Progress Lakeshore Investor Questionnaire Investor Questionnaire Name of Business * Name of Interviewee * Job Title Email Describe your business/ industry: * Agriculture Manufacturing Services Healthcare OtherOther Please tell us (all) reasons you invest in Progress Lakeshore: * Business expansion resources Workforce recruitment Community economic development Networking events Business development Professional development OtherOther Who/what most influenced your decision to become a Progress Lakeshore investor? * Describe roles of the people within your company who are most engaged with Progress Lakeshore: * Business owner/president HR management Sales/marketing Operations manager OtherOther What skills make this person/these people the best representatives for Progress Lakeshore involvement? * How does your company make decisions on business expansion? i.e. What kind of data is used … one decision maker and who that is, leadership team, committees, board, etc. * How does your company make decisions on workforce development needs? HR alone? Marketing & HR? * Rate Progress Lakeshore on a scale of 1-5 according to your knowledge and experience of the following, with 1 being unaware, and 5 being able to describe it to a peer.: Existing Business Development Workforce retention 1 2 3 4 5 No opinion Other (please explain) Other (please explain) Expansion planning 1 2 3 4 5 No opinion Other (please explain) Other (please explain) Business assessments & planning 1 2 3 4 5 No opinion Other (please explain) Other (please explain) Financial structuring 1 2 3 4 5 No opinion Other (please explain) Other (please explain) Regulatory assistance 1 2 3 4 5 No opinion Other (please explain) Other (please explain) Entrepreneurial assistance & development 1 2 3 4 5 No opinion Other (please explain) Other (please explain) Community Initiatives Economic development training 1 2 3 4 5 No opinion Other (please explain) Other (please explain) Business retention programs 1 2 3 4 5 No opinion Other (please explain) Other (please explain) Economic impact assessments 1 2 3 4 5 No opinion Other (please explain) Other (please explain) Infrastructure development 1 2 3 4 5 No opinion Other (please explain) Other (please explain) Workforce education and training programs 1 2 3 4 5 No opinion Other (please explain) Other (please explain) Business Attraction and Recruitment Site and building development 1 2 3 4 5 No opinion Other (please explain) Other (please explain) Demographic and regulatory data 1 2 3 4 5 No opinion Other (please explain) Other (please explain) What does Progress Lakeshore provide that is most important to your business? * List your company’s greatest business challenges in 2023. (Suggest some options like: workforce recruitment, childcare, employee benefits, inflation, supply chain, leadership development) * How do you prefer to receive communications from Progress Lakeshore? (Select all that apply) * Email LinkedIn Facebook Instagram Twitter Direct Mail Texting OtherOther How can Progress Lakeshore better support you and your business? What topics have we missed? Would you like to share any other business thoughts, concerns or curiosities? If you are human, leave this field blank. Submit
