Press Release: San Diego, CA – April 5, 2023– The Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (APTAC) is pleased to announce that Beth Freeman of the Idaho APEX Accelerator (formerly PTAC) has been elected as the Region 9 Director of the Association. APTAC’s Region 9 encompasses the states of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and
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Press release: San Diego, Ca-April 10,2023 – The Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (APTAC) presented its 2023 Becky Peterson Human Impact Award and the APTAC Economic Award to Lori Manning, State Program Director, Idaho Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC). Ms. Manning guided the development of APTAC University that has had a tremendous impact on
How can you use ChatGPT in your small business? Last time, we explored what ChatGPT is and now we thought we’d asked it how it can be used for small business. It responded with this: (Note AI-generated text will be in green from here forward) As a language model, I don’t have specific knowledge about your
You’ve probably been hearing about ChatGPT AI (artificial intelligence) and wondered what it is and why should I care? We decided to do a series of blogs to answer the questions and let ChatGPT answer. Below is what the AI returned for what is ChatGPT, unedited except for one grammar edit noted in parentheses. ChatGPT
In 2021 the 53 employees of the Idaho Small Business Development Center (SBDC) contributed an increase of $55m in client business sales, helped create 90 new businesses, and served 2,033 Idaho businesses. The impact culminated in $774m in total output across the state of Idaho, representing a 25X return on the investments made by the
Leadership and management are distinctive and complementary functions that are needed to achieve success in business. They work together to ensure that, strategies, direction setting, planning, organizing, and implementation, work hand-in-hand. Successful businesses operate with a healthy understanding of the importance of both. Each has its own set of characteristics; each has defined competencies and
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