From a little joint on a narrow little street to the big White House on Pennsylvannia Avenue, we discover how a fisherman's hangout becomes a national treasure.

This is an icon on the West Coast, and it is just a chowder house.

But this is also a place where over 200 people (during high season) will generate $3.5 million in annual sales. It is a home away from home. And, it has become a destination eating place. It is Mo's Chowder.

And, the person who made her grandmother's "business" a business is Cindy McEntee.

We first met Cindy in the White House in June of 2001 when she was named Oregon's Small Busines Person of the Year and she was the first runner up for the National Small Business Person of the Year award.

SELECTION: Cindy McEntee came to our attention because she was the state of Oregon's Small Business Person of the Year. Then, when we looked further, we found many more awards and citations. To be selected as the study for a show, a business must come up on everyone's list as being " ... loved by their community and respected within their industry."

CONTACT:

Mo's Chowder
622 SW Bay Blvd.
Newport, Oregon USA 97365
Tel: 541-265-2979 Fax: FAX
E-mail: Click here.
URL:http://moschowder.com

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• GO FURTHER: Spend some time with the ten key points of the case study guide (just above in the green box) and each of the related transcript segments.

• ORGANIZATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS & PUBLICATIONS. Cindy is a community activist. She loves people and wants to celebrate everybody's goodness. She doesn't join just to join; she joins a group to make a difference. Here are just a few of the groups that she helps to support with her time and attention:
  
  1. Lincoln Security Bank: PO Box 2220 1250 N Coast Hwy Newport, OR 97365 (541.265.7000) A locally-owned and operated bank in Newport, an SBA-preferred lender, and active in the Economic Development Alliance of the Oregon Coast. Cindy is the chairwoman of the bank.
  2. Oregon Restaurant Association: 8565 SW Salish Lane, Suite 120, Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-9633 (503.682.4422 or 800.462.0619) ora@ora.org
  3. National Restaurant Association: 1200 Seventeenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20036-3097 (800.424.5156 202.331.5900)
  4. Small Business Development Center at Oregon Coast Community College. Guy Faust can help you take your business to the next level.
  5. Newport Public Library. Cindy was a principal sponsor of an expansion of the library and underwrote a beach safety booklet for children.
  6. Pacific Communities Hospital Foundation: 930 SW Abbey, Newport, OR 97365 (541.574.7675)
  7. Newport Urban Development Council
  8. The Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce: 555 SW Coast Highway, Newport, Oregon 97365 (541.265.8801) 800-262-7844 F: 541.265.5589 chamber@newportnet.com
  9. Newport Performing Arts Center: 777 W. Olive Street, PO Box 1315, Newport, OR 97365 (541.265.2787)
  10. Oregon Coast Visitors Association, 313 SW 2nd Street, Suite B, PO Box 74, Newport, Oregon 97365 T:541.574.2679 info@VisitTheOregonCoast.com
  11. Newport City Council
  12. Children's Advocacy Center: (541.574.0841) 122 NE 47th St, Newport, OR 97365
  Other local clubs and activities: Altrusa, Miss Lincoln County Pageant, Newport High Cheerleaders, Newport High Booster Club, Optimist Club, Oregon Coast Ballet Company, Rotary International, YMCA (Round Table) and many other favorite charities.
  
  Succession Planning: Oregon State University, College of Business, 201 Bexell Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-2603 USA (800.859.7609 or 541.737.3326) Remember how Cindy said, "And make sure you seek it out because it is not going to come to you." You've got to do it."
  Write to them: familybus@bus.oregonstate.edu
  Here are more episodes of the show about family business.

• THE BUSINESS PRESS. Get to know your local business editors. But, don't bother them with trivia. When you contribute to your industry, when you do something for your community, get in the habit of writing up a little press release and circulate it to your local community newspaper, the closest daily newspaper - business editor, your trade association publication, and any other specialty publication to which you subscribe. Publications on Cindy's list include: Newport News-Times, The Oregonian, The Oregon Magazine, Portland Business Journal, Family Business Review, Family Business Magazine, and Main Ingredient of the Oregon Restaurant Association and the Restaurants USA, of the National Restaurant Association.

• FIRST PRINCIPLES: Starting a business is the road to economic independence for most of us average people. Read a little more to see why incorporating a business keeps the passion of the American revolution alive!

• CASES BY BUSINESS TYPE. Click on the heading to find all the business types and then click on your type of business to check out those case studies.

• SUPPORT PUBLIC TELEVISION:
  Become a member of your local station. If you are already, great. If not and your business is doing well, consider joining the Producers' Club ($1000).

• JOIN, JOIN, JOIN: Your professional associations in your industry are your key to continuing education, market research, collaborations, strategic partnerships, capital and so much more ... often you'll find that you enjoy like-minded people and many will become friends for life.