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Show 2004 Rural Business Conferences Moves To Richfield For May 25 SALT LAKE CITY - Inc. Magazine Senior Consultant Steven S. Little will keynote Senator Bob Bennett's Third Annual Rural Business Conference, to be held in the Sevier Valley Center in Richfield on May 25. The conference, hosted by Bennett and the Utah Rural Development Council, offers advice to rural entrepreneurs on acquiring new customers, increasing productivity, and growing a small business in a rural location. "The engine of economic growth in rural Utah will continue contin-ue to be local companies, with local workers, utilizing the latest technologies to gro.w their businesses busi-nesses from within," said Bennett. "I hope this conference confer-ence can help encourage and stimulate that growth." Mr. Little is a popular expert on the subject of business growth and the future of opportunity. oppor-tunity. He is the former president presi-dent of three fast-growth companies com-panies and speaks to thousands of owners and managers each year. Little believes that while every small enterprise wants to grow, few have the formalized systems in place to help them achieve this goal. His keynote (See CONFERENCE on pg. 3) Business Conference From Front Page presentation will address what it takes to grow a rural business effectively and profitably with his seven proven rules of small business growth. Bennett, a former Ino. Magazine regional entrepreneur of the year and high-tech leader in the Senate, will speak during the lunch session and will assist in the presentation of "Excellence in Rural Technology Awards," honoring local companies who have found innovative ways to implement imple-ment new technologies to expand their markets and increase business. Breakout sessions will focus "on specific areas of interest to rural entrepreneurs including startup and small business financing, Utah's "Smart Sites," government business resources, the business of farming, making money in online auctions, and local business success stories. For 2004, the Rural Business Conference moves to Richfield and builds on the success of previous pre-vious events in Cedar City and St. George, which featured eBay President and CEO, Meg Whitman, Dell Computer President Kevin Rollins, and Utah entrepreneur Larry H. Miller. Attendance at the event is $20 and includes breakfast, lunch and all conference sessions. ses-sions. For more information and online registration visit www.ruralutah.com, or contact Quinn Warnick, southern Utah area director for ' Senator Bennett, at (435) 628-5514. |