{"id":150144,"date":"2022-01-11T04:38:40","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T09:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=150144"},"modified":"2022-01-11T04:38:42","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T09:38:42","slug":"entrepreneurship-fair-set-for-feb-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2022\/01\/11\/entrepreneurship-fair-set-for-feb-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Entrepreneurship Fair set for Feb. 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff and submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local residents looking for a chance to start their own business will want to consider attending the annual Entrepreneurship Fair, scheduled for Saturday, February 5, in the training room at The Kenn-Feld Group, 10305 Liberty Union Road, Van Wert.<\/p>\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 Rhodes State Small Business Development Center.<\/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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"348\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Entrepernural-Fair-1-10-2022.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-150143\"\/><figcaption>A free Entrepreneurship Fair is scheduled for Saturday, February 5, at the Kenn-Feld Group in Van Wert. <em>Photo provided<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\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.<\/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<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 Rhodes State Small Business Development Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, call the Van Wert Area Economic Development Corporation at 419.238.2999.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff and submitted information Local residents looking for a chance to start their own business will want to consider attending the annual Entrepreneurship Fair, scheduled for Saturday, February 5, in the training room at The Kenn-Feld Group, 10305 Liberty Union Road, Van Wert. Organizers include representatives from the Van Wert Area Economic Development [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 22:52:43","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\/150144","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=150144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}