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		<title>New Directions Beauty Institute educating tomorrow&#8217;s beauty professionals</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evelyn Ebert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nicole Perrin-Hill&#8217;s ambition of owning a beauty institute took root in childhood. &#8220;I&#8217;ve always had a passion for the beauty industry,&#8221; says Perrin-Hill. &#8220;Ever since I was a little girl, I would take my dolls and give them all a different hairstyle. My dad was a barber stylist and I would see how he would style [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Layer owner using skills grandmother taught her to build bakery business</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melanie McIntyre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paula Katz discovered a love for baking at the tender age of six, when her maternal grandmother, Juliet, began letting her help out in the kitchen. Juliet never wrote her recipes down and her granddaughter is the only family member she ever taught to bake. To this day, Katz is trying to get Juliet&#8217;s scrumptious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Columbus Chamber hosts 2012 annual meeting February 22</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Walker Evans</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Michael Dalby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nancy Kramer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Columbus Chamber will host its annual meeting tomorrow morning at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. This year&#8217;s focus will emphasize the organization&#8217;s intensified commitment to strengthening businesses in the Columbus region. &#8220;Our Annual Meeting will be a vibrant celebration,&#8221; says Michael Dalby, president and CEO of the Columbus Chamber. &#8220;We&#8217;ll be officially launching our new brand, new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kickstarter helps raise money for creative ventures via crowdfunding</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melanie McIntyre</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adam Benner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alex Bandar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crowdfunding]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nick Dekker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oval Brewing Co.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Columbus Idea Foundry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Funding a business venture, especially a creative one, can be challenging. Kickstarter is working to change that. Every week, the online crowdfunding platform allows thousands of people to pledge millions of dollars to creative projects −big and small− that resonate with them. In exchange for that money, project creators offer products and experiences unique to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Middle West Spirits to expand facility in March</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melanie McIntyre</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brady Konya]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Middle West Spirits has announced that it will expand its microdistillery in the Short North. A 4,200-square-foot addition, to be located behind the current Middle West facility at 1230 Courtland Ave., will allow onsite storage of product reserves, and provide space for new production equipment that will double the company&#8217;s capacity to produce its popular line of vodkas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Founder&#8217;s Factory emphasizes relationships between mentors, startups to drive success</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melanie McIntyre</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurial Support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business incubator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Columbus]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Todd Whittington and his team at the Founders Factory are on a mission: to provide value to the startup community and address the particular pain points that exist in our region. Despite having several of the components necessary to fuel a boom in entrepreneurism −quality schools, a variety of industries and employers, young and old people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Express Program helps small businesses save money on energy costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melanie McIntyre</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[AEP Ohio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Al Kohler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy costs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Shelly Haugh]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has promised to resolve issues surrounding AEP&#8217;s rate increases for small business customers, but in the meantime companies can take advantage of a program designed to reduce energy usage and lower energy costs. The Express Program is open to all non-residential customers in AEP Ohio&#8217;s service territory that use [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Common Mistakes Businesses Make When Using Lawyers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Nolan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Metropreneurial Legal Insights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnes & Thornburg LLP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Nolan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am going to tell you something that goes against my professional self-interest: the secret to lowering your demand for legal services. It goes without saying that it is in a business&#8217;s best interest not to spend more on lawyers than is necessary. Money spent on lawyers is money that cannot be spent on research, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cancelled: UpTech offers $100,000 in seed capital to Ohio startups</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Walker Evans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UpTech is a nonprofit entity affiliated with several economic development agencies in the Cincinnati region, and they&#8217;re in Columbus today to provide more information about their startup accelerator program. One hundred thousand dollars in seed capital is available through the program for 10 startup companies. Qwirk Coworking in German Village is hosting tonight&#8217;s event with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At Work: A look at Sweet Stella Designs&#8217; studio space</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Evans</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sweet Stella Designs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amy Neiwirth is having a great year. She recently moved into a new apartment, which allowed her to bring her jewelry and art studio back into her home, she sold nearly 500 pieces of jewelry in 2011, and she&#8217;s gotten lots of publicity− most notably, a mention in The Official Bicentennial Guide for 200Columbus. Neiwirth started [...]]]></description>
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