05-15-2008, 02:33 PM
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| Fencing Club in NC Semi-Finalist for Small Business Grant
Fayetteville, NC -- Gerhard Guevarra of the All-American Fencing Academy, LLC 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 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 All-American Fencing Academy, LLC provides the only instructional classes and competitive training in the Cumberland County, Fayetteville area. The Academy currently provides beginner, intermediate, and group lessons for fencers from ages 7 to adult. The Academy also trains fencers to compete locally, regionally and nationally. It's coaching staff includes World Cup fencer Gerhard Guevarra and in the fall, World Cup medalist Polish national Aleksandra Socha.
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 Small Business Grant can be found in The Small Business Grant Center at http://www.ideacafe.com
More information about the All-American Fencing Academy, LLC can be found at www.allamericanfencing.com or call 910-286-2931. | 
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05-15-2008, 02:47 PM
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| Congratulations on being recognized for your hard work.
This is wonderful news.
Is there a typo? It looks like the announcement was last year (2007).
If it is, in fact, this year, then best of luck in the semi-finals.
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05-15-2008, 03:45 PM
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| Yep, typo. Thanks! | |
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05-15-2008, 10:54 PM
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| Gerhard,
It would be nice to get more updates and some background on the process you went through for winning the grant.
That would be helpful to other clubs.
Good Luck.
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05-15-2008, 11:35 PM
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| Ummm....where did the thread go??
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05-16-2008, 12:42 AM
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| Great job!!!! | |
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05-16-2008, 08:51 AM
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| Did the OP get deleted? | |
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05-19-2008, 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by KD5MDK  Did the OP get deleted? | Don't know what happened. I went in an re-approved the post.
If it was edited and included links, with the postcount it would get tagged as potential spam and moderated again.
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06-09-2008, 02:19 PM
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| Fencer Needs help....
Gerhard needs help to land the grant. I know it doesn't seem like much but it will make a huge difference to him and, if he wins, may make it easier for other fencers to win similiar grants. Hit the link below and make sure there is a check by his name then hit done. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?s...8k83vHCQ_3d_3d and vote for Gerhard Guevarra.
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06-09-2008, 02:22 PM
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| ideacafe makes my eyes want to die | 
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06-09-2008, 02:32 PM
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| Look who actually took his ADD medication today. Funny how the link doesn't take you to ideacafe but right to the voting page. Looks like you did that to yourself. They do have a busy site but the link above doesn't take you there.
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06-09-2008, 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by dekko Look who actually took his ADD medication today. Funny how the link doesn't take you to ideacafe but right to the voting page. Looks like you did that to yourself. They do have a busy site but the link above doesn't take you there. | after you vote, the link above does forward you to ideacafe.
perhaps you should vote and find out, hmmm  | |
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06-09-2008, 04:06 PM
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| Blockhead huh? Wow.
I voted then got to a page that said thanks for voting(participating in the survey...). Then I deleted the cookies and voted again. Then I deleted the cookies and voted again. Then I deleted the cookies and voted again, you get the idea.
Yes I cheated.
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06-09-2008, 06:35 PM
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| I actually gotta go with Mitch on this one. I was immediately taken to their homepage. It makes my eyes hurt.
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06-09-2008, 09:41 PM
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| Never did that for me oh well, either way glad you voted, hopefully for Gerhard.
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06-10-2008, 01:23 AM
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| Thanks everyone ahead of time for voting.
If anybody wants to know the process I went through for this, let me know. I'll probably get around to posting it here sometime.
Thanks dekko for posting it for me. | |
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