Kentucky jumps 45 places in national entrepreneurship rankings
A recent University
of Nebraska-Lincoln study shows Kentucky's
entrepreneurial environment is improving. The State Entrepreneurship Index ranked
Kentucky No. 4 for its ability to create new businesses. Kentucky climbed 45 places from its No. 49
ranking in 2012.
"I think it's a wonderful validation of the
energy that has gone into early-stage ventures," said Kent
Oyler, CEO and president of Greater
Louisville Inc., the metro chamber of commerce. Oyler is a serial
entrepreneur and former managing partner of OPM Services Inc., an investment
and financial services firm that works with entrepreneurs across the state.
Read more: Louisville
Business First
Jobs, exports
topics at Maysville-Mason County Chamber luncheon
The state of economic growth in the Commonwealth was
the focus of Friday's Maysville-Mason County Chamber of Commerce business
meeting. The guest speaker was Robin Lee with the Kentucky Cabinet of Economic
Development, Business Development Department.
During a PowerPoint presentation, Lee presented
statistics on how Kentucky
is performing in the area of new jobs, financial investments into new and
existing business, what industries lead the job markets, and how small
businesses can take advantage of tax credits offered through the Cabinet. Read
more: Ledger-Independent
Referring to the state’s unfunded pension liability as a dark cloud over Frankfort, Kentucky Chamber President & CEO Dave Adkisson stressed the importance of oversight to the Public Pension Oversight Committee last week. With billions of dollars at stake, Adkisson suggested the committee strongly consider contracting with a professional investment firm to help provide adequate oversight of the investment of public dollars. His comments followed a formal presentation of the investment returns, which indicated the Kentucky Retirement System (KRS) investment returns were lower than other benchmark funds for the last ten years. Read more: Kentucky Chamber of Commerce blog
Chamber Executive Ongoing Education Weekly New Idea: "Worth Every Penny - Build a Business That Thrills Your Customers and Still Charge What You're Worth" by Erin Verbeck and Sarah Petty
A revelation for small business owners: creating a profitable business is possible without getting into a slash-and-burn price war with your competitors. Many small business owners feel pressure to discount their products and services, especially when times are tough. After all, how else will they keep up with the low prices offered by their discounting competitors? What they don't realize is that discounting is the last thing they should be doing if they want to win big. Sarah Petty and Erin Verbeck are here to show you that there's a radically different way to run a small business-- one in which the owners focus on creating specialized offerings and an over-the-top customer experience, not on matching the prices of their competition. Worth Every Penny encourages you to explore and use this model, which is designed to maximize your advantages over the big-box stores and other discounting competitors.
Kentucky Women's Business Summit - Renew & Take Control
The Women’s Business Center of Kentucky is
hosting its Inaugural Women’s Small Business Summit: “Renew and Take
Control” of your small business on September 26, 2014 in Erlanger, KY. Breakfast
featuring keynote speaker Donna Salyers, owner of Fabulous Furs, Covington, KY; luncheon
featuring keynote speaker Crystal Kendricks, owner of The Voice of Your
Customer, Cincinnati, OH. Plus breakout
sessions:
(1) Certification Workshops: Get
Certified as a Women Owned Small Business. Certification panel – Federal, State
and the Ohio River Valley Women’s Business Council
(2) Show Me the
Money: Financing for your Small Business – Panel Discussion with local
lenders
(3) Keeping up with Social
Media – Rebecca Volpe, Director of the Northern KY University Small Business
Development Center (NKU SBDC)
(4) Leadership Doesn’t Require
a Title – Debbie Simpson, President of Multi- Craft, Newport, KY
2 Locations for your convenience! Only
$25! Click the link below to register today!
Kentucky Business Summit: Powerpoint Slides: Presentations from the 9th
Annual Business Summit
and Annual Meeting.
Click the links below to download.
DAY 1
Focusing on a Rapidly Changing Future: Kentucky's Path to Economic and Workforce Competitiveness
Ted Abernathy, Managing Partner, Economic Leadership LLC
Focusing on a Rapidly Changing Future: Kentucky's Path to Economic and Workforce Competitiveness
Ted Abernathy, Managing Partner, Economic Leadership LLC
DAY
2
The
Future of Toyota, the Auto Industry and Kentucky’s Economy
Wil James, Jr., President, Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc.
Wil James, Jr., President, Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc.
The
Future of Coal and Kentucky’s Economy
Robert M. “Mike” Duncan, President and CEO, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity
Robert M. “Mike” Duncan, President and CEO, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity
The
Future of the Nine Economic Regions of Kentucky
Dr. Paul Coomes, Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Louisville and Senior Economic Advisor, Kentucky Chamber
Dr. Paul Coomes, Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Louisville and Senior Economic Advisor, Kentucky Chamber
Top
Issues Facing Kentucky's Next Governor
Dave Adkisson, President & CEO, Kentucky Chamber
Dave Adkisson, President & CEO, Kentucky Chamber
Chamber Event: Beer
garden comes to NIBROC
NIBROC
will see its first beer garden in Sanders
Park. Southern
Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Bruce Carpenter
said the chamber applied for a special event license early Monday. State
approval came Tuesday, and city approval followed shortly thereafter.- See more
at: Times-Tribune
One Southern Indiana chamber chief asks state to help ease
toll burden on businesses
The Southern Indiana
chamber of commerce is asking state officials to consider changes to traffic
and toll plans in an effort to ease the Ohio River Bridges Project's financial
burden on local businesses.
The president and CEO of One Southern Indiana, which
represents Clark and Floyd counties, sent the suggestions in a July 30 letter
to the Indiana Finance Authority, the agency in charge of the project's
financing.
Among the recommendations, based on input from
chamber members, are limiting the Clark
Memorial Bridge
to passenger cars and trucks and restricting the span to one-way traffic during
rush hour periods, Wendy Dant Chesser wrote. Read more: WDRB.com
157 Rules for Executive Success in Organization Management (and your Chamber of Commerce)
RULE
#8 - Recruit board members that sign the front of the checks, not the back. -
Patrick McGaughey
