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SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT (06.12.06)
SBD DEPT. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Tony Calloway, Department Chair
Business Coach Task Force

THE BUSINESS ONE STOP SHOP
Claude Beaudry and Jerry Elmore, Co-Chairs
Andrea Amerson, Chair
Wane Hailes,Chair

Small Business Incubator Without Walls iWOW
Mentoring Partnerships Plus
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
HISPANIC BUSINESS OUTREACH
DRUG FREEYOU ME CONFERENCE
Henry Holt, Chair
Skip Seda, Chair
Deborah Taylor, Chair
Mona Griffin, Chair

S B R C C
Small Business

SMALL BUSINESS RECOGNITION
PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS PROGRAM
WORKSHOPS CONFERENCES
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Lori Canterbury, Chair
Ene Pate, Chair
Angela Wagenti, Chair
Ann McNeer,Chair
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• SMALL BUSINESS PUBLICATIONS
• 1. PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS PROGRAM DIRECTORY
  List of more than forty professional consultants
  who make themselves available for a free,
  one-hour consultation to any Chamber member and
  clients of the Business One Stop Shop, SCORE, and
  the UGA/BOS Small Business Development Center.
• DRUGS DONT WORK E-NEWSLETTER Newsletter
  electronically transmitted to DDW business
  partners to highlight changes in legislation,
  local resources, supervisor and employee training
  requirements and methods, and other workplace
  drug abuse issues.
• COMING SOON
• Advisory Board Manual When and how to develop,
  select, and use an Advisory Board to grow your
  small business.
• Business Coach Manual When and how to select
  and use a Business Coach to grow your business.
• FOR MORE INFORMATION Contact Ron Hinze at
  rhinze_at_columbusgachamber.com or [phone],
  ext. 24 or Marie Cordero at mcordero_at_columbusgacha
  mber.com or ext. 28.

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Greater Columbus Georgia Chamber of
Commerce/ UGA/Small Business Development
Center Small Business Incubator Without Walls
iWOW
Mentoring Partnerships Plus Three
partners protégé business, mentor business,
coordinator Nine-month formal
partnership Includes FastTrac
course/certification and Hypergrow Your
Business marketing training Kickoff
Orientation scheduled for August Target of ten
partnerships Time commitment a minimum of four
hours per month 1045 cost per
partnership Sponsorships available
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http//www.galeo.org/
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