Vermont and Small Business School show

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last update: 02/15/2005

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The State of Vermont

Statewide Small Business Resources:

1. Better Business Bureau

2. Chambers of Commerce

· Local Chambers of Commerce (more)

· Vermont Chamber of Commerce

- Business-Education Partnership

· Addison County Chamber

· Lake Champlain Regional Chamber

· Rutland Region Chamber

3. Economic Development

· Commerce Department (802.828.3301 )

· Vermont Economic Developers Association

· Greater Burlington Industrial Corp (GBIC)

· Central Vermont Economic Dev Corp

· Eco. Dev. Corp. of Northern Vermont

· Montpelier Economic Development

· Rutland Economic Development Corp

· Springfield Regional Development Corp

· Several Others

4. Education:

· School of Business, Univ. of Vermont

- Vermont Business Center

- Family Business Initiative

· Vermont Agricultural Business Ed. Ctr.

· Vermont Business Education Professionals

· Vermont Business Roundtable
· Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility

5. Finance:

· Central Vermont Revolving Fund

· State Securities

· SBA Preferred Lenders (Banks)

- Chittenden Trust Company

- Merchants Bank

- Telesis Community Credit Union

- Union Bank

· Vermont Community Loan Fund

6. Government:

· Small Business Compliance (SBCAP)

· Small Business Development

· Vermont SBA

· Vermont Small Business Assistance Program

· SBA, SBDC (listings)

· Workforce Development (Training)

7. Press:

· Vermont Business

· Burlington Free Press

8. Other - Regional Resources

The Demographics of VERMONT

Est. Population: 620,000 (US Census data)
Est. Small Businesses: 50,000±
Our Targeted Viewers: 10,000 per week
Targeted online profiles: 5,000 owners
Targeted TV profiles: 500 owners.

Out of the 620,000 people in State of Vermont, SmallBusinessSchool will seek to have no less than 10K viewers per week. We will focus on identifying 5,000 small business owners and profiling at least 500.

This show only considers those businesses that have been recommended from within their communities. Though our selection criteria is guideline, we rely mostly on the small business advocates listed on these pages .

2005: Broadcast times in Vermont


What's on in your neighborhood?



Click on the Hour/Day to find out!

Your Stations	Hour/Day	Sponsor*

WETK-33 Capital: Burlington	6:30 am Wed	TBA
WVER-28 Rutland	6:30 am Wed	TBA
WVTB-TV St. Johnsbury	6:30 am Wed	TBA
WVTA-41 Windsor	6:30 am Wed	TBA
Also: (repeaters)
W36AX Manchester	6:30 am Wed	TBA
W53AS Bennington	6:30 am Wed
Also:
WCFE-TV Plattsburgh, NY	5:00 pm Sat	TBA
WGBY-TV Springfield, MA	11:30 am Sun	TBA

Click on your station to go to their website.

*Statewide sponsor of the show. Sponsoring the show on these stations in Vermont for every week of the year is a surprisingly low amount. Here are some of the benefits.

A Who's Who of Vermont Business

Learn More...


	Vision & Goals for Vermont



	· No less than 5,000 Online Profiles of Small Business Owners who have been recognized by their industry and are loved by their community.

	· No less than 500 Television Profiles of small businesses and their owners who have been lifted up by the community, "Tell us their story, please!"

	· Profiles: We are compiling a list of Vermont small bsuinesses that are loved by their community and respected within their industry. We invite you to HREF="mailto:camber@smallbusinessschool.org?subject=I recommend this business because ..." CLASS="homeRightContentLinks">recommend an outstanding business.

	More for Vermont....


	Local sponsors of your station



	1. Opening and closing credit: The show opens and closes with your 15-second credit. Each station has its own requirements, but generally you can have a telephone number and address within that credit.

	2. Online Learning: Provide your small businesses with free online learning; it comes with your sponsorship of SmallBusinessSchool.

	3. Streaming Media Center: Provide your small businesses with a free streaming media center; i.e. Texas A&M (KAMU-TV).

	4. There's more... Click on Learn More above. If that doesn't convince you, perhaps these eighteen reasons will.

	If your business would like to sponsor SmallBusinessSchool, please talk with Peter Shea at Vermont Public Television then, contact us. We'll begin working with you to utilize those premiums and get your business listed and linked on several pages, including this one!

	If your business would like to be sponsor SmallBusinessSchool in several states, please click on contact and call us.
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	More chambers: SmallBusinessSchool works with the Chambers of Commerce throughout the country. They are small business advocates! In addition to the chambers listed above, there are as many as 40 others: Addison County, Bennington, Brattleboro, Burke Area, Central Vermont in Barre, Franklin County Regional Chamber in St. Albans, Great Falls Regional in Bellows Falls, Killington, Manchester and The Mountains, Mount Snow Valley, Northeast Kingdom in St. Johnsbury, Sugarbush of Commerce in Mad River Valley, Woodstock and many others.
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