Small Business Management

The El Paso Community College Small Business Development Center's Small Business Management Institute is designed to enhance the business owners' knowledge and skills in strategic planning and management which will allow them to organize and grow their business enterprises profitably and gain a competitive edge in the marketplace.

A Certificate of Completion is awarded to participants that successfully complete the program.

Lenders and bank partners of the Institute favor small business owners who complete the program successfully.

The training program is offered in both English and Spanish.

Success Sessions - Fall 2007
1). Introduction to Strategic Planning - Sept. 8, 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2). Building a Strategic Plan - Sept.

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FREMONT — The Ohio Small Business Development Center at Terra Community College and the Small Business Management Program at Vanguard Adult Career Center are teaming to present a Small Business Tax Workshop Dec. 5. Presenter John K. Krupp, a certified public accountant, is to discuss small business taxes including income, sales and payroll taxes, as well as information on tax filings, tax changes and more. The workshop is 6:30-9 p.m. Dec. 5 at Terra Community College in Building B, Room 101. It is free and open to the public. To register or for more information, call Bill Auxter, director of the Ohio Small Business Development Center at Terra Community College, toll free at (800) 826-2431 or (419) 559-2210. Or contact him by e-mail at bauxter@terra.edu. Undergraduate entrepreneurs to benefit from new endowment FINDLAY — The University of Findlay unveiled an undergraduate student entrepreneurial program funded through a gift by the late Vernon E.

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Jerry Boehm has been appointed vice president and manager of First Independent Bank's new community banking department. The department focuses on small business clients with lending needs of up to $2 million.

Christie Rust has been promoted to director of sales and marketing for the Hilton Vancouver Washington. Rust, a certified meeting planner, will lead a team of five sales managers and has been part of the Hilton chain for 12 years.

Diana Fitzpatrick has been appointed vice president and cash management officer for Riverview Community Bank. Fitzpatrick will team with commercial banking professionals, branch managers and asset management to help make customers more aware of the bank's cash management solutions.

Jill Homme has been appointed chairwoman of the Board for Educational Opportunities for Children and Families.

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Businesses in Key West may soon get to choose which company collects and disposes of their recyclable goods - corporate giant Waste Management Inc. or hometown small-business owners Gregory and Barry Barroso Jr.The Barrosos - fourth-generation Conchs and partners in the family business, Lower Keys Plumbing, 1014 White St. - say frustration with low commercial recycling participation in Key West is driving them to start a new company to try to get more of their fellow business owners to recycle.Barry Barroso Jr. said he and his brother were spurred to action when they saw plastic bottles and other recyclable items littering the city's storm gutters and streets after a recent event. They began talking to members of the local nonprofit Green Living and Energy Education (GLEE) and Key West's Clean and Green Team, and asked what they could do to help.

CRM developers catering to demand from smaller firms

For more than a year, small and midsize businesses have taken increasing advantage of customer relationship management software, benefiting from programs that once were too costly.

Recent surveys by research firms Gartner Inc., Forrester Research Inc. and Triple Tree LLC show the CRM business is growing by about 12 percent a year. The market now is about $8 billion a year. By 2010, it will reach $11 billion, according to Forrester and Triple Tree.