Rural Impact Hub wants to bring a startup mentality to Heartland communities

As Brent Comstock grew BCom Solutions, his Auburn, Nebraska-based digital marketing agency, two things became clear. One, that the business was reaching a point where it needed to expand outside of Auburn. And two, in order to expand, he needed to figure out a way to reach other rural communities.

“We were struggling to figure out how do we get our foot in different rural communities on a level that doesn’t literally require us to go to every small town,” said Comstock. “That’s just not scalable, nor is it very entrepreneurial.”

The solution that Comstock came to was a realignment of BCom’s mission to be a digital provider of online solutions for campaigns, causes, and advocacy issues, primarily those that focus on rural communities.

Comstock said BCom was able to take its team’s digital expertise and passion for rural communities and affect dozens, if not hundreds, of other communities through its work.

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