Getting Started

RIAN is rethinking economic development. We are working to:

  • Restore resilience in America’s regional economies by approaching economic development strategy as a regional innovation system
  • Create and improve the nation’s community of venture development organizations.

If you're new to the concepts of regional innovation systems and venture development organizations, then we’d like to offer a few steps to help make your participation in RIAN and your region’s move to more efficient and effective support of innovation-based economies much easier.

What do you want to do?

1. Learn About Regional Innovation
  1. Understanding a Region's Innovation Assets » read more
  2. Measuring Asset Abundance » read more
  3. Defining Strategies to Address Asset Deficiencies » read more
2. Learn About Venture Development Organizations (VDOs)
  1. Understanding the Characteristics of a VDO » read more
  2. Exploring a VDO Service Portfolio (under construction)
  3. Measuring and Benchmarking VDO Impacts » read more
3. Map the Locations of VDOs
  1. Locate aspiring VDOs » read more
  2. Recommend an Organization to be Added to the Locator » read more
4. Improve My Organization’s Impact
  1. Is your organization a VDO? » read more
  2. How does your organization measure up? » read more
5. Discuss Regional Innovation Strategies
  1. Participating in RIAN » read more
  2. Join the Issue Forum in our News & Views section » read more
  3. Share your success in the Success section » read more
  4. Share your impact data » read more
  5. Contact RIAN with your question » read more

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