This link takes you to a thought-provoking article from the Colorado Business Magazine...the premise is that with many talented people being laid off, many will start their own companies. The author questions how we can best support new business growth. You many not agree with all of his answers, but one of his proposals - the Business Colony Solution - sounds very similar to 1SI...we have the tools to work one-on-one with a business of any size and help them grow.
www.cobizmag.com/articles/the-coming-wave-of-entrepreneurship/
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Thursday, June 4, 2009
May 5 O'Clock Network- Falls of the Ohio State Park
On May 28, One Southern Indiana hosted our monthly 5 O'Clock Network at the gorgeous Falls of the Ohio State Park. Over 140 people came out to connect and network their businesses! Business relationships were strengthened, appointments were made, and commerce happened.
Thank you to the Falls of the Ohio for hosting this event. Please visit their website at http://www.fallsoftheohio.org/ for more information on this gorgeous local recreation area.
Thank you to the Falls of the Ohio for hosting this event. Please visit their website at http://www.fallsoftheohio.org/ for more information on this gorgeous local recreation area.
Kevin Hammersmith, Duke Energy
View from the Nature Center
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Economic Gardening
We've worked hard at 1SI to build a business growth stragegies organization that can connect our members to the services and prospective customers they need to reach to increase their profits. This work, what we call business retention and expansion, goes by another more hip and "green" name: economic gardening. It is defined as"...an economic strategy that focuses on supporting local entrepeneurs and small businesses. It is economic development from the inside out, versus from the outside in."
Economic gardening programs focus on three areas to help build small business:
1. Information resources and marketing assistance (also known as 'competitive intelligence').
2. Infrastructure development, including traditional items like roads and taxes as well as quality of life and education
3. Networking and information sharing.
As Shakespeare might say, 'a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet'- and the above paragraph is an exact definition of One Southern Indiana- particularly when you realize that our small buisinesses are often small, privately held advanced manufacturing operations, customer support centers, logistics operations, healthcare providers and construction trades. These are primary industries that bring new dollars into our community. We use our local competitive intelligence knowledge to connect them to cost saving and profit enhancing tools. We also use our advocacy efforts to address those infrastructure needs and use every means availalbe to network and information share.
One Southern Indiana IS economic gardening!
Economic gardening programs focus on three areas to help build small business:
1. Information resources and marketing assistance (also known as 'competitive intelligence').
2. Infrastructure development, including traditional items like roads and taxes as well as quality of life and education
3. Networking and information sharing.
As Shakespeare might say, 'a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet'- and the above paragraph is an exact definition of One Southern Indiana- particularly when you realize that our small buisinesses are often small, privately held advanced manufacturing operations, customer support centers, logistics operations, healthcare providers and construction trades. These are primary industries that bring new dollars into our community. We use our local competitive intelligence knowledge to connect them to cost saving and profit enhancing tools. We also use our advocacy efforts to address those infrastructure needs and use every means availalbe to network and information share.
One Southern Indiana IS economic gardening!
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