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Under the Arch December 19, 2005 Volume VII, Number 15
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BEN FRANKLIN, GANNON SBDC TO ANNOUNCE CONTEST WINNER WEDNESDAY Ben Franklin Technology PArtners and the Gannon University Small Business Development Center on Wednesday morning, Dec. 21 will announce the winner of the Big Idea $25,000 Business Plan Contest. The winner will be announced during a 10 a.m. press conference in the Yehl Room of Gannon University’s Waldron Center, 124 West Seventh Street. State Senator Jane M. Earll will be on hand to make the check presentation to the winning company. The contest was open to any business that did not formally exist before March 28, 2005. The business and its owner must reside, or plan to reside in Erie, Warren, Crawford, or Mercer counties. Participants had to meet other eligibility requirements: the company had to be manufacturing or technology focused and interested in developing new products or processes. Contest entrants also could not have a proposal in progress with Ben Franklin Technology PArtners through September 28, 2005. Companies meeting eligibility requirements had to submit a three-page business plan summary. Those companies selected as finalists also had to submit a 10-page business plan and present it to a panel of judges. Applications and presentations were judged on the basis of their degree of innovation and chances for commercial success, as well as the potential to create jobs in Pennsylvania.
More about Ben Franklin Technology PArtners Ben Franklin Technology PArtners, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, is designed to stimulate business growth and economic development in the Commonwealth. Ben Franklin seeks to develop manufacturing- and technology-based companies that meet certain technical, market, and management requirements.
More about the Gannon SBDC The Gannon University Small Business Development Center serves businesses and entrepreneurs in Erie, Warren, Crawford, and Mercer counties. The SBDC is staffed by consultants with expertise in accounting, finance, marketing, research, banking, international business, environmental issues, and small-business ownership. The Gannon SBDC provides one-on-one business management consulting to clients at no charge.
OUR EVENTS
THE PRESIDENT'S SCHEDULE Monday, December 19 – Weekly meetings; women’s basketball – Avalon Classic (Dec. 19-20). Tuesday, December 20 – Weekly meetings. Wednesday, December 21 – Small Business Development Center/Ben Franklin Press Conference.
CURRENT BIRTHDAYS Stan Zagorski. Britt Daehnke. Janice Sitter. Kevin Hart. Mary Sibley. Tony Fulgenzio. Mike O’Neill. Beth Shick. Jennifer Mailey. Susan Kerner. Sandy Driscoll. Jennifer March. Rev. Casimir Wozniak. Thomas Lieb. Eugene Padgett. Matthew Trejchel. Doug Zimmerman. Yvonne Wright. Perry Hilburn. Joseph Dimperio. Tracy Harrington. Janet Armbruster. Emmett Lombard. Sally LeVan. Thomas Fortin. Harvey Long. Joe Luckey. Nancy Goodman. Edward Hawley. Chol Dhel. Teraza Koul-Arop. Jack Marcus. Statia Sullivan. Kara Morgan. Lesley Hite. Melinda Baginski.
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