{"id":112102,"date":"2019-01-19T01:30:42","date_gmt":"2019-01-19T06:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=112102"},"modified":"2019-01-21T08:53:56","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T13:53:56","slug":"entrepreneur-fair-provides-primer-on-starting-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/01\/19\/entrepreneur-fair-provides-primer-on-starting-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Entrepreneur Fair provides biz primer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The annual Entrepreneurship Fair will be held Saturday, February 2, in The Training Room at The Kenn-Feld Group, 10305 Liberty Union Road in Van Wert.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Entrepreneurship-Fair-2-3-18.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-98367\" width=\"371\" height=\"265\"\/><figcaption><strong>Van Wert County Economic Development Director Stacy Adam speaks at the 2018 Entrepreneur Fair. <\/strong><em>VW independent file photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Organizers include representatives from the Van Wert Area Economic Development Office, Van Wert Area Chamber of Commerce, Main Street Van Wert, and the Wright State University-Lake Campus Business Enterprise Center.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone who dreams of starting a business is encouraged to attend this free event. Registration will begin at 8:45 a.m. that day, with a panel of local entrepreneurs scheduled to share their journey at 9 a.m. This event will also serve as the kick-off to the Business Plan Challenge.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The free Entrepreneurship Fair offers a wide variety of assistance, counseling and information to promising entrepreneurs and emerging new businesses. There will be speakers on a number of business-related topics, including \u201cStarting Right: What\u2019s First\u201d, \u201cFinancing and Incentives\u201d, and an \u201cAsk the Experts\u201d session where area professionals will answer questions from those participating in the event.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A special element to the fair is the announcement of the Business Plan Challenge, where individuals looking to begin a business in Van Wert County can create, submit, and present a business plan to a panel of judges for the chance to win business development funds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Preparing a business plan allows individuals the time to put thought on paper, do the necessary research, and attend business counseling sessions offered locally by the WSU-LC Business Enterprise Center.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local residents who are looking for a chance to start their own business should take advantage of this excellent opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, call the Van Wert Area Economic Development Corporation at 419.238.2999.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent\/submitted information The annual Entrepreneurship Fair will be held Saturday, February 2, in The Training Room at The Kenn-Feld Group, 10305 Liberty Union Road in Van Wert.&nbsp; Organizers include representatives from the Van Wert Area Economic Development Office, Van Wert Area Chamber of Commerce, Main Street Van Wert, and the Wright State University-Lake Campus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 03:13:03","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112102\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}