| Business Development Network | David Boulay | boulay.1@osu.edu | 614.292.4900 | |
| This network provides business assistance to entrepreneurs, small business owners, and manufacturers through professional, in-depth, confidential one on one business consulting. Additionally the network provides a variety of training programs and workshops. For more information, go to http://southcenters.osu.edu/benet . | ||||
| Business Retention & Expansion | Greg Davis | davis.1081@osu.edu | 614.292.6356 | |
| Using a formal survey process, the program builds the capacity of local development officials and community volunteers to engage in an ongoing dialogue with the business community. The program is targeted to communities desirous of identifying strategies that will help local businesses remain profitable and expand. For more information, go to http://localecon.osu.edu/brne . | ||||
| Downtown Business District Market Analysis | Myra Moss | moss.63@osu.edu | 419.306.9402 | |
| Cindy Bond-Zielinski | bond-zielinski.1@osu.edu | 740.732.2381 | ||
| A market analysis process designed to work with downtown organizations to create a comprehensive downtown marketing plan. Participants will understand their downtown economy, identify market opportunities, and develop market driven strategies with action plans to implement chosen objectives. Participants will also learn to use tools and techniques to develop local capacity to conduct future market analysis. For more information, go to http://sustainabledevelopment.osu.edu . | ||||
| Economic Impact Analysis | Greg Davis | davis.1081@osu.edu | 614.292.6356 | |
| Using IMPLAN software, the program helps communities understand the impact that might be felt from a military base closure, the opening of a new super retail center, or the construction and operation of a new power plant, for example. The program is targeted toward communities desirous of understanding linkages among economic sectors in their community and how changes in one sector would impact the rest of the community's economy. For more information, go to http://localecon.osu.edu/economic_analysis.htm . | ||||
| E-Commerce | Ken Martin | martin.1540@osu.edu | 614.292.6232 | |
| The E-Commerce program provides an introduction on using the web. Designed for small businesses and entrepreneurs, the program covers marketing, design, and business purchasing topics and provides participants with opportunities to explore applications on these topics as well as compare and critique various web sites. | ||||
| Entrepreneurship | Bill Grunkemeyer | grunkemeyer.1@osu.edu | 330.202.3555 | |
| Designed to train local leaders in tools and techniques necessary to create and nurture an entrepreneur friendly community. Class sessions are workshop based around key components high growth entrepreneurs seek in a community. For more information, go to http://sustainabledevelopment.osu.edu . | ||||
| Knowledge Economy Initiative | David Boulay | boulay.1@osu.edu | 614.292.4900 | |
| The Knowledge Economy Initiative focuses on the continued movement toward recognizing the increased importance of knowledge and innovation and applying them to all sectors of the economy and society. The three areas of interest in this effort are School Success, Employment Success, and Entrepreneurial Success. For more information, go to http://knowecon.osu.edu . | ||||
| Ohio Cooperative Development Center | Tom Snyder | snyder.11@osu.edu | 740.289.2071 ext. 220 | |
| This center helps enhance economic development in rural Ohio by establishing new cooperatives and strengthening existing cooperatives. OCDC provides a variety of technical assistance and education services including: exploration of various business structures, business planning, feasibility studies, surveys, market analyses, and education for cooperative directors and members. For more information, go to http://ocdc.osu.edu . | ||||
| PACE - Program for Acquiring Competence in Entrepreneurship | David Boulay | boulay.1@osu.edu | 614.292.4900 | |
| This series of twenty-two learning modules focuses on exploring entrepreneurial awareness, establishing a business, and applying entrepreneurship principles to organizing and managing a business. It is a competency-based entrepreneurship curriculum flexibly designed for various student requirements, educational settings, and individual career development. | ||||
| Retail Market Analysis | Elena Irwin | irwin.78@osu.edu | 614.292.6449 | |
The Retail Market Analysis program seeks to identify market trends in local and regional retail sectors using detailed demographic and retail sales data on local communities. The goal of the program is to provide relevant information and analysis that can be used as input into economic development strategies for local communities. For more information, go to http://www-agecon.ag.ohio-state.edu/programs/ComRegEcon/retail.htm . |
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| SmallBizU - Online Learning for Entrepreneurs | David Boulay | boulay.1@osu.edu | 614.292.4900 | |
| SmallBizU is an online academy created especially for the education and training needs of small businesses and entrepreneurs. Twenty online courses teach entrepreneurs the 3M's- Money, Marketing, and Management. For more information, go to http://southcenters.osu.edu/benet . | ||||
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