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  Cathie Leimbach, Co-founder and Consulting Partner of STRIVE!, was the guest speaker at the Northeast Ohio Agribusiness Forum on Friday July 24, 2009. The event was held at Buehler's Fresh Food Market in Ashland, OH. Cathie addressed the 44 attendees with a presentation entitled, "Lightening the Leadership Load." Cathie's presentation was focused on the […]

Written by Bob Leach    Wednesday, 29 July 2009 19:36   The Northern Ohio IT Association's Tech Thursday event held July 23, 2009, sponsored by The Wayne County Economic Development Council and hosted by the Ohio Agricultural Research Development Center (OARDC) in Wooster, OH was a successful evening of networking attracting 57 people. The attendees […]

Written by Bob Leach    Bob Cohen and The Braintree Business Development Center were recently featured on the Positive Vibes program sponsored by the Richland Economic Development Corpration and braodcast on WMFD. The program featured a detailed discussion of what services are available at The Braintree Business Development Center and how it affects the technology […]

July 26, 2009By LOU WHITMIRENews JournalMANSFIELD -- Starting with one machine, Mark Hess and his wife Pam opened a tool and diebusiness in 1999. The couple went all in, selling their home to put all their assets into the venture. "My faith has played such a key role in making us who we are today," […]

Written by Bob Leach    Thursday, 23 July 2009 15:32 With everyone still stirring with excitement over the 40th anniversary of the lunar landing, it was a surprise to learn that one of Braintree’s own business incubator tenants; Michael Vucelic, owner of I.E. Liquidation Inc., was one of the hundreds of support staff for over […]

Bob Cohen, CEO of the Braintree Business Development Center and Tim Moore, Director of SBDC Region 6 recently spent time with The Ohio Farm Bureau Town Hall Radio program discussing small business development in the State of Ohio.  To hear the interview visit the Ohio Farm Bureau web site at http://ofbf.org/media-and-publications/listen/4/210/  

Written by Bob Leach    Monday, 29 June 2009 14:50 On Friday, the 26th of June, Bob Cohen; CEO of the Braintree Business Development Center in Mansfield Ohio, presented his report from Agritech 2009 at the monthly Northeast Ohio Agribusiness Forum, at Buehler's in Ashland, Ohio. In May, Bob Cohen attended Agritech '09 in Tel […]

Do not be fooled by Proposition 2 this year when the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) places a citizen referendum on the November 2010 ballot to ban: sow gestation stalls, veal crates, and battery cages for layer hens. Disguised as a proposition to prevent farm animal cruelty, it actually will cripple the agricultural […]

We grow up hearing about inventors like Thomas Alva Edison, Henry Ford and Samuel Morse, giants who created products that changed the world. Seemingly, they did it alone.The good news for Northeast Ohio entrepreneurs: They have help from a network of business incubators that offer guidance, expertise, business services and vastly reduced costs on office, […]

Written by Bob Leach    Monday, 30 March 2009 00:00 Dave Beck from the Center for Innovative Food Technology (CIFT) discussed the programs available throughCIFT for agriculture and food industries.Since 1995, the Center for Innovative Food Technology (CIFT) at EISC, Inc. has provided technical solutions to companies involved in some of Ohio's largest and most […]