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A 5-part Penn State Cooperative Extension live webinar series brought to you by Workforce Wayne, Wayne County Chamber of Commerce, WEDCO & Penn State Extension, Honesdale.

  • 8:00 am -9:30am on Wednesdays: Oct 14, 21, 28, Nov 4, 10 (a Tuesday due to Veteran's Day)
  • Local site: Wayne County Park Street Complex, 648 Park Street, Honesdale, PA 18431
  • Site hosts: Penn State Extension (Honesdale), Workforce Wayne, WEDCO, Wayne County Chamber of Commerce
  • $20 for the 5 sessions, call 570-253-1690 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to register by October 7th

 

Below are the links to the recorded sessions and some resource materials from Session 4 that were sent from Penn State.

 

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10/14/09

The Economic Implications of Marcellus Shale (Timothy Kelsey, Penn State University)

 What is Marcellus

     Dollars involved

     Royalty income coming into the community

     Economic & community implications

https://breeze.psu.edu/p44594428/ 

 

 

10/21/09

Identifying local business opportunities, and working with the industry  (Tom Murphy, Penn State University; Janice Lobdell & Mark Scheuerman, Fortuna)

     Potential opportunities & examples

     How to make connections with the gas industry (companies &    contractors)

     Who do I call?  Is there a buying dept or supply chain?

https://breeze.psu.edu/p85324700/

 

 

10/28/09

Success Stories - Successful Examples of Business Opportunities (Jon Laughner, Penn State University; Lester Greevy, Lester Greevy and Associates; Randy, Hose Line International.; KJ Singh, KNS Management (Comfort Inn, Best Western)

 

https://breeze.psu.edu/p29234290/

 

 

11/4/09

Preparing Your Business for Success  - Small Business Planning for Marcellus Shale (Mark Douglass, Jon Laughner, Jeff Hyde, Penn State University)

    Business planning overview

    Role of business planning

    Identifying & evaluating opportunities

    Market research

    How to decide – can I handle this?

https://breeze.psu.edu/p14303729/

 

Freeware/Shareware:

http://www.bplans.com

 

http://www.sba.gov/smallbusinessplanner/plan/writeabusinessplan/index.html

 

https://www.agplan.umn.edu/

 

Purchase software:

http://www.paloalto.com/business_plan_software/

 

Excel files from today:

http://sites.google.com/site/gaswebinar/

 

 

11/10/09

Your Business Working with Others (Jeff Lorson, Penn College; Walt Whitmer, Penn State University)

    Entrepreneurial communities

    Workforce implications

    Main Street & other collective responses

https://breeze.psu.edu/p59468711/

 
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