COSE

While attending the COSE Small Business Conference at Cleveland's IX Center, I had the opportunity to chat with Donald Trump's original The Apprentice – Bill Rancic.

Even with all of his success, Bill is one of the most down-to-earth entrepreneurs you'll ever meet.

During his Keynote address, Bill spoke of one of his first experiences in the “business world.” As a young boy, his grandmother taught him how to make pancakes. One morning, she invited her elderly lady friends over to enjoy some of Bill's home made pancakes. After enjoying their meal, they departed and left Bill a small surprise. Tucked under each of their plates were $5 bills!

For the next five weeks, Bill begged his mother to let him visit grandma on the weekends. Bill invited grandma's friends over for a pancake breakfast and received his $5 reward from each of the ladies. Alas, a very young entrepreneur was born.

The COSE Small Business Conference is a great place to meet other entrepreneurs, take-in mini seminars on a variety of topics, meet vendors for many business needs and learn from highly successful keynote speakers like Bill Rancic. And the best part is the conference is free to all COSE members!

For information about COSE, visit http://www.cose.org/