In May, Bob Cohen attended Agritech 09 in Tel Aviv, Israel. One of the largest trade shows of its kind, Agritech featured 250 exhibitors and 42 delegations from around the world. We hope you will join us to learn more about the efforts made at Agritech to promote Ohio.
Come to a breakfast seminar and learn about the ever changing regulatory enviornment and cost effective strategies that fit into the business objectives of each company. There will be various speakers on this topic!
On behalf of the entire Global Cardiovascular Innovation Center (GCIC) team, we am pleased to announce their newest education initiative: The Path to Commercialization – A Breakfast Seminar Series. This series is to further support efforts in the formation and expansion of early-stage cardiovascular companies in Ohio.
Youngstown State University and the City of Youngstown will host a public screening of the internationally-acclaimed documentary, FUEL.
The film, an insightful portrait of America’s addiction to oil and a testament to the immediacy of new energy solutions, won the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.
Parsons, a globally-recognized engineering firm, Youngstown State University, the Advanced Manufacturing Initiative, the Regional Chamber and other entities are collaborating to host a regional (Northeast Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia) symposium on sustainable energy technologies. Congressman Tim Ryan will be a special guest at the event.
Youngstown Business Incubator and the Advanced Manufacturing Initiative are pleased to offer the Innovation Series to promote innovation and technology to catalyze both emerging entrepreneurs and established industries.
Zolio is a free, multimedia-rich online resume building website that transforms ordinary black and white resumes into a complete, professional multimedia profile. Andria Trivisonno, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Zolio.com will discuss the evolution of the online job search, social media and the new, electronic tools you should be using in your job search.
Employing Yourself Seminar
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Corporate College East, Warrensville Heights
Corporate College will host the Employing Yourself Seminar. This will include six presentations covering a variety of topics to help entrepreneurs start or grow a business. Marcia Pledger, Plain Dealer business reporter and author of My Biggest Mistake and How I Fixed It, will moderate the Funding Sources discussion.
We are pleased to extend an invitation for you to join us at the next “Going Global” International Trade Forum. Bob Cohen will share his observations from attending the recent Agritech 09 trade show in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Jim Grant, author of Get the Job (and Compensation) You Want, will bring his knowledge about the ins and outs of job hunting to the Hudson Library & Historical Society with his program, “How to Conduct an Effective Job Search.”
Join BioEnterprise and JumpStart on June 4, 2009 to explore starting a consulting practice. There will be a series of panel discussions followed by a networking session!
State Agencies Receiving Federal Stimulus Funding Seek Ohio Based Small Businesses.
You're Invited to an Essential Briefing and Lunch for Cleveland Area Small Businesses.
Are You LinkedIn?
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Hudson Library
Much of today’s professional networking for jobseekers and general business contacts is conducted by those who are LinkedIn. Learn about this essential business-to-business tool at the Hudson Library & Historical Society.
You are invited to attend TiE Power Networking: International Markets, Funding, Business Launch, Intellectual Property Rights. Please join some of the region's leading experts who will talk about entrepreneurship and the importance of globalism. Network with your peers and learn about resources and strategies in a small group setting.
Please join us for this bi-monthly get-together of Northeast Ohio’s food and beverage industry. In addition to hosting our meeting, our speakers will be Joe Miller & Eric Gerber, who will tell us the Amish Door story.
Created by C-level Executives for C-level Executives, the 2009 TechColumbus Innovation Summit brings together top executives and industry thought leaders to share best practices and catalyze creative thinking.
Come hear from KPMG’s Managing Director, A&D Government Contractor Services who has more than 28 years of experience in combined U.S. Government, Commercial and International projects.
Presented by Mr. William C. Johnston, Jr., Managing Director, Government Contractor Services.
CIO Luncheon
Monday, May 11, 2009
Mansfield Holiday Inn
Please join other Chief Information Officers, Chief Technology Officers, and Information Technology Managers as we bring together IT leaders from throughout the area. The guest speaker will be Dr. Sasi Pillay, Chief Information Officer at the NASA Glenn Research Center.
Join Us for the 3rd Annual eMarketing Techniques Conference, featuring Keynote speakers Rick Burnes, Hub Spot, and Matt Dickman, Fleishman Hilliard.
This event is an opportunity to hear from area manufacturing leaders who have successfully diversified their business to participate in the biomedical industry.
We are pleased to extend an invitation for you to join us at the next “Going Global” International Trade Forum. Our May forum focuses on the “Incoterms,” the standard trade definitions developed by the International Chamber of Commerce’s Commission on Commercial Law and Practice.
Learn more about the Northern Ohio IT Association, the IT Alliance of Appalachian Ohio, and resources available through Ohio’s Third Frontier Entrepreneurial Signature Programs and Thomas Edison Programs. A networking event for technology entrepreneurs of all sectors, investors and those promoting technology-based economic development.
The current economic climate has tightened the availability of funds for everyone, especially small businesses. Hear what’s on the horizon for bank lending and how the federal government recovery plan “stimulus package” may benefit the entrepreneurial community.
Join members of Governor Strickland’s Staff and Executive Agencies for an information session on the economic stimulus package. In each location, two information sessions will be offered to provide flexibility to attendees.
Join members of Governor Strickland’s Staff and Executive Agencies for an information session on the economic stimulus package. In each location, two information sessions will be offered to provide flexibility to attendees.
Join us for information, networking opportunities, and a buffet breakfast! Come learn more about how animal agriculture is constantly changing and how OLC provides a unified voice for animal agriculture on important issues that can affect the future of agriculture.
The Cleveland Professional 20/30 Club is proud to host the 2nd Annual Business Plan Competition Face-Off and Awards Ceremony! This will be an excellent opportunity to hear the next generation of Cleveland entrepreneurs present their business ideas!
This seminar will introduce a webinar developed by Dow Jones and will uncover the inner workings of term sheets with a review of terms, trends, and perspectives on various venture and angel capital terms, such as what valuations are doing by round and industry, how stock option pools are changing, and what types of equity are most common.
Ohio offers a unique combination of assets, advantages, and opportunities for bioscience companies, entrepreneurs, researchers, and students to pursue their goals. This year, BioOhio has multiplied its one annual Career Fair into three regional versions.
Join members of Governor Strickland’s Staff and Executive Agencies for an information session on the economic stimulus package. In each location, two information sessions will be offered to provide flexibility to attendees.
The Consortium of African American Organizations is bringing to you the Ultimate Networking Event. Over 50 CEOs and executives will be donating the opportunity for you to have a one on one meeting with them.
This three and half day summit will include workshops, poster sessions, a large exhibition space and a collaboration mixer for people interested in nanotechnology and sensor innovation and bringing these technologies to market.
Join Case Western Reserve University for this one day event which will cover current local and global issues. There will be interactive demonstrations, poster exhibits and a keynote speaker!
The Hudson Library & Historical Society continues its Winter/Spring Entrepreneurship Series with a workshop on communicating with and motivating employees. “Leadership and Management Skills for Small Business” will be taught by Professor Bob Smith and Tom Fontana of the Akron SCORE office.
The Hudson Library & Historical Society’s Winter/Spring Entrepreneurship Series continues with David Fouts, President and CEO of MAGNET, will explain the advantages of working with the business incubator for manufacturing and technology based companies in the northeast Ohio region.
Youngstown Business Incubator and the Advanced Manufacturing Initiative are pleased to offer the Innovation Series to promote innovation and technology to catalyze both emerging entrepreneurs and established industries.
We are pleased to extend an invitation for you to join us at the next “Going Global” International Trade Forum. The April forum focuses on the Global Markets Division of the Ohio Department of Development.
Join the NEO finance, venture, and angel communities to hear the winners and watch as over $40,000 in prizes are awarded to students for the BEST IDEA for a new business, product or service.
Learn about the legal aspects of doing business by attending this workshop on the legalities particular to operating a small business in the current economic climate.
Attend a half-day workshop featuring professionals from this age group discussing best practices in the area of marketing, accounting, finance, legal, insurance and technology.
For those who want to explore funding for joint marketing and branding programs for agricultural products, join us for information, networking opportunities, and a buffet breakfast!
Please join Braintree for this bi-monthly get-together of Northeast Ohio’s food and beverage industry. This will be a great place for food-oriented startups who are seeking investors and other resources.
Come join us for this special event with Ms. Marcia Pledger as she discusses her lessons from the entrepreneurial front lines.
This TiE event will feature a panel of successful international entrepreneurs from our region. They will discuss how they have successfully grown a range of business leveraging local resources and global connections.
This workshop concentrates on methods of marketing in today's competitive and fragmented market where reaching potential customers can be expensive and offer marginal returns.
Allen Jones, Program Director, will discuss FirstLink, the Department of Defense's (DoD) National Center of Excellence for First Responder Technology Transfer.
State Representatives will visit the Ohio Aerospace Institute to discuss briefly the advantages of the region -- emphasizing Aerospace as an important sector of the economy and growth area.
Fundraising: What You Must Know
Thursday, March 12, 2009
JumpStart - First Floor Conference Room
Join us for this Venture Economics workshop to help entrepreneurs better understand how much money to raise, how to think about valuation, what types of investors and securities to consider, and more.
The next "Going Global" International Trade Forum will focus on international trade strategic planning with speaker David Silk, Chairman Emeritus of the British American Chamber of Commerce Great Lakes Region.
Running a business out of your home has a unique set of challenges. Steve Millard, President and Executive Director of COSE, the Council of Smaller Enterprises, speaks about the characteristics of successful home based businesses.
Bioscience companies of all shapes and sizes share at least one common goal, and that is the need to effectively sell their ideas, products, and services. With members Stonefly Communications, Corky Thacker Communications, OffWhite Salter and Giraffe, Inc., BioOhio presents a workshop to discuss branding, marketing communications goal and strategy development, and tools and tactics that will deliver results.
Join the Small Business Development Center at Ashland University, the Small Business Administration and the Braintree Center for Business Innovation for a forum on Northeast Ohio Agribusiness. Dave Beck, President of the (CIFT) Center for Innovation Food Technology will be speaking on the CIFT program and its components, and will focus on several new initiatives.
This meeting will include a panel of experts from local purchasing departments and supplier diversity programs. The session will cover how to do business with PNC, Tri-C, NEORSD, Cleveland Botanical Gardens, and University Circle, Inc.
The Ohio Venture Association will host their Fourth Annual Venture Capital Summit with a focus on "Entrepreneurship in Good Times and Bad." Topics such as "Making it Through the Tough Economic Cycles" and "How to Present to VCs" will be covered. Don't miss the chance to get in on these discussions!
The Hudson Library & Historical Society Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship Research continues its Winter/Spring Entrepreneurship Series on Wednesday, February 18th at 6:30 with “Financial Management Nuts & Bolts for Small Business,” an in-depth review of financial management for the existing business or serious entrepreneur in the pre-startup mode.
On behalf of the Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education (NOCHE), an online webinar is being offered on the value of interns to entrepreneurs. This complimentary webinar will prove what an asset as intern can be in supporting your business.
This workshop will focus on the basics of the SBIR/STTR programs geared to those interested in learning more about the program's scope, technology interests, eligibility, & funding sources.
This workshop will focus on the basics of the SBIR/STTR programs geared to those interested in learning more about the program's scope, technology interests, eligibility, & funding sources.
Did you ever want a guaranteed way to meet, shake hands and give your
summary to 24+ of the hottest Venture Funds & Angel Investor Groups
in the the NYC area? Here is your shot. FundingPost is hosting its VC Showcase in midtown, NYC and their previous VC Showcases in CA, MA, DC, NY and PA were sold-out!
Founder's Cafe
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Tyler Village, 3615 Superior Ave. - Cleveland
The Founders Cafe is a great networking opportunity for those interested in having a drink, starting a business, and making a friend! Dan Moore of the Civic Innovation Lab will be your host for this event intended to create founders and enhance entrepreneurship development.
It's time for the annual Ground Hog Day International Trade Forecast Breakfast. This discussion will feature Michael Weidokal of International Strategic Analysis.
The Ohio Aerospace Institute, in partnership with NASA and the Air Force, will offer a workshop on how to access funding for technology based companies. The workshop will include an overview of SBIR programs and will introduce you to related industry experts.
Scott Shane on Angel Investing
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Hudson Library & Historical Society
Nationally recognized expert on entrepreneurship, author, professor and angel investor Scott Shane will speak on “Angel Investing: Is it Right for You?” at the Hudson Library & Historical Society on Wednesday, February 4th at 7 pm, as part of its Winter/Spring Entrepreneurship Series. Shane will discuss his latest book, "Fool's Gold" and will uncover common misconceptions about angel investing.
Join the Small Business Development Center at Ashland University, the Small Business Administration and the Braintree Center for Business Innovation for the next forum on Northeast Ohio Agribusiness. This forum will focus on "The Rural Energy for America Program."
Jim Griggy, Certified Business Advisor for the Small Business Development Center at the Summit Medina Business Alliance, will present “Small Business Survival in a Tough Economy” as part of the Hudson Library & Historical Society's Winter 2009 Entrepreneurship Series.
The Martin Luther King Day Business Forum is designed to connect small to medium sized businesses with area support resources, offering free workshops on business plan writing, financial access, and marketing. This is a wonderful way to celebrate MLK Day and learn ways to advance your business.
Hear from a panel of the region's foremost experts on the positive news that doesn't always make the Cleveland headlines. Representation from JumpStart, TeamNEO, the Fund for Our Economic Future, Cleveland Plus, and Cool Cleveland will be present for the discussion. Help shape Greater Cleveland's image by attending!
iNomadics will offer their introductory event to iPhone development as a way to ring in the New Year! Join the group as they sift through various iPhone applications through this one-of-a-kind training program.
The next "Going Global" International Trade Forum will focus on Ohio's Agricultural and Food Export Profile with speaker Tim Sword, International Trade Specialist of the Ohio Department of Agriculture.
The Hudson Library & Historical Society Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship Research will launch its 2009 Entrepreneurship Series with presentations on small business loan advice and assistance available from the government, free to any small business.
The Cleveland Plus region is turning the corner. Transforming projects are under way in the core city, from the massive Euclid Corridor/RTA HealthLine redevelopment project, to large-scale expansion of cultural and healthcare institutions in University Circle and adjacent areas. Please join the Greater Cleveland Partnership and leadership from its partner organizations, BioEnterprise, JumpStart, MAGNET, NorTech and Team NEO, for the final program in the four-part series that is focused on physical and economic development projects that are helping create and sustain long-term prosperity in the Cleveland Plus region.
Hiring Smart: Advice on How to Hire Top Talent
Thursday, December 11, 2008
JumpStart, 737 Bolivar Road, Cleveland - First Floor Conference Room
The next seminar of JumpStart's Growing Bright Ideas Lunch Series will focus on the topic of 'Hiring Smart.' This event will begin with a webinar offered by ghSMART, a company known for its development of the Topgrading model of hiring and retaining talent, and will end with insight from AJ Hyland, President and CEO of Hyland Software, and Bonnie Gwin, Partner of Heidrick & Struggles.
Tour the General Electric Lighting and Electrical Institute in historic Nela Park. Tour includes historical background, the Center for Electrical Solutions, the Merchandise Center, the Product Center, and the Commercial Industrial Center.
The design of buildings and the sites they are placed upon play a critical role in protecting and improving our environment and the health of the people who occupy them. The Cleveland Engineering Society will host a half-day seminar that will address the important issues surrounding sustainable design.
TiE Ohio Launch Event
Monday, December 8, 2008
House of Blues - 308 Euclid Avenue
After nearly a year of planning, TiE Ohio has officially been launched! TiE Ohio becomes the 50th chapter of the TiE Global organization, which has locations throughout North America as well as Europe, Asia, and Australia. Join us in celebrating the launch of TiE Ohio!
This year's Entrepreneurship Extravaganza is a must-attend for anyone who owns their own business or is in the process of developing their own start-up. The two-day event is packed full of useful information that will steer your business in the right direction for success!
The Advanced Manufacturing Initiative and Third Thursdays at 3pm are pleased to jointly host a special program featuring Norm Chagnon, Ph.D, Technology and Innovation Division, Ohio Department of Development. As staff director of the Third Frontier Project, Norm will discuss the Third Frontier grant opportunities and other Ohio Department of Development programs that support technology development and integration.
The Cleveland Engineering Society will host a Leadership Breakfast Event featuring Sunniva R. Collins, Ph.D., to discuss "Low Temperature Carburization of Stainless Steels: The Swagelok SAT12 Process."
The November OVA Luncheon will feature Mel Carter, Manager of the Ohio-Midwest Fund, a regionally-targeted private equity program focused on high-performing venture, growth and buyout fund investments.
Founder Frustrations, CEO Mistakes
Thursday, November 13, 2008
JumpStart, 737 Bolivar Road, Cleveland - First Floor Conference Room
JumpStart's next Growing Bright Ideas Series event will focus on 'Founder Frustrations, CEO Mistakes' and will elicit the guidance of Noam Wasserman, professor of Entrepreneurial Management at Harvard Business School and creator of the nationally recognized blog, 'Founder Frustrations.' This case study-oriented seminar will outline three situations in the start-up development process.
6th Annual Medical Innovation Summit
Monday, November 10 through Wednesday, November 12, 2008
InterContinental Hotel & Bank of America Conference Center
Join Robert Rubin, Citigroup, Jim Tobin, Boston Scientific, Tim Ring, CR Bard, Karen Licitra, Johnson & Johnson, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), Tommy Thompson, former Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and other leading experts in the field at the 6th Annual Medical Innovation Summit. Take advantage of this exciting lineup of speakers, panel discussions and clinical presentations to learn about the latest trends in medical innovation and what they mean to you.
The Cleveland+Pittsburgh+Youngstown Regional Learning Network, a group of community leaders and professionals coming together to learn from national experts and one another and about how government, universities, non-profits and businesses are addressing our common issues, is hosting the second annual Regional Learning Event. The event is designed to facilitate networking, information sharing, and collaboration within this very important region.
We are pleased to extend a personal invitation for you to join in on the next “Going Global” International Trade Forum. The November forum focuses on Allied Machine and Engineering Corporation.
Local economic development organizations are collaborating to host two succession planning seminars. The first session will provide an introduction to succession and will answer questions regarding the worth of businesses. The second seminar will focus on ways to sell your business to potential buyers.
McDonald Hopkins LLS is hosting this breakfast roundtable to help businesses navigate the credit crunch. At this event they will discuss the state of the credit market, managing your credit and dealing with customer and vendor insolvency.
Join the Small Business Development Center at Ashland University, the Small Business Administration and the Braintree Center for Business Innovation for a forum on Northeast Ohio Agribusiness. Tim Sword with the Department of Agriculture will discuss Ohio's exporting capacity and its affect on the economy.
Entrepreneurship Series at Hudson Library & Historical Society
Series of 4 workshops on Thursday evenings, beginning October 30th
The Hudson Library & Historical Society's Burton D. Morgan Center
The Hudson Library and Historical Society’s Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship Research will host a weekly series this fall designed to assist anyone interested in launching a small business or growing an already existing one.
Marcia Pledger will discuss her new book, "My Biggest Mistake," which is slated for release on October 14th. Pledger, a business columnist with The Plain Dealer, focuses on business mistakes entrepreneurs make and how they can fix them.
Women’s Economic Development Outreach is a coalition of business experts working in collaboration to provide focused resources that help women-owned and managed businesses flourish. This year’s WEDO event is focused on the topic of innovation and will answer the question, "How can an entrepreneur or executive instill innovation into their company?"
Founders Cafe
Monday, October 20, 2008
Tyler Village, 3615 Superior Ave. - Cleveland
The Founders Cafe is a great networking opportunity for those interested in having a drink, starting a business, and making a friend! Dan Moore of the Civic Innovation Lab will be your host for this event intended to create founders and enhance entrepreneurship development.
BioOhio Annual Conference
Monday, October 20 through Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Columbus
The 2008 BioOhio Annual Conference, Oct. 20-21, is a "can't miss" event. Come to network, come to learn, come to discover how bioscience is Ohio's economic development gamechanger. The 2008 BioOhio Annual Conference will focus on Ohio's Jobs Stimulus Program, specifically how companies and institutions alike can promote biomedical job growth.
Third Thursdays at 3
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Youngstown Business Incubator
This meeting will focus on how private equity funds can help technology entrepreneurs and businesses accelerate commercialization and entry into new markets for their products. Melford Carter of Credit Suisse will lead this discussion.
This two-day, intensive workshop will cover all aspects of writing and winning SBIR/STTR proposals, focused on health care technologies and companies. This program is geared for those individuals that are serious about submitting a proposal and includes 5 hours of one-on-one consulting.
SSTI's 12th Annual Conference
Tuesday, October 14 through Thursday, October 16, 2008
InterContinental Hotel - Cleveland
State, regional and university Technology-Based Economic Development (TBED) is at a crossroads. Many initiatives are celebrating major chronologic milestones and at the same time new TBED elements – such as incubators, grant programs, research parks, equity funds – are popping up almost daily in more and more communities and universities. This year's SSTI Conference will offer pertinent information about TBED and opportunities for unparalleled economic growth.
We are pleased to extend a personal invitation for you to join in on the next “Going Global” International Trade Forum. The October forum focuses on compliance with customs regulations.
What were you born to do? If your answer is "be a leader," "be an innovator," or "build new enterprises or companies," then you'll be interested to learn about the award-winning Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Program (STEP) at CWRU and how STEP companies have formed.
Our region is on the cusp of an explosion of funding sources for technology businesses. Sources of angel capital, early stage funding and VC money have been locating here and finding great companies and ideas in which to invest. Join us for a lively session featuring three local investors that focus on tech businesses for early stage or later stage investments.
This workshop will address the basics of the SBIR/STTR programs geared to those interested in learning more about the program's scope, technology interests, eligibility, & funding sources. This session will help you decide whether you can and should compete for the over $2 Billion in SBIR and STTR Funding in 2008.
Please join the region’s Small Business Development Center, Ashland Area Council for Economic Development, and the Braintree Center for Business Innovation for a seminar designed to help you begin the process of navigating your company’s future.
Third Thursdays at 3
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Youngstown Business Incubator
Are you interested in increasing energy efficiencies by reducing operating costs and benefiting the environment? Who isn’t?!Lawrence Boyd, Director, Core Programs, Energy Industries of Ohio (EIO) will share insights and best practices at September’s Third Thursday at 3 program hosted at Youngstown Business Incubator.
Ohio Early Stage Summit IV
Wednesday, September 17 through Thursday, September 18, 2008
Hyatt on Capitol Square, Columbus
The Ohio Capital Fund and the Ohio Department of Development are proud to host the Ohio Early Stage Summit IV. Please plan on attending this important, informative event that will focus on the increasing vitality of early stage companies and their investors across the state. The event will also offer the opportunity to network with entrepreneurs and investors throughout the United States.
Founders Cafe
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Tyler Village, 3615 Superior Ave. - Cleveland
The Founders Cafe is a great networking opportunity for those interested in having a drink, starting a business, and making a friend! Dan Moore of the Civic Innovation Lab will be your host for this event intended to create founders and enhance entrepreneurship development.
The Ohio Venture Association welcomes special speaker, Mark Heesen, President of the National Venture Capital Association to discuss "The Quiet Recovery" and the regional core competencies of our expanding venture community.
We are pleased to extend a personal invitation for you to join in for the next “Going Global” International Trade Forum. The September forum focuses on financing for exporting and overseas joint ventures and acquisitions.
10,000 Visions of Cleveland Event
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Galleria on East 9th St. and St. Clair Ave.
10,000 Little (micro) Ideas, the organization of grassroots leaders, is on the move again! The community asked to find out what is happening in Cleveland to expand business and job opportunities...and now there is a major, one-of-a-kind event to answer these questions -- the "10,000 Visions of Cleveland" event. This is an all-day, fun-filled event that will renew your love for the city of Cleveland.
New Media: Tricks of the Trade
Thursday, August 28, 2008
JumpStart, 737 Bolivar Road, Cleveland - First Floor Conference Room
JumpStart's next Growing Bright Ideas Lunch Series event will focus on 'New Media: Tricks of the Trade' and will elicit the help of local experts to discuss how new media channels have affected their businesses. Learn the good, the bad, and the ugly of modern media with this informative seminar.
Join the Small Business Development Center at Ashland University, the Small Business Administration and the Braintree Center for Business Innovation for a forum on Northeast Ohio Agribusiness. You'll learn about The BioScience Consortium of Northeast Ohio from Mike McDaniel of the Ashland County West Holmes Career Center.
Join GarageInventorLive.org as they gather an amazing group of marketing professionals, academics, scientists, engineers, manufacturers, industry leaders, and inventors for a conclave that demonstrates the value of a new product development platform for inventors and manufacturers at this day-long event.
Whether you are currently growing or anticipating growth, join BioOhio and ImprovEdge for an engaging session that will focus on individual communication and leadership skills. Participants will learn how to apply these skills to help make difficult decisions and communicate challenging messages, while also learning to recognize and nurture the capabilities of employees by empowering them to act and delegate accordingly.
Third Thursdays at 3
Thursday, July 17, 2008
V & M Star - Youngstown
V & M Star will host over 30 science and technology teachers who are attending the 2008 Materials Camp sponsored by the YSU Center for Transportation and Materials Science and The Industrial Information Institute for Education, Inc. This free camp is in its 4th year at YSU and will focus on manufacturing technology that can be introduced into the classroom.
JumpStart will air the MIT Enterprise Forum's Innovation to Commercialization program on Tuesday evening, July 15th. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) can be key to a company's growth. Join us to network and learn how SBIR funding might benefit your business. The MIT Enterprise Forum builds connections to technology entrepreneurs and to the communities in which they reside.
The Tuscarawas County Port Authority is pleased to extend a personal invitation for you to join them for the next “Going Global” International Trade Forum. Our July forum focuses on doing business with the European Union and features Ken DeVore of the F-Squared Laboratories of Ohio and Maryland.
Join the region's economic development community for the upcoming Third Frontier FY 2009 Northeast Ohio Public Briefing. Some of the programs that will be discussed include Research and Commercialization, Wright Projects, Advanced Energy and Fuel Cells.
Join The City Club of Cleveland for their Friday Forum Speaker Series as Johnathan M. Holifield, President and CEO of The Urban League of Greater Cleveland takes the stage to address his challenge to devise a strategy to define the "21st Century Urban League" and the vital contributions the League can make to the region.
Join the Small Business Development Center at Ashland University, the Small Business Administration and the Braintree Center for Business Innovation for a forum on Northeast Ohio Agribusiness. Topics of the forum include awareness and understanding of the SBDC network and resources and how to start, sustain and grow your own business. This forum is part of a regularly scheduled series in Ashland.
Hispanic Business Expo 2008
Thursday, June 26, 2008
La Sagrada Familia Hall - Cleveland
The Cuyahoga County Board of Commissioners, the City of Cleveland, Team NEO and the Hispanic Business Association are pleased to invite you to the "Hispanic Business Expo 2008." This event will provide an opportunity for Hispanic businesses to showcase their products, services and literature to other Hispanic businesses and mainstream organizations looking to conduct business with the emerging Northeast Ohio Hispanic business community.
JumpStart is pleased to introduce the 'Growing Bright Ideas Lunch Series' to Northeast Ohio's high-growth entrepreneurs. Over the coming months, we will offer a series of even thts targeted toward the early-stage, high-growth entrepreneur, with our introductory seminar focused on Technology Marketing: Crossing the Chasm. We're lucky to have Tom Kippola, Managing Director of The Chasm Group and co-author of best-seller, The Gorilla Game, joining us to lead this seminar on the pitfalls of high-growth entrepreneurship and how to avoid them.
Third Thursdays at 3 (TH3) events are for local companies to showcase new technologies, for technology organizations to share their resources, for entrepreneurs build relationships, for educators to highlight their initiatives. This special program is being offered as a bonus event to usual TH3 events.
Several leading experts in the field will present their views and engage you in what is sure to be a stimulating panel discussion about the challenges facing the wind energy industry and the opportunities that these challenges offer to Northeast Ohio’s instrumentation, controls and electronics firms.
The Tuscarawas County Port Authority is pleased to extend a personal invitation for you to join them for the next “Going Global” International Trade Forum. The June forum focuses on doing business with Canada and features Tom Quinn of the Canadian Consulate office in Detroit.
Join Team NEO in celebrating Northeast Ohio economic development. On Wednesday, June 4, 2008, Team NEO will hold its second annual Economic Development Impact Awards at the Embassy Suites in Independence. The evening will highlight projects, companies and communities who have made outstanding economic development contributions in Northeast Ohio. It will be an evening to celebrate our collective efforts and accomplishments.
This half-day seminar will feature Jonathan Murray, Managing Director of Early Stage Partners, as the keynote speaker and Gary Schoeniger, Founder and CEO of the Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative, as a featured presenter. You will learn the habits of successful entrepreneurs and leverage techniques to take your business idea from concept to launch.
The small business economy will be the theme of the KeyBank Small Business Economic Forecast Presentation on May 30 in Warrensville Heights. Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher will be a special guest at the event for small business owners and stakeholders to discuss economic topics affecting their future in Ohio and nationally. The Small Business Economic Forecast Presentation is sponsored by KeyBank.
Velocity | 2008
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Playhouse Square - Cleveland
Every day, companies in Northeast Ohio innovate, compete and succeed in the global marketplace. They add velocity and momentum to our economy, putting money and ideas into motion. Join the Cleveland Professional 20/30 Club along with Sales and Marketing Executives of Cleveland, NEOSA, and FIT Technologies for Velocity | 2008 and celebrate these exciting companies.
Hear from area manufacturing leaders who have successfully diversified their businesses to participate in the biomedical industry. The event will feature a panel of regional manufacturing businesses that have leveraged their capabilities into producing components and goods for the biomedical market and supply chain.
This workshop will provide you with an overview of the requirements of an adequate accounting system and information on how to insure your accounting system is found to be adequate when audited by the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA).
Great Idea Generation
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Tyler Village - Cleveland
Founders Café ...have a drink, start a business, make a friend! Have you identified an unmet need? Do you have a great idea? Or maybe you just need someone to talk to about the idea – a friend, a therapist, a drinking buddy, a positive thinker and naysayer all at once? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, Founders Café is the place for you! Cleveland’s own serial entrepreneur, Dan Moore from Harvard Business School Club of Northeast Ohio, is launching and financially supporting a new series focused on IMAGINING stage entrepreneurs and their ideas.
TechSync is a celebration of technology companies in Greater Cleveland to inspire and accelerate growth. TechSync was created from the Red Room Revolution, an organization set up to launch and accelerate progressive economic growth in Greater Cleveland through information technology transformation.
Invent-a-Palooza
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Akron-Summit County Public Library
The Akron-Summit County Public Library is please to present Invent-a-Palooza: a day of education and fun for inventors, entrepreneurs and families on Saturday, May 17, 2008. This daylong event provides information for the independent inventor on patenting their invention and resources for starting or expanding their business. All events and activities are free.
The NASA Glenn Business Opportunity Forum will teach you how to become a NASA supplier, subcontractor or service provider; license NASA technology; apply for Small Business Innovation Research contracts; and build partnerships and collaborations with NASA. This is a daylong educational program with plenty to offer!
It is with pleasure that we announce The 2008 Ohio Business Women’s Conference & Expo at the acclaimed Cleveland Marriott Downtown Key Center on Friday, May 16, 2008. This event, presented by the Hispanic Business Association, promises to be the largest event of its kind in the region for women in business. A sell out crowd is expected to attend and participate in the daylong event.
It's that time of year! Join JumpStart for this public event designed to celebrate entrepreneurship and economic development in our region by communicating the progress of our organization, Portfolio Companies, and donors. Distinguished members of the economic development community will provide valuable insight into the last year's growth and offer predictions for what the future may hold. This is a wonderful opportunity to network and immerse yourself in all things venture development.
Federal Grants for Start-Up Companies
Part One on May 15 and Part Two on June 3 & 4, 2008
Part One at JumpStart and Part Two at BioEnterprise
BioEnterprise, in partnership with TechLift, is offering a two-part workshop series on Federal Grants for Start-Up Companies. Part One: Informational Workshop and Part Two: Intensive Grant Preparation Workshop + One-on-One Consulting will help you learn the inner workings of federal grants.
On Saturday, May 10, 2008, CAAO will open its 5th Annual Online Silent Executive Auction. CAAO is celebrating its fifth annual auction by collaborating with other community organizations to present to you the ultimate networking event. This year, CAAO is partnering with the National Black MBA Association Cleveland/Northeast Ohio Chapter, Black Pages Ohio, and the Call and Post Newspaper. Over 70 executives in Northeast Ohio are donating their time to entrepreneurs, non-profit executives, and those looking to develop their careers.
The Tuscarawas County Port Authority is pleased to extend a personal invitation for you to join them for the next “Going Global” International Trade Forum. The May forum focuses on doing business with China and features Mike Corkran of China Centric Associates.
This event is designed to introduce qualified grantwriters to technology businesses that are submitting proposals. Discussion will focus on the possibility of broader collaboration for grantwriters and education for entrepreneurs in the Northeast Ohio region.
This third installment of the BioPharma in Ohio conference series will focus on chronic conditions. For Ohio, what are the challenges, trends and opportunities around the dramatic impact of chronic diseases? Should Ohio’s research institutions and business focus more attention on the diseases that account for 75 percent of our health care dollar? For the answers to these questions and many more, you won't want to miss this event.
Please join the Ashland Area Council for Economic Development and the Ashland Area Chamber of Commerce as they welcome the expertise of area economic development professionals. Gain insight into the modern economic development process, and how you might become a vital part of Ashland County's efforts.
eMarketing Techniques is offering a daylong conference which will address various sectors of marketing, ranging from social media to online advertising to search engine optimization. If you've ever wanted to learn more about how to market a product or service, this is the event for you...all the answers to all your questions!
Please join BioEnterprise for the 2nd Annual Global Healthcare Investing Conference in Cleveland, April 29 - May 1, 2008. Over 70 healthcare venture capital firms and investors attended the 2007 conference and attendance is expected to increase in 2008.
If you're interested in competing for the more than $2 billion in federal SBIR & STTR funding that's available, join OAI and TechLift for this intensive grant funding proposal preparation workshop. You'll receive detailed instructions on proposal preparation, learn technical and commercialization plans, and much more.
Join the Small Business Development Center at Ashland University, the Small Business Administration and the Braintree Center for Business Innovation for a forum on Northeast Ohio Agribusiness. Topics of the forum include awareness and understanding of the SBDC network and resources and how to start, sustain and grow your own business. This forum is part of a regularly scheduled series in Ashland.
Do you need funding to help develop a new product? The New Product Development Loan Program, managed by MAGNET, provides loan funds to entrepreneurs and small businesses to help them develop new products that will be manufactured in Cuyahoga County. They have opened up their next round of applications to help entrepreneurs and small businesses bring their ideas to reality.
The Cleveland Professional 20/30 Club is proud to host its first annual Business Plan Competition Face-Off Event. After three rounds of judging, the two finalists of the 20/30 Business Plan Competition will have ten minutes to present their business plans on April 24th. This will be an excellent opportunity to hear the next generation of Cleveland entrepreneurs present their business ideas.
Prospective franchisees, particularly minorities, women and veterans from Northeast Ohio will have the opportunity to learn how to own a franchise business. Mayor Frank Jackson will provide opening remarks. The one-day symposium, sponsored in part by U.S. Bank, will include expert presentations on business fundamentals, legal issues, and financing, as well as franchise opportunity displays and one-on-one sessions with exhibitors.
Great Idea Generation
Monday, April 21, 2008
Tyler Village - Cleveland
Founders Café ...have a drink, start a business, make a friend! Have you identified an unmet need? Do you have a great idea? Or maybe you just need someone to talk to about the idea – a friend, a therapist, a drinking buddy, a positive thinker and naysayer all at once? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, Founders Café is the place for you! Cleveland’s own serial entrepreneur, Dan Moore, is launching and financially supporting a new series focused on IMAGINING stage entrepreneurs and their ideas. Join him for this fun, educational event.
Join CAAO for their Entrepreneurial Empowerment Circle Meeting, which will feature panelists discussing the featured topic: "D