Weekly News Roundup: Chamber Econ Forecast, Tech Companies’ Growth

Weekend News Roundup — By Melanie McIntyre on January 20, 2011 at 8:00 am

Columbus Chamber 2011 Blue Chip Economic Forecast Video Now Online:

Prior to the above forecast, Bill LaFayette told The Metropreneur about potential small business growth sectors in Central Ohio. [Read More]

In Other News…

Ted Ford, president and CEO of TechColumbus, discussed the nonprofit organization and Ohio’s tech sector with Mike Kallmeyer, host of ONN-TV’s Ohio Means Business. [Read More]

Upcoming Events:

The 2011 Entrepreneurship Spectacular− Jan. 21

Columbus Idea Foundry Open House− Jan. 22

Columbus Tech Startups Founders Mixer− Jan. 22

WhYP Entrepreneurialism in Columbus− Jan. 25

Lunch & Learn Columbus: Roundtable with Business Owners− Jan. 26

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.