[Vision2020] PR - Business Showcase Event Program

[Stephanie Kalasz]

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Story Contact: Marie Dymkoski, PKC Co-Chair
Phone: 509.334.35465
Email: marie at pullmanchamber.com<mailto:marie at pullmanchamber.com>

Business Showcase Event Program

October 9, 2013 (Moscow, Idaho; Pullman, Washington) - Presenters have been selected for Palouse Knowledge Corridor's (PKC) upcoming Business Showcase event to promote economic development and growth on the Palouse.  This event is free and open to the public, October 17, 2013, from 2-5 p.m. at the BellTower Events Venue in Pullman, Washington.  With a social planned for 4:15 p.m.

The goal of the Business Showcase event is to connect people with good business ideas to those who might be able to help make those ideas happen.  Each presenter will showcase their business in 15 minute presentations, highlighting their business idea and relating management, product and/or service, technology, market, financial viability, potential return on investment, amount of investment required, exit strategy, and employee growth implications.  Time will also be allowed for question and answer with each presenter.

Those involved in business startups, entrepreneurs or investors, as well as interested community members are encouraged to attend.  Those who wish to attend this event may be private individuals or venture capitalists and there is no obligation to invest in any of the ideas presented.

The full program for the October 17 PKC Business Showcase event will include the following:

·        Black Bear Doggie Daycare - Cynthia & Joaquin Robert

o   Working to open a premier doggie daycare and pet boarding facility in the Pullman/Moscow area offering dog, cat, and other small animal boarding as well as a full "free-range" daycare for dogs.

·        Homeschool Institute of Science - Will Boyd

o   The Homeschool Institute of Science promotes a exploration of the natural world and the sciences.

·        Element Robot Inc - Chris Walker

o   Enables customers to build the future using 3D printing currently completing a new product that makes high-quality 3D printing accessible, affordable, and automatic.

·        Smile At Your Baby! - Shelley Calissendorff

o   Reaches out to teen, young, new and soon-to-be parents to educate them on what it means to bond with their baby, why it's important, and precisely how to do it.

·        TechCrowd Services, Inc - Joseph Taylor

o   A new type of information technology services company that leverages crowd sourcing techniques to provide IT services in a cost efficient manner that enables rapid delivery and high quality.

·        Dagwood Designs, Inc - Linda Daggett

o   Creating custom carrying cases, bags, pouches, leashes, straps, knife sheaths, and backpacks and outdoor gear that meet the special needs of clients.

For more information about this event or about the Palouse Knowledge Corridor, contact Marie Dymkoski, Palouse Knowledge Corridor Co-Chair, at 509.334.35465 or by email at marie at pullmanchamber.com<mailto:marie at pullmanchamber.com>.

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Story Contacts:
Marie Dymkoski, PKC Co-Chair
p ∙ 509.334.3565
e ∙ marie at pullmanchamber.com<mailto:marie at pullmanchamber.com>

Robin Ohlgren, PKC Co-Chair - SEWEDA
p ∙ 208.301.1011
e ∙ Robin_LEDC at moscow.com<mailto:Robin_LEDC at moscow.com>

Cynthia & Joaquin Robert , Black Bear Doggie Daycare
p ∙ 360.829.7360
e ∙ qrobert.01 at uidaho.edu<mailto:qrobert.01 at uidaho.edu>

Will Boyd , Homeschool Institute of Science
p ∙ 208.301.4237
e ∙ will at homeschool.scienceinstitute.org<mailto:will at homeschool.scienceinstitute.org>

Chris Walker, Element Robot Inc.
p ∙ 509.999.0449
e ∙ cw at elementrobot.com<mailto:cw at elementrobot.com>

Shelley Calissendorff, Smile At Your Baby!
p ∙ 509.592.5626
e ∙ email2shelley at yahoo.com<mailto:email2shelley at yahoo.com>

Joseph Taylor, TechCrowd Services, Inc.
p ∙ 509.592.9557
e ∙ josephtaylor at sbcglobal.net<mailto:josephtaylor at sbcglobal.net>

Linda Daggett, Dagwood Designs, Inc.
p ∙ 503.396.6965
e ∙ linda at dagwooddesigns.com<mailto:linda at dagwooddesigns.com>

The Palouse Knowledge Corridor is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to match innovation with opportunity, promote assets of the Palouse and foster collaborative efforts with universities, private sector, economic development agencies and government.






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