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January 5th, 2011 Issue #64
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Director's Corner
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Outlook for Small Businesses in 2012
Dear ,
The challenges facing small businesses each year have grown substantially since the economy turned sour back in 2008. A generation of small business owners had not experienced a deep economic recession lasting for more than 1-2 years. These same business owners have had to learn new skills in tracking expenses, cutting costs, and maximizing the return on their marketing efforts. So when will these small businesses begin to see an economic recovery?
The outlook for the 2012 economy will be the focus of the 12th Annual Economic Forecast scheduled for January 12, 2012 in Oroville, California. The forecast conference has been one of the largest business events in the North State. In past years, the forecast conference has had between 400-500 attendees. This year's event is significantly different in that:
1. moving from Chico to Oroville
2. expanding from a half day format to a full-day format
3. changing name from Tri County Economic Forecast to Economic Forecast
4. break-out sessions in the afternoon with special topics and discussion opportunities.
The new location this year also will allow for a larger audience. If you're interested in what's happening in the economy in 2012, be sure to check-out the full agenda at:
2012 12th Annual Economic Forecast Conference
Dan Ripke
Director
Northeastern California SBDC
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| CALIFORNIA SMALL BUSINESS NEWS |
From Homelessness to Entrepreneur
Bernard Groves, San Francisco, United States.
After losing his job in 2006 at a beverage company, Bernard Groves and his partner of 13 years, who mothered his three children, separated. Failing to secure employment, Groves plunged into homelessness five months afterwards. Without a home, car and only a backpack, Groves slept at parks and regularly caught the train from Fremont to Richmond in the San Francisco Bay Area, to get sleep. During the day, Groves would occupy the city's libraries for internet access where he discovered the Small Business Development Center and learned networking skills, gained new inspiration and nurtured his business idea of creating low-cost diapers and toys.
After living dangerously on the streets, Groves took refuge at a San Jose homeless shelter called EHC LifeBuilders. There he met Robert Faison, another homeless man and former manufacturing engineer. Gaining the support of the Small Business Center, EHC LifeBuilders, the church's pastor who gathered seed money and an attorney who incorporated their startup, Groves and Faison successfully established a business supplying stores in the San Francisco Bay area with low-cost diapers. The business has just turned a profit and Groves now lives in a rented home. READ MORE
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REGIONAL SMALL BUSINESS NEWS
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2012 12th Annual Economic Forecast Conference
12th Annual Economic Forecast Conference
January 12, 2012
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Gold Country Event Center-Separate building from casino with separate entrance
4020 Olive Hwy
Oroville, CA
Registration: includes hot breakfast, general session,lunch and breakout sessions
Individual: $65
Students: $25 w/ student I.D.
Table (8 seats): $455
The 2012 Conference will provide an in-depth national, state and regional eocnomic forecast and the state of recovery. This annual conference provides attendees with useful insight and knowledge about economic trends in Butte, Glenn, Yuba, Sutter, Sacramento, Shasta, and Tehama counties, which will improve the ability of local businesses and community leaders to successfully plan for the future of Northern California.
CLICK HERE for Conference and Registration Information
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REGIONAL SMALL BUSINESS NEWS
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Growing Your Business Technology Made Simple - Redding
Presented by:
The Technology Made Simple Program provides attendees with a learning experience on how to transform your business through the use of best practices in Web Site design, email marketing, and effective social networking. Experts in each area will present inside knowledge in an easy-to-understand approach that will help your business grow.
Growing Your Business Technology Made Simple
February 9, 2012
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
CEWD Training Center
2990 Innsbruck Dr.
Redding, CA 96003
Registration: includes breakfast, general session, and lunch
Individual: $40
CLICK HERE for Conference and Registration Information
 
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REGIONAL SMALL BUSINESS NEWS
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Chick-fil-A Leadercast Summit
The Northeastern California SBDC is making plans to host its 1st Annual:
"Micro Decisions Lead to Macro Results"
Chico Masonic Center
1110 West East Avenue
Chico, California 95926
This professional development Simulcast, broadcast live from Atlanta, is chocked full of nationally recognized authors, business leaders and inspirational personalities. This event affords hundreds of area business professionals, from CEOs to mid-management, the opportunity to get their teams together to be inspired for 2012 and beyond.
For more information and a sneak peek at the celebrity speakers, click on the Chick-fil-A website:
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Sincerely,
Dan Ripke Regional Lead Center Director Northeastern California Small Business Development Center www.necsbdc.org
(530) 898-4598
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