We are pleased to announce that we are one of 34 Entrepreneur Groups across the country that has been exclusively selected to be sponsored by OPEN from American Express with the help of Meetup.com. You can read more about the sponsorship from American Express and Meetup by clicking the OPEN logo above.

Through the OPEN Small Business Network, Seth Godin has delighted us with his insight on marketing in changing times. A true professional, a great author and a marketing guru!

Crowd sourcing. Social networking. Radical transparency.
Today’s wired world is connecting ideas, people and information in more powerful ways than ever before. We’ll show you how to harness this power to take your business to the next level. Only American Express OPEN gives you the opportunity to learn from the business leaders who are pioneering this revolution first-hand, unbiased and unfiltered. It’s all happening at - Inside the Entrepreneurial Mind: The Business of Technology.

The final edited version of the interview can be seen at www.OPENforum.com.

We also spoke with an OCEC Member and local entrepreneur who attended the interview.  Here’s what Rick Graves of DistaVision.com had to say... "The interview reinforced my belief that simply having a great web site is not enough for todays entrepreneur.  Through the use of blogs and other social networking venues I can get my unique images seen and my message heard by a community that reaches beyond traditional borders."

See pictures from the event, click here.