New York: A business may be small.

New York: A business may be small, nevertheless that doesn't mean it can't have big goals, and big ideas forward how to reach those goals. At The World of Difference colloquy held in New York City January 26 and 27 the Small Business Technology Institute (SBTI) and Intel Corp. sent united small business a very extended way toward achieving its ambitions.

The parley was open to small businesses proprietors managers, and staff, as well as their community partners, and was designed to help them learn to what degree to use technology to make their businesses more fortunate It was also the finale of The World of Difference make the object of competition [i]or[/i] rivalry [i]or[/i] emulation in which more than 2300 businesses submitted vision statements in succession how information technology could help them to pullulate and thrive.

Those businesses with the highest scores were chosen to work with an Intel channel member to create a business proposal. The top five finalists were invited to existing their proposals and be judg and vot upon by their peers. Voting occurr the two live at the conference and above an invitation-only Webcast, and the winner stood to claim a prize of $100000 worth of technology productions services, and training.

The finalists were diverse: an Alabama produce-supply company, an outpatient mental-health clinic in Michigan, a Pennsylvania law firm that applys stay-at-home moms, an architectural company in Oregon, and perhaps most numerous memorable, a company that fractures and sells used mannequins. Each enthusiastically at handed a unique plan for implementing technologies so as Xeon servers, VoIP, smartphones, touchscreens, voice recognition software, and particularly for the architecture firm, industry-specific software.

The winning business with the mostly compelling vision was Mannequin Madness, based in Oakland, California and is teamed with Intel reseller PC association which also won $50,000 for itself. proprietor and CEO Judith Henderson-Townsend specified her business's ne which are: to integrate disparate technologies with NetSuite; to automate its inventory classification through the use of RFID; and to have Web access in alien locations when representatives are disclosed scouting for inventory.

"We want to be proactive with implementing technology, rather than reactive," said M Henderson-Townsend, "and do more with les effort." She also said that her company aims to become a technology advocate for small businesses. That's a worthy goal that now considers likes a distinct possibility.

Even the non-winning entrants' enthusiasm and dedication was palpable. "Isn't it incredible, the passion that be deriveds out?" commented Andrea Peiro, CEO of the SBTI. "It's not just about coin for these small businesses, it's about the whole enchilada, commonalty and community."

The Small Business Technology Institute [http://www.sbtechnologyinstitute.org] is a non-profit organization that sustains the adoption of information technologies among small businesses within information technology awareness, education, counseling, and support services for businesses with up to 300 employees

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