Possible good news in the next stage of development for Shop Local Delmarva.
The Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation founded a program a few years back by retired U.S. Army Master Sergeant Joe Giordano called Project Opportunity. The program selects eligible veterans from the nine counties of the Eastern Shore for a 10-week, crash course in researching, developing, and eventually creating their own business. The program has been so successful at helping veterans launch their own business, it has expanded to include southern Maryland on the Western Shore up through Annapolis. At orientation tonight, the expansion has gone even further to include Columbia and Glen Burnie.
Shop Local Delmarva, namely, I, have an upcoming, hour-long telephone interview to further determine Shop Local Delmarva's acceptance into the program. The two-and-a-half hour long introduction course tonight went well, but the upcoming phone interview will be a milestone. If accepted into the program, I will be able to formulate a business plan and, after ten weeks, possibly pitch the plan to potential partners or investors to take Shop Local Delmarva to the next stage of development.
A key reminder to current members of Shop Local Delmarva and to locally owned and operated businesses considering listing with Shop Local Delmarva: your basic listing is and always will be free. That is one key point that any business plan developed between now and November will include.
The Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation founded a program a few years back by retired U.S. Army Master Sergeant Joe Giordano called Project Opportunity. The program selects eligible veterans from the nine counties of the Eastern Shore for a 10-week, crash course in researching, developing, and eventually creating their own business. The program has been so successful at helping veterans launch their own business, it has expanded to include southern Maryland on the Western Shore up through Annapolis. At orientation tonight, the expansion has gone even further to include Columbia and Glen Burnie.
Shop Local Delmarva, namely, I, have an upcoming, hour-long telephone interview to further determine Shop Local Delmarva's acceptance into the program. The two-and-a-half hour long introduction course tonight went well, but the upcoming phone interview will be a milestone. If accepted into the program, I will be able to formulate a business plan and, after ten weeks, possibly pitch the plan to potential partners or investors to take Shop Local Delmarva to the next stage of development.
A key reminder to current members of Shop Local Delmarva and to locally owned and operated businesses considering listing with Shop Local Delmarva: your basic listing is and always will be free. That is one key point that any business plan developed between now and November will include.
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