Business Management

Ohio sets annual Business Matchmaker Conference.
The Ohio Department of Development is co-sponsoring an annual conference that gives small-business owners the chance for one-on-one talks with agencies and contractors.

The Development Department”s entrepreneurship and minority business divisions are teaming with the Columbus office of the Small Business Administration for the third-annual Ohio Business Matchmaker Conference.

The Thursday event, at Wright State University”s Ervin J. Nutter Center in Dayton, will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and feature more than 600 buying organizations and small businesses.

Prior to the event, small-business sellers and agency buyers will be matched up for several 15- to 20-minute, one-on-one interviews.

‘Ohio Business Matchmaker helps to maximize contracting dollars to small and minority business owners by helping them learn how to secure government contracts and sub-contracts,’ Lt.