“…take that idea to the marketplace!”

1. “…take that idea to the marketplace!” March 5, 2008 Columbus State Community College “…take that idea to the marketplace!”

2. Jeff You as a participant “…take that idea to the marketplace!”

3. Manufacturing & Technology SBDC “…take that idea to the marketplace!”

4. Recognition Counts “…take that idea to the marketplace!”

5. SBA has Two Broad Functions • Money for Small Business • Loan Guarantees • Investment Corporations • Specialty Programs • Assistance • SCORE • SBDC “…take that idea to the marketplace!”

6. Ohio’s SBDC System • Central Ohio’s SBDC office CSCC – In CEWD, 3rd Floor • Specialty Services Available • Manufacturing & Technology SBDC • International Trade Centers “…take that idea to the marketplace!”

7. Respond to changes in Defense strategies • Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRACC) • Department of Defense & Small Business Administration • Today and in the Future “…take that idea to the marketplace!”

8. Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship . . . the act that endows resources with a new capacity to create wealth. Peter Drucker, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 1985 “…take that idea to the marketplace!”

9. The SBA doesn’t do your work • Pointing you in the right direction • Checking your work • Coaching (on focus, repetition, encouragement) • Modeling “…take that idea to the marketplace!”

10. Manufacturing & Technology • In place to help you: • Identify and apply new technology and know-how • Improve systems to modernize management and production processes • Think and plan strategically • Design and develop products • Bring those products to the market “…take that idea to the marketplace!”

11. Improve systems to modernize management and production processes “…take that idea to the marketplace!”

12. Think and plan strategically “…take that idea to the marketplace!”

13. Design and develop products “…take that idea to the marketplace!”

14. Bring those products to the market “…take that idea to the marketplace!”

15. Prepare Materials • Company Name & Current Status • Products and Services • The Market • Principals/Management Team • Service Team • Financial Highlights • Capital Needs “…take that idea to the marketplace!”

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17. Imagining • Concept Development • Design and Testing • Business Analysis • Product Testing • Commercialization “…take that idea to the marketplace!”

18. Grants? • If they were easy you would have a different presenter. • Are you doing something for the common good of a state or region. • Is your “economic development” so important that government should pay? “…take that idea to the marketplace!”

19. States and Federal Dollars • Ohio – Yes call Ohio SBDC or Tech Columbus • Federal – Yes, through all agencies “…take that idea to the marketplace!”

20. Federal • Agency Mission • Large Businesses • Small Business Set Aside • SBIR • Topic • Author “…take that idea to the marketplace!”

21. Ohio’s SBDC System • Central Ohio’s SBDC offices • Manufacturing & Technology SBDC • Jeff Shick, Director – 614-287-2553, jshick@cscc.edu “…take that idea to the marketplace!”