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Intuit, the maker of Quicken, QuickBooks, and TurboTax, continues to transform business and financial management for small businesses, accounting professionals and consumers. Intuit has recently launched a new web site, JumpUp.com that helps aspiring business owners get up and running quickly and successfully. With JumpUp, Intuit has taken much of the work out of starting a new business by evaluating and selecting best-in-class tools and resources to help would-be entrepreneurs start a business. This free site provides key getting started steps - complete with recommended tools to accomplish each step - and a new business community where users can connect with others new entrepreneurs as well as business experts to find answers to their most pressing questions.
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The Timken Company keeps the world turning, with innovative ways to make customers’ products run smoother, faster and more efficiently. Timken’s highly engineered bearings, alloy steels and related products and services turn up everywhere. With operations in 27 countries, sales of $5.2 billion in 2005 and 27,000 employees, Timken is Where You Turn™ for better performance.
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Established in 1998 as the Northeast Ohio Software Association, NEOSA is a membership-based organization that promotes the advancement of the Technology Community and IT Industry of Northeast Ohio. NEOSA is an industry-led, industry-driven organization made up of nearly 700 member companies representing all facets of information technology.
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Greater Akron Chamber is a regional chamber of commerce and economic development organization serving the Northeast Ohio counties of Medina, Portage, and Summit. The Greater Akron Chamber is committed to continual improvement of our community, our economy, and our quality of life. The mission of the Greater Akron Chamber is to promote economic development to benefit the people of the Greater Akron Region
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ProgressBook™ is a K-12 educational application that supports both traditional and the most recent K-12 standards-based educational practices. The ProgressBook application integrates a grade book, lesson plans, attendance, special education and parent access into a single, robust web-based system. ProgressBook enables educators, parents and students to effectively collaborate for a successful educational outcome.
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SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) is a global non-profit organization active in more than 40 countries. UA's SIFE team is funded by J. M. Smucker Company and Country Pure Foods. Working in partnership with business and higher education, SIFE establishes student teams on university campuses. These teams are led by faculty advisors and develop community outreach projects that reach SIFE's five educational topics: Market Economics, Success Skills, Entrepreneurship, Financial Literacy, and Business Ethics. SIFE team members leverage their personal educational experiences, the expertise of their faculty advisors, the support of their local business advisory boards, and the resources of their institutions to implement programs that create real economic opportunities for members of their communities.
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The Karcher Group is a national leader in providing advanced search engine marketing strategies and high-end Web development services, including design, programming and e-commerce solutions. Founded in 1997, The Karcher Group has become a cutting-edge and respected firm with over 400 clients worldwide, ranging from small local businesses to Fortune 500 companies with a global presence. The Karcher Group is located in Canton, Ohio. | | | |
