MAY 31st : Reality Economics: The Truth and Consequences featuring Uric Dufrene, Professor of Business Administration and Sanders Chair
Second of a four part 'prosperity' series in conjunction with Advance Madison Jefferson County and our sponsors VOBC and ISBDC. May 31st at the Ivy Tech Southeast
Networking: 6:30-7pm
Presentation/Conversation: 7-9pm
Pre-registration is required due to limited seating.
 Advance Madison Jefferson County invites you to attend the second in their four part 'prosperity' series featuring, IU Southeast, Professor of Business Administration and Sanders Chair, Uric Dufrene to discuss, Reality Economics: The Truth & Consequences. Dufrene will help leaders and citizens identify the community's true starting point. Whats, real, whats not, and what that means for our community. The Prosperity series is aimed at one particular goal: creating a citizen/government cooperatively generated economic and community development plan. Dufrene's presentation provides an accurate, unbiased starting point. Those persons interested in being involved or learning more about community and economic development should attend this important event upon which all follow up presentations will be based. Dufrenes data will be used in Part 3: discussing, formulating and agreeing on goals in: Communicating Community Specific Development Planning scheduled for July 2012, and again in Part 4 "Strategic Doing: Actions to Reality" scheduled for early fall 2012 which focuses on implementation and evaluation of of citizen driven development plans.
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The Venture Out Business Center in Madison, Indiana, is a business incubator that offers rental space as well as assistance to new and expanding businesses.
If you are a budding entrepreneur, own an expanding operation, or have a retrievable at-risk business, Madison's Venture Out Business Center (VOBC) is a proven base of operations as Southeastern Indiana's only business incubator.
For further information regarding available space at Venture Out Business Center, call (812) 273-6510.
The VOBC, located at 975 Industrial Drive, Madison, Indiana, houses several businesses, organizations and institutions benefiting from amenities offered to tenants. Services provided by the VOBC, which are included in the tenant’s monthly fee, include:
• 24-hour individually-keyed access to rented space
• Facility receptionist
• Basic utilities (gas heat, electric service, water and sewage)
• Building insurance and real taxes paid
• On-site business and management consultants through SBDC
• Tenant kitchen
• Professional business environment
• Use of local fax machine
• Use of shared photocopier
• Postage machine
• Basic building maintenance in common areas
• Individual mailboxes with designated business address
• Conference room with television/VCR (as available)
• UPS/FedEx pickup and delivery |
| Statistics demonstrate that eight out of 10 new businesses starting up in America today will fail within the first five years due to improper planning, a lack of operating capital, or both.
On the other hand, only two of 10 businesses utilizing incubators such as the local VOBC fail within the first five years. The local office of the Small Business Development Center is located at the VOBC, providing needed support for entrepreneurs.
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Current tenants of the Venture Out Business Center are:
Employment Plus
Jefferson County Board of Realtors
Home Care Home
Ohio River Valley Food Venture
Prairie Mutts LLC
SEI Communications
United Industrial and Welding
Weight Watchers
Mad City CrossFit
Beltone Hearing Center
Cornerstone Community Fellowship
Indiana Wesleyan University
The VOBC has a specialized area for food entrepreneurs, a shared-used commercial kitchen called the Ohio River Valley Food Venture. For information, call manager Helen Cope at (812) 273-6510.
VOBC is also available for social rentals. Please call Helen Cope at (812) 273-6510, to reserve a room for your graduation party, family reunion, wedding reception, or training classes. Venture Out has flexible space for all types of gatherings.
“Venture Out Business Center is a good place to center everything—from a strategic standpoint. Everyone knows where it is located, the rent is cheaper than most places, and the building and the people are very professional.”
-- Tenant
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