Recession-Proofing Your Business: Local Resources to the Rescue!

Small business professionals could be facing the toughest challenges of their careers. Learn how to overcome your business challenges and survive 2009! Local Northwest Ohio resources will be available to help you get the tools you need.

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• Panel Discussion: Recession-Proofing Your Business
• Entrepreneurial Tips: Provideo Systems, Inc, Dave & Linda Goldsmith
• Business Law for Small Businesses, Max Rayle, Attorney
• Right-Sizing Your Business, HR on Demand, Sue Fyten
• Accessing Business Loans, Huntington National Bank, Jim Phares
• Accounting and Tax Tips for your Small Businesses, Petkwitz & Ault, Inc., Darlene Petkwitz
• Insurance Benefits for Businesses, Savage & Associates, Pat Paule
• Protecting Your Business Against Fraud, The Better Business Bureau, Dick Epstein
• Smart Marketing for a Dull Economy, Imagine That!, Rebecca Booth
• Local Support for Businesses
  Bowling Green Community Dev. Foundation, Sue Clark and Wood Co. Economic Dev. Commission, Tom Blaha
• MAGNET Supports Large and Small Manufacturing Businesses in Northern Ohio, MAGNET (Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network), Robert Sichau
• Ohio Work Force Guarantee, Ohio Dept. of Dev., Jay Bahr
• Apprenticeship Programs, Ohio Dept. of Job and Family Services, Marilyn Jacobs
• Ohio Means Jobs and the Third Frontier Internship Programs, Ohio Dept. of Dev.,Christopher Granata and Sonny Turner
• Workforce Development Funding for Your Business,
  Job Solutions of Wood Co., Mary DeWitt and Kathy Estep
• 4 Ways to Reduce Your Costs and Run Your Business More Efficiently Utilizing I.T., Modern Data, Jeff Boersma
• Internet and Search Engine Marketing, Webcasters, Dylan Balle
• Proactive Network Support, Virtual Technologies Group, Brian Kurfess
• Software and Solutions, Virtual Technologies Group, Brian Kurfess
• Information Technology Support for Small Businesses, Nemsys, Katie Rofkar

 

 

Funded by the Ohio Ready To Work Grant

 

Partners: U.S. Small Business Administration, WBGU-PBS, BGSU, Small Business Development Center, Northwest Ohio SCORE, Ohio Department of Development, Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce, Job Solutions of Wood County, and Owens Community College’s and PENTA Career Centers’ ABLE programs.