Weekly News Roundup: Cbus’s Tech Pros, Educated Residents Getting Press

Weekend News Roundup — By Melanie McIntyre on February 17, 2011 at 8:00 am

A NewYork Times story provided a breakdown of the four most common types of business incubators and mentioned TechColumbus. [Read More]

The state has announced funding awards for several Central Ohio companies that are expected to create more than 440 new jobs while retaining more than 1,700 jobs in the region. [Read More]

The total value of outstanding loans to small businesses dropped by $43 billion, or 6.2 percent, between June 2009 and June 2010, according to a report recently released by the Small Business Administration. [Read More]

The results of a new survey by the National Federation of Independent Business suggest small business owners are still having difficulty obtaining loans. [Read More]

One Harvard Business School professor contends that President Obama is serious about working with the business community to get the nation’s economy rolling again. [Read More]

Columbus is among the 10 U.S. cities leading all others in demand for technology professionals. [Read More]

Columbus made NewGeography.com’s list of the nation’s “biggest brain magnets.” [Read More]

Entrepreneurship and innovation are thriving in the Midwest, which led the CEO of Jumpstart Inc. to wonder if the region is the next Silicon Valley. [Read More]

Columbus State Community College has been awarded a grant totaling $100,000 to help people with disabilities who have an entrepreneurial spirit and want to start or run their own small business. [Read More]

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Legal Literacy: Everyone Can Read a Contract- Today

TechColumbus Member Mixer- Today

Good Business: An Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship- Feb. 22

Columbus Chamber 2011 Annual Meeting- Feb. 23

Green Initiative Workshop- Feb. 24

Author Bio: Melanie McIntyre:
Melanie McIntyre is The Metropreneur’s Editorial Director. Upon earning a bachelor’s degree in journalism from The Ohio State University in 2004, she became a staff writer for a business and legal newspaper in Columbus. During her tenure there, she wrote more than 500 stories about finance and real estate and development in Central Ohio. Since leaving the paper in 2008, Melanie has worked on a freelance basis for several local entities, including Columbus Underground, where she has been a featured writer since April 2009. She also writes about fashion and style at Thoroughly Modern Melly. She lives in Columbus’s Short North and enjoys reading, running, and sarcasm.