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Hurricane Preparedness for Business Workshop
Another hurricane season is upon us and with the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Hugo approaching, it is as important as ever to be prepared. On Thursday, July 30, the Chamber’s Business Continuity Planning Council will host a workshop on “Hurricane Preparedness for Business”. The half-day interactive workshop will teach attendees how to plan for sustaining their business before, during and after a storm hits. The workshop will feature a tutorial on writing a business continuity plan and will leave attendees with the template necessary to begin writing their own plan. In addition, leaders from local government, municipalities, utilities and the business community will participate with attendees in an interactive exercise to demonstrate how public and private entities work together during a storm with a sampling of the issues a business could face during a hurricane if no business continuity plan is in place.
Date: Thursday, July 30
Time: 7:30 – 11:30 am
Location: Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce
(2750 Speissegger Dr., N. Charleston)
Cost: $35 non members, $25 Chamber members
Register: www.charlestonchamber.net
For more information contact Jill Galmarini, 843.805.3015 or jgalmarini@charlestonchamber.org.
Economic Impact Study for Charleston Creative Cluster
The Charleston Creative Cluster has an unique opportunity to develop a Strategic Plan and Economic Impact Study for the region. The entire plan will cost $30,000 and the cluster has already secured $22,500 in state funding and private funds. The cluster is working hard to raise the additional $7,500. If you are involved in the Creative economy or can benefit from the data created through this plan please contact Patrick Bryant, Co-Chairman of the Cluster, at 843.884.6222 or patrickbryant@yahoo.com.
The cluster is working hard under an extreme time crunch to raise the additional $7,500 by June 30th deadline.
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Business Continuity Planning: Recovering from a Disaster
On Wednesday, June 17, the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce’s East Cooper Area Business Council will present the final session in the business continuity planning series. The event will outline what businesses can expect after a disaster in terms of insurance, filing claims, physical clean-up, loan programs and more.
Location: Holiday Inn Mt. Pleasant
(250 Johnnie Dodds Blvd.)
Date: Wednesday, June 17
Time: 7:30 - 9 a.m.
Cost: $30 non-member, $15 Chamber member
Panelists Include:
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Scott Cave, KFR Services Inc.
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Jason Prechter, 360 Financial
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Joe Stringer, Anderson Insurance
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Jim Belton, Rainbow International
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Cindi Rourk, the Charleston Local Development Corporation
For more information contact Chris Wheeler at 843.805.3062.
Mark Your Calendar...
- July 30 - Business Continuity Planning workshop, "Hurricane Preparedness for Business"
For addition events and event information contact Jill Galmarini at 843.805.3015 or jgalmarini@charlestonchamber.org.
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Venture Capital Industry Must Shrink to Stay Viable
As reported by TechJournal South on Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Contrary to popular belief, the venture capital industry is not a necessary condition in driving high-growth entrepreneurship, according to Right-Sizing the U.S. Venture Capital Industry, a new study by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
To read more, click here.
Moore School Seminars Focus on Doing Business with Government
As reported by the Charleston Regional Business Journal on Tuesday, June 9, 2009
A series of free seminars sponsored by the University of South Carolina’s Moore School of Business will focus on how companies can do business with the federal government.
To read more, click here.
Charleston Based Company Featured in TechJournal South
Belief Networks Funding Now Over $2M
As reported by TechJournal South on Tuesday, June 2, 2009
BeliefNetworks, a company that provides semantic intelligence and predictive analytics to Web publishers and advertising companies, has raised more than $2 million of an open round, according to a regulatory filing.
To read more, click here.
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Upcoming FastTrac® Classes
FastTracSC, with programs all across the state, announces upcoming Entrepreneurial Training Programs. Join the network of hundreds of other South Carolina Entrepreneurs and get your business off the ground or take your existing business to new levels.
The FastTrac® Entrepreneurial Training courses, FastTrac® NewVenture, geared toward the budding entrepreneur, and FastTrac® GrowthVenture, geared toward entrepreneurs with existing businesses who want to take it to new levels, led by experienced facilitators in conjunction with mentor workshop leaders who are entrepreneurs with extensive company building, bootstrapping, and fund-raising experience. For more information visit www.fasttracsc.org or send an email to fasttrac@fasttracsc.org.
Click here for a full FastTracSC SCHEDULE.
For more information and to register for classes visit www.fasttracsc.org for more information.
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ThinkTEC is an initiative of the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce.
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