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| National City Bank |
National City Corporation (NYSE: NCC), headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, is one of the nation's largest financial holding companies. The company operates through an extensive banking network primarily in Ohio, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and also serves customers in selected markets nationally. Its core businesses include commercial and retail banking, mortgage financing and servicing, consumer finance and asset management. For more information about National City, visit the company's Web site at www.nationalcity.com.
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| Palo Alto Software |
Palo Alto Software, Inc., develops and markets software products to help people succeed in business. Business Plan Pro, its flagship product, is the best-selling business planning software in the U.S. retail market, according to NPD Intelect (formerly PC Data). The company also offers other software products, most notably Marketing Plan Pro, the most popular software for preparing and managing marketing plans. Beyond the software arena, Palo Alto Software's network of websites serves as an information hub for small business information online. The company's award-winning Bplans.com site, which offers free resources on business plans and startups, is one of the highest trafficked sites in the small business market.
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| SBA |
| The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was created in 1953 as an independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our nation.
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