McDonald on Key Account Management
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New Food Product Development
Gordon W. Fuller
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Consumer-Centric Category Management : How to Increase Profits by Managing Categories based on Consumer Needs
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2. LAUNCHIn this stage, entrepreneurs establish and formalize the company, develop the product, get feedback from customers, and prepare for the next step.
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1. Start2. Develop3. Launch
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Establish
-- Legal Food Hub

Workspace
-- Cityseed commercial kitchen

-- Ives Squared at NHFPL		Formalize

Prepare for accelerator

Food sourcing
-- Cityseed

-- Carbonella & DeSarbo		Accelerators
-- CT Food Launchpad


Pitch & demo
-- Food Business Accelerator Pitch Day

-- NHV Food Entrepreneur Showcase
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Public organizations can play an important role by facilitating and supporting the community in the Launch-Stage.Public economic development

-- Food Policy Division

-- Small Business Resource Center
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 GOVERNMENT
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3. GROWTHHere, a startup proves their utility, receives recognition, and scales up. This usually requires funding, angels, VCs, and ways to connect them to startups.
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1. Recognition2. Funding3. Growth
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Investor networking

Media
-- Arts Paper
-- New Haven Independent
-- Zip06.com
Loans
-- Loan Program for Minority and Women Owned Small Businesses

Venture capitalists
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Grants
-- NHE3 Equitable Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Initiative		Startup scaling
-- Food'NBev Connect

Distribution
-- Votto Vintes

Co-manufacturing
-- Onofrio's Ultimate Foods

You can't grow without talent, and both universities and large technical employers attract and cultivate the local talent pool.Local universities
-- Gateway Community College
-- Albertus Magnus College
-- Yale University
-- Quinnipiac University
-- University of New Haven

Large local employers
-- Yale Hospitality
-- Watson
-- Subway
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 TALENT
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CLUSTERS / SUCCESS STORIESNew Haven-area food companies with significant funding, employment, or liquidity, and the spaces they are clustered within.
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NHV -- Port area
-- Onofrio's Ultimate Foods

-- Fresh Bev

NHV -- Long Wharf
-- Hummel Bros

-- Lamberti's Sausage		NHV -- Fair Haven / Mill River
-- Chabaso

-- Something Sweet

-- Whole G		Branford
-- Carbonella & Desarbo

Hamden
-- Votto Vines
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NORTHEAST & GLOBAL RESOURCES
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1. Idea Stage2. Launch Stage3. Growth Stage
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-- Food'NBev Connect
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