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Join JumpStart for the IdeaCrossing: Creating Connections event on Thursday, March 13, 2008!

IdeaCrossing.org is a free online community resource where ideas meet capital, where deal flow flourishes, and where resources, services and support help promote growth and opportunity. Developed by JumpStart, IdeaCrossing is geared toward the elevation of entrepreneurial activity in our region and beyond and provides greater visibility of its participants.

The site is designed to facilitate introductions between entrepreneurs, investors, business mentors, and service providers. IdeaCrossing benefits each user group in different ways:

        - Entrepreneurs can become visible to Investors and find 
          Business Mentors they may not be exposed to otherwise

        - Investors will be matched to deal flow that is specific to 
          their investment criteria

        - Business Mentors can connect with Entrepreneurs and 
          share their expertise on a pro bono basis

        - Service Providers will expand their customer base
          through a Service Provider directory and track their 
          listing performance 

Join us for this formal rollout event in Northeast Ohio and see exactly how IdeaCrossing can help you create the connections that build great businesses.

While you are there, you’ll have the opportunity to network with other like-minded individuals who may influence and enhance your entrepreneurial endeavors.

Date:
Thursday, March 13, 2008

Agenda:
5:00 - 5:30 pm        Registration, Hors d’Oeuvres & Cash Bar by Bon Appétit
5:30 - 6:00 pm        IdeaCrossing Introduction & Demonstration
6:00 - 6:15 pm        Question & Answer Session
6:15 - 7:30 pm        Networking: Creating Connections

Venue:
Cleveland Botanical Garden
11030 East Boulevard
Cleveland, Ohio 44106
Directions
216.721.1600

Cost:
This event is complimentary. There is a $3 charge for parking and a cash bar will also be available. Enjoy the IdeaCrossing program and entrance into the Botanical Garden Glasshouse.

Registration:
Please register for this event below before Monday, March 11th.

To register as an Entrepreneur, click here.

To register as an Investor, click here.

To register as a Business Mentor, click here.

To register as a Service Provider, click here.

Questions:
Please contact Kate Hanna at 216.363.3435 or at Kate.Hanna@jumpstartinc.org with any questions.

How can the GCP continue to positively impact the Cleveland Plus economy? Attend the meeting for a preview of the updated GCP strategic plan at their 2008 Annual Meeting on Wednesday, March 5, 2008, from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at Public Auditorium at the Cleveland Convention Center, 500 Lakeside Avenue.

Over the past three years, GCP gained clarity of purpose, added new priorities, finished some, and discontinued others. You’ll want to be part of their Annual Meeting to find out how they plan to move forward.

REGISTER NOW

Date:
Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Location:
Public Auditorium at the Cleveland Convention Center, 500 Lakeside Avenue, Cleveland, 44114

Parking:
Convention Center Garage, enter off St. Clair Avenue near East 6th Street, $8.
Willard Park Garage, Cleveland City Hall, 601 Lakeside Avenue, $7.

The Innovation Accelerator, a program designed to stimulate innovation and growth in the region’s small and midsize manufacturing companies, will launch its first workshop on March 6 as part of the 2008 Spring Worshop Series.

The Innovation Accelerator workshops are designed to give individuals an opportunity to learn about and explore ten different strategies to innovate and accelerate business growth, one step at a time, by taking a 3-hour, deep-dive with a local expert. The first workshop in the Spring Series is:

IMMERSE YOURSELF IN YOUR CUSTOMERS
Thursday, March 6, 2008
8:00 am – 11:30 am
DoubleTree Hotel in Independence

NorTech and MAGNET invite you to come to the workshop and learn how to engage your customers and uncover their unspoken needs. Dan Adams, President, Advanced Industrial Marketing, will walk you through techniques and strategies that you can deploy to “see” your products and possibilities for new products through your customers’ eyes.

Join us on March 6th - Register now!
Call or email Katharine Boone
(216) 432-5159
katharine.boone@magnetwork.org
$50 registration fee
$37.50 for MAGNET members

You can learn more about the upcoming workshop and the presenter, Dan Adams, by visiting www.innovationaccelerator.com. Questions? Please Dave Karpinski at dkarpinski@nortech.org, or Carrie Papp at carrie.papp@magnetwork.org.

The Innovation Accelerator program is joint initaitive between NorTech and MAGNET.

The Center for Public Management at Cleveland State University wants to know…
• Was it difficult to find a job in your field?
• Was the salary what you expected?
• Did you need additional training to get a job?
• Did the job market meet your expectations?
• What can be done to enhance employability, ensure professional growth, meet your needs?

You can help answer these and other questions by completing an online survey at http://urban.csuohio.edu/publicmanagement/survey.shtml.

The Center for Public Management at Cleveland State University is conducting a survey of workers that centers on experiences in post-high school education, current employment, and professional growth and development. You can take the survey now at http://urban.csuohio.edu/publicmanagement/survey.shtml. For more information, contact the Center for Public Management at 216-687-2188.