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More from Conejo ValleyLOCAL BUSINESS SELECTED AS SEMI-FINALIST FOR $1,000.00 SMALL BUSINESS GRANT FROM IDEACAFE.COM
Oak Park, -- Erica Bodner of The Career Detective has been selected from over 700 applicants as a semi-finalist in the running to receive a $1,000.00 small business grant from Idea Cafe.com, a top-rated small business website for small business.
The field of semi-finalists for this grant will be reduced to finalists and the winner will be determined by the vote of IdeaCafe.com's 32,000 members worldwide and announced online on June 24, 2008 on www.IdeaCafe.com.
The Career Detective is a career exploration and counseling service geared to homeschooling and alternatively educated youth and their families. The aim of the Career Detective is to empower youth to begin the career exploration process. Utilizing tools such as personal assessments, workbooks, workshops, and career analysis reports, they will learn how to create their own career paths by exploring their inner motivations, passions, and personalities. They will also learn how to research and identify the different options available, and what education and/or experience is required to achieve their career goals.
Francie Ward, CEO of IdeaCafe.com, explained that the semi-finalists for this grant, Idea Cafe's Small Business Grant in Honor of Longtime Business Expert, Kent Capener, "demonstrate an inventive approach which will inspire others who come to IdeaCafe.com seeking advice on starting and running a business. Plus they've shown us they have a plan to reach out and help others in some way."
IdeaCafe.com, online since 1995, is known for its "Fun Approach to Serious Business" (sm) and popular CyberSchmooz community forum to help small businesses get informed, network and thrive.
More details about Idea Cafe's Al Marks Inventive Mind Grant can be found in The Small Business Grant Center at http://www.ideacafe.com
More information about The Career Detective can be found at http://www.TheCareerDetective.com .
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