A national non-profit seeks to partner with a research consulting firm that can conduct a research study which goals include:
Assess and evaluate both challenges and opportunities for minority insitutions to drive entrepreneurship and economic development,
Determine success factors for minority insitutions to increase local economic development in local communities,
Identify pilot project targets within Washington, DC's Ward 8 based upon needs, challenges, and opportunities for impact
Design a pilot to be implemented in Ward 8; and
Develop an implementation plan to expand the minority insitutions model to a national scale for Phase III