| Country Roads seminar
Networking is important for all business owners. Networking basically is people coming together to share ideas and information. For businesses, networking is a fast and easy way to achieve certain goals. Networking is typically considered a sales technique but it is valuable for more than just sales people. As The Business Link explains, networking provides an opportunity to share experiences and success and to learn from others. When you�re meeting with other small business owners you realize you�re not alone in dealing with certain challenges or issues. Business to business developing local expertise. Country Roads -- bringing people and places together -- is a networking group targeted at farm direct marketers and ag tourism operators in central Alberta. Members also include ag producers who are looking for ways to diversify into alternative agriculture.
Couple who lost home in floods, anxious for answers
RUSHFORD As Karen Wilkemeyer reflects on all that her family lost in the August floods, it's the simple things she misses most. The star that always topped the family's Christmas tree. The handmade ornament she made as a first-grader. And then there are the baby pictures taken of her four children at the hospital. "Their first pictures ever, and they're gone," she says. She doesn't mention the family's obvious losses -- their two-story house and day-care business. Although it's been more than three months since floodwaters ravaged her hometown, Wilkemeyer still is struggling to process what happened. "I don't think it's really hit me," she says. "I cry when I think about it. But I still feel like I'm in this foggy daze and not really understanding." In one night, everything Tim and Karen Wilkemeyer had worked for was gone.
The Fremont Athletics
Scott Haggerty strode into Massimo's, perhaps Fremont's most venerable restaurant. He was jumpy and keyed-up, ready to make the pitch of his life. Nearly three years earlier, in the summer of 2001, Fremont's county supervisor had ensured that his city would be considered for a new ballpark. But ever since, the breaks hadn't favored Haggerty's hometown. So here he was, amid the overstuffed booths, mood lighting, and bow-tied waiters, quietly preparing to sell his anonymous 'burb as the future home of a Major League Baseball franchise. .
Celtic Bank receives SBA honor for 4th year
Celtic Bank, based in Salt Lake City, has received the U.S. Small Business Administration Lender of the Year award for the fourth consecutive year. Celtic Bank originally was recognized as the top 7(a) and 504 lender for Utah's SBA in the small-size category. This year, Celtic Bank received the distinction in the medium-size lender category. The bank has been providing SBA loans since it first opened in 2001. .
Radnor pharmaceutical company gets $14.5M in funding
Yaupon Therapeutics closed on a $14.5 million round of venture capital financing Monday. The Radnor, Pa., specialty pharmaceutical company plans to use the proceeds to advance its multiple clinical programs. Yaupon is developing possible treatments for T-cell lymphoma, addiction and pain. The company's lead drug is Clearazidea, a topical agent for cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. Clearazidea is currently in late-stage testing. The funding will also position Yaupon to pursue the use of Lobeline -- a dopamine modulating agent in mid-stage testing for methamphetamine addiction -- for neuropsychiatric conditions including attention deficit disorder and Tourette's syndrome. The financing was led by Vivo Ventures of Palo Alto, Calif.., and included additional funding from Palo Alto Investors LLC and other unnamed private investors.
Avnet Partners with Local Companies to Help Valley Military Families Reach Loved Ones Overseas
PHOENIX, BUSINESS WIRE -- Valley military families missing their loved ones serving overseas have an opportunity to give them a glimpse of home during the holidays, thanks to four local companies. For the fourth year in a row, Avnet, Inc., Arizona Corporate Broadcast Center (AZCBC), Modavox and On Scene Productions will help military families record a free five-minute video message on Sat., Dec. 8, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Arizona Corporate Broadcast Center, in Phoenix. Time slots are open to the public but will be scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis; interested families should email Elisha Davis at elisha.davis@avnet.com to schedule a 15-minute session, which includes preparation time as well as taping the five-minute message. Refreshments will also be served.
Business Consultant Calls for a New Business Model
Business consultant Lewis Green's fifth book was just released by HRD Press, Inc. Called Lead With Your Heart, the book calls for businesses to adopt a model that will result in business success as well as create a better world in which to do business, to work and to live. .
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