Guides to business retention and expansion

• Early warning: spotting at-risk businesses before they decide to leave
  Early warning for at-risk businesses in economic development: what red, yellow and green flags mean, why a person confirms each one, and how a flag becomes a case.
• How to start a business retention and expansion program
  How to start a business retention and expansion program: build the business list, score what you know, visit, confirm risks, assign cases, report and refresh.
• Business retention program metrics for your board
  Business retention program metrics a board can trust: jobs and investment by stage, seventeen monthly measures, and board reports that click through to the record.
• Business visitation program software
  Business visitation program software for BRE: prepare for each visit, capture notes by voice, review changes before they are saved, and follow up with owners and dates.
• BRE survey questions, and how to ask them in two minutes
  The business retention survey questions that lead to action: profile, outlook and plans, what would help, a confidential question, and who may see the answers.
• Questions about BRE Pulse
  Answers to common questions about BRE Pulse: pricing and buying, setup from your own data, the business check-in, Ally, confidentiality and board reports.
• What is BRE software?
  BRE software helps a community know its businesses, keep them and help them grow: one record per business, visits, check-ins, follow-up and board reports.

The method behind them

• BRE Program Methodology
  How BRE Pulse builds business profiles, keeps facts current and turns what it learns into follow-through.
• Data & AI Trust Standard
  What is stored, who can see it, and how a business controls its own information.