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And here's what else Thomas says:

Cleveland Clicks @ The Union Club 10/18- While everyone is bemoaning the poor economy and the lack of inspired leadership in our region, some area companies are charging ahead despite the climate. And props to Jennifer Thomas of Cleveland Clicks who brought two successful Cleveland tech companies to the glorious Union Club, Cardinal Commerce and OEConnection, to tell us how they did it, and it turns out that it�s mostly a matter of attitude. And hard work, and good luck and being in the right place at the right time, and persistence, and being smarter than the rest. Most interesting was the anecdote from Michael Keresman, CEO of Cardinal Commerce (an internet transaction and eCommerce system), relating his experience with one of the big Cleveland banks when they refused to fund him even after realizing that his company would be successful, by telling him, �No one�s going to let a shitty little company from Cleveland take over the world.� It�s nice to know you�re loved in your own backyard.

My thoughts about that were: One, CC is in Mentor, not Cleveland. Two, the fella that said that better open his eyes. There are LOTS of companies in the Greater Cleveland area that have the pontential to take over their markets. Three, I hope I don't have my money at that bank. It won't be around much longer!