PAULDING \u2013 Paulding Chamber of Commerce and the Paulding County Office of Economic Development are working together to host a free small business seminar Thursday, April 21 for persons interested in opening a business of their own and for current small business owners.<\/p>\n
It will be conducted from 9 a.m.-noon in the Paulding Kiwanis Building.<\/p>\n
Chamber board chairman Melinda Krick and PCED director Tony Langham are spearheading the project.<\/p>\n
Plans are under way for a meeting where local entrepreneurs and prospective small business owners can meet face-to-face with professionals from the worlds of economic development, accounting, banking and business law.<\/p>\n
Information will be disseminated in the areas of business finances, legal aspects of structuring a business, real estate, advertising, accounting, licensing and permits, insurance, Web design and regulations.<\/p>\n
Participation at the seminar is being encouraged with the Antwerp and Payne Chambers of Commerce, Oakwood Development, ACDC, and both of the county\u2019s Community Improvement Corporations (CICs).<\/p>\n
Planning the event is two-pronged. First, local professionals are being contacted to form a panel for a question and answer period during the seminar. Letters are going out this week inviting business leaders to represent their fields of expertise.<\/p>\n
They are also being offered the opportunity to help sponsor the event.<\/p>\n
Second step of formulating this project is to get the word out to individuals about the actual event once a panel has been established.<\/p>\n
Events of the day likely will include a one-hour presentation by Merry Beavers from the Small Business Development Center in Defiance. She will give an overview of all matters pertaining to small business.<\/p>\n
Also, Langham will discuss programs available through the local economic development office and Jerry Good with Ohio Department of Development in Lima will touch on state programs.<\/p>\n
The third hour will consist of discussion with the local panel of experts, expected to be a question and answer format.<\/p>\n