Early in the morning, I met with JSmith of the SBDC. Great meeting, lots of ideas and suggestions. JS will send me a list of recommendations based on the criteria I gave him. We also discussed some possibilities for future research and ideas for offering seminars / workshops aimed at furthering business success. John agreed to create a list of businesss and send a letter of introduction letting them know that I'll be following up next week for an appointment.
Mid morning, I met with Charlotte of the Chandler Chamber. She was very excited about the project and saw all kinds of possibilities involving additional research that would benefit the chamber. We discussed possibly publishing the results and maybe joining a discussion where we would share the findings. We spent a good deal of time reviewing chamber membership for some good candidates that I can interview. She and I developed a nice list of excellent local businesses that she feels confident would be willing to participate in the study. I now need to wrap up the research instrument and plan for collection of the interview data.
