The WiRE Start-up, Scale-up and Going Global Project: final report

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Wiesner, Retha. 2019. The WiRE Start-up, Scale-up and Going Global Project: final report. Toowoomba, Australia. University of Southern Queensland.
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The WiRE Start-up, Scale-up and Going Global Project: final report

Report TypeProject report
Authors
AuthorWiesner, Retha
Institution of OriginUniversity of Southern Queensland
Number of Pages53
Year2019
PublisherUniversity of Southern Queensland
Place of PublicationToowoomba, Australia
Abstract

Stimulation of self-employment and employability are central to the WiRE Program. The WiRE Program builds RRR women’s personal, entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial capacity, become part of a strong entrepreneurial community and support them regardless their location in RRR Queensland. The program enhances their confidence, creates an entrepreneurship mindset, develop entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial behaviour, opportunities to enhance their financial position and a rural entrepreneurship eco-system. Participants also give back through mentoring others in their communities.
This flexible innovative program encompassed blended learning and a flipped-classroom approach where participants engaged with university, industry and community specialists. Participants engaged in numerous program components, with various levels of interaction with peers, mentors and facilitators. One component, the WiRE Hub Program, takes participants through a Hubs Program (a 90-day challenge of actual venture/project development and growth). Our approach is to continuously build, measure and learn.
This report reflects the activities, outcomes and evaluation of the WiRE Program between 15 October 2018 and 31 May 2019

Keywordswomen entrepreneurs, rural women, regional women, rural business women, entrepreneurship capacity building
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020359999. Other commerce, management, tourism and services not elsewhere classified
Public Notes

The WiRE Start-up, Scale-up and Ging Global Project was delivered as part of the USQ WiRE Program that helps women in rural, regional and remote enterprises to start and grow their business. Submitted to the Department of Employment, Small Business and Training.

Byline AffiliationsSchool of Management and Marketing
Funding source
Grant ID
DESBT-70005-3
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