Partners

TheMetropreneur.com is made possible through the support of our marketing partners and our advertisers. Our current marketing partners are listed below. We encourage you to visit their websites and utilize their resources, as they each contribute to making Central Ohio a stronger place for entrepreneurs and small businesses. If your organization is interested in a partnership with TheMetropreneur.com, please contact us.

Barnes & Thornburg LLP - The attorneys at Barnes & Thornburg serve clients from more than 50 dedicated practice and industry areas. Our main areas of focus include litigation; intellectual property; labor and employment; white collar crime; corporate law; governmental services and finance; energy, telecommunications and utilities; environmental; health care; creditors’ rights; and construction law.

For information visit btlaw.com.

Columbus Chamber - The Columbus Chamber’s mission is to lead and support economic growth and economic community development for the Greater Columbus community. We will achieve that mission through activities that benefit our members and attract new investment to Columbus. We buy for our 2,500 members, so you get our group discounts. Plus, we vet each benefit provider and pick the best, and that saves you time and money.

For information visit Columbus.org or call 614.221.1321

Community Shares of Mid Ohio - Community Shares of Mid Ohio (COSMO) was established in 1993 as a coalition of locally-based, non-profit organizations collaboratively participating in workplace giving campaigns. These campaigns provide vital and stable financial support for non-profit, social advocacy member organizations. Our sixty members are community-based, volunteer-led charities and agencies that address a wide range of social and environmental services and issues, and focus on long-term, prevention-oriented solutions that emphasize social change and justice.

For information visit CommunityShares.net or call 614.262.1176

ECDI Columbus – The Economic and Community Development Institute offers Microenterprise Loans ranging from $500 to $35,000 to start or expand a small business. ECDI’s lending program is intended to provide financing to borrowers who do not qualify for traditional financing, including low- to moderate-income households and borrowers with insufficient credit history. ECDI also provides access to capital to historically bankable individuals and business who are unable to secure financing in the current economic climate.

For more information visit ECDI.org or call 614.559.0115.

Experience Columbus – Experience Columbus’ vision is to be the orchestrator of a unique, positive and unparalleled experience for any and all visitors to Columbus. Experience Columbus’ mission is to create, sell and market a customized “Columbus Experience” to visitors resulting in greater community prosperity and vitality through visitor spending.

For information visit ExperienceColumbus.com or call 614.221.6623.

Telhio – Telhio Credit Union is a not-for-profit financial cooperative that is a full-service financial institution. That means that our members are our owners and they can expect to receive high-quality financial services to meet all of their needs. Each day we apply our code of ethics to members, the credit union movement and society. This code states that Telhio was formed for the purpose of encouraging savings by offering a good return, using collective monies to make loans at competitively low interest rates to members and providing other member services on a cooperative basis.