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DEC Presents: An International Business Seminar
Join us at the DEC for the seminar: “Born Global, Grow Global” What to Learn From Honda on Tuesday, October 11, 2011; 5:30 PM at the Dublin Entrepreneurial Center (DEC), 7003 Post Rd, Dublin, OH 43016 (map)
A Japanese Mechanic’s Entrepreneurial Dream of Reaching a Global Market
Please join us in the 1st Floor Multi-Purpose Area for a Dublin International Business Assistance Center event featuring our guest speaker, Mr. Toshikata Amino, Retired Executive VP of Honda of America Manufacturing.
Mr. Amino will inspire the local business community by his presentation on how Mr. Soichiro Honda, Founder, Honda Motor Company, started his small business with global ambitions and grew it to an international company. For entrepreneurs who are starting, or thinking of starting a small business, his speech will provide insight on the importance and benefit of challenging yourself to do more than you ever imagined.
Open to public (free of charge)
Please rsvp via eEvent.
Event Schedule
5:30 to 6:10 p.m. – Registration
6:10 to 7:25 p.m. – Program
7:25 to 8:00 p.m. – Networking
(Light food and refreshments will be available.)
Thank you to the generous sponsors of this event:
Tensuke Market, Plante & Moran
Hosted by:
City of Dublin, COJAC, Columbus 2020, JASCO, Tech Columbus, TiE Ohio, COJAC and Honda
Collaborators Provide Gratis Consulting Services
Post by Written Impact
The DEC is always looking for innovative new ways to connect small businesses with each other.
The DEC relies on “Collaborators” to help support its’ educational programming, sponsorships, donations, such as furniture, food and more. The DEC has launched a new “Collaborators Office Hours” program that is offered at various times/days throughout the month starting Sept 1, 2011.
Collaborators provide gratis consulting services to business owners who are tenants or visitors to the DEC. Here is a description of a few of the services that are offered.
Jeff Turner, Fit2Play, is a fitness coach who offers a Power Hour in the first floor International Visitors Office at the DEC each Thursday 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. During this program, participants will learn how to change their lives with a no-nonsense, do-it-anywhere, fitness strategy that they can fit into their busy lives. Jeff delivers serious attention to your specific physical fitness needs along with tips for healthy eating to help you connect the dots between fitness, food and fitting it all in.
On the third Thursday of every month (Jelly Day), Lori Crock, Written Impact, will provide blog coaching services in the first floor Collaborator’s Office from 11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Lori will help business owners plan, start and write blogs using proven strategies. Lori is a firm believer that blogging is an excellent way to market your business and communicate about your brand.
Emily Scardena will be available on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month from 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. in the first floor Collaborator’s Office. Emily connects small and mid-size businesses to local and state level resources. Her goal is to increase an owner’s knowledge base of public sector organizations and programs that will positively affect their bottom line.
For more information about collaborator services offered at the DEC, please check the TechLife event calendar.
Entrepreneurial Campers Dive Into The Shark Tank
For the past three weeks, the Dublin Entrepreneurial Camp has hosted a group of 11-14 year olds who are interested in starting or running a business when they grow up. The students are connected with local businesses to learn about general business concepts. Throughout the course, students develop a conceptual business plan or product. At the end of these three weeks, students must present their ideas to a panel of judges in an event called the Shark Tank.
If you’ve never seen the ABC reality show of the same name, a “shark tank” is a meeting between entrepreneurs and wealthy businesspeople where the wealthy (“sharks”) decide to either invest in the new business or not. The students in the Dublin camp faced this same challenge last week. I was lucky enough to have had the opportunity to serve as a judge for the event.
The entrepreneurs consisted of six teams and one individual. Each group pitched their idea to the panel of judges while a slideshow detailing their product ran in the background. Some groups also showcased websites and videos that they made themselves. After their presentations, each group had to answer any questions that the judges had about their product.
I won’t tell you which group I voted for as the best overall, but I will say that each group impressed me. You could feel the students’ passion as they presented their ideas. From Yo-Yo Pets to EcoBottle, each group showed a professional demeanor with a determined drive that will only grow stronger with age.
Kudos to the camp counselors and the staff at the DEC and the City of Dublin for helping to shape tomorrow’s business leaders. Your hard work is reflected in each student that you met this summer.
To the students, I give this advice: Never give up on your dreams. People in the business world will knock you down, but remember the tools you learned this summer. Nothing can stop you.
