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 Weekly Update October 12, 2011
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UPCOMING EVENTS
 
THIS WEEK:
 

TOMORROW/Thursday, Oct. 13: 7 Experts-7 Tips-7 Minutes on Small Business Financing

Featuring tips for financing your small business. Each of these experts will have seven minutes to offer an actionable tip to help save you money, time or anxiety. Matthew Cotner, Certus Bank will moderate. 

 

Eric Groves 

Partnership

Eric Groves

Special Services Corporation

 

Robin Bylenga

 
Michelin Small Business Loan Program

Robin Bylenga

Pedal Chic

 

Bill Davis Thomas Creek 

Friends/Family Sources

Bill Davis

Thomas Creek Brewery

 

 

 

Jason Holeman

SBA Loans

Jason Holeman

Greenville Refrigeration

Zac Painter, Loggerhead Apparel 

 

Bootstrapping

Zac Painter

Loggerhead Apparel

Evan Solida

 

 
 
Upstate Carolina Angel Network (UCAN) 

Evan Solida

Cerevellum

Jim Twining 

 

Traditional Bank Lending

Jim Twining




 

Oct. 14/15: St. Francis Fall for Greenville/FREE Greenlink Rides!

"Park and Ride" participants can drive, bike or walk to the parking garage at CUICAR and ride Greenlink for free to the downtown Transit Center, located on McBee Avenue in the heart of the Fall for Greenville festivities. The shuttle will operate at half hour intervals Friday from 5-11 pm and Saturday from 11am-9pm. Enjoy!

 

NEXT WEEK: 
 

Tuesday, Oct. 18: Business After Hours at Brown Mackie College   

 

Wednesday, Oct. 19: Sales Roundtable: The Planned Sales Call

 

 
MORE UPCOMING EVENTS/SAVE THE DATES:

Cynthia Barnett, author of Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S. and Blue Revolution: Unmaking America's Water Crisis, will be speaking about a water ethic for America and South Carolina.

 

Lindsey Graham

 

  

 

   


  

Thursday, Nov. 3: Greenville Chamber Night w/ the Road Warriors!  Tickets are available for Chamber members for $6. Ben Haskew, Chamber President and CEO will be dropping the first puck!

 

Thursday, Nov. 10: SIMPLE EXCELLENCE - ALIGNING MANAGEMENT TO SUPPORT LEAN w/ Bill Waddell 

 

  

Save the Date for the Chamber's Holiday Drop-In December 1st!

The Holiday Drop-In is our annual holiday kick-off for members. We plan for 400 of our closest friends come by for some fabulous food and fun!
If you'd like to showcase your food and beverages to our business community, please contact Jennifer Powell at 864-239-3731.

 

View these calendars for more upcoming events: 
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GROUP SAVINGS FOR OUR MEMBERS

SmartBuys: We've selected the best discount offerings for health insurance, office supplies, and telecommunications that we could find. Our SmartBuys partners are BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, Office Depot, and Windstream Communications. Start saving with SmartBuys today!

 

As a participating member of the Office Depot Program, you can save your business up to 50-75% on professional copy and print services.  

  • 2.5¢ for Black & White single sided copies, 24 lb. paper (10¢ without discount)
  • 29¢ for Color single sided copies, 24 lb. paper (59¢ without discount)
If you prefer to do your own in-office printing, you can  save your business 15% on lowest Retail prices when you purchase select store brand and national paper and toner. To take advantage of these savings, contact Max Pierce at 888-213-8948,x.4604 or 

NationJob: Our members can post local job listings for FREE at NationJob! Take advantage of this valuable benefit by E-mailing the job description to njlistings@nationjob.com and note that you are a Greenville Chamber member. Call 888-256-0919 for further details. 

 

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Greenville, South Carolina 29601