Decosimo to Host Annual Emerging Business Symposium on Feb. 22

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CHATTANOOGA, TN (January 20, 2012) -- Decosimo Certified Public Accountants will host its annual Emerging Business Symposium on Wednesday, Feb. 22, in Suite 216 of the Tallan Financial Center from 7:45 a.m. to 11 a.m. This year’s symposium will feature what every business owner and CEO should know about utilizing social media, conducting interviews and making offers, and improving cash flow.

Business owners and other business professionals may register for the event at www.decosimo.com/2012symposium. The symposium registration fee is $20, which includes all materials, breakfast and parking in the Union Square parking garage located behind the Tallan Financial Center.

Symposium presentations will include, "Using Social Media to Market your Company" presented by Dave Santucci, the head of marketing for the Chattanooga Visitors Bureau; "The Do’s and Don’ts of Interviewing and Hiring" presented by Debbie Golembeck, certified HR specialist with HR Solutions Unlimited; and "Improving Cash Flow and Managing Accounts Receivables" co-presented by United Capital Funding’s Mark Mandula, managing principal, and Matt Perkins, business development officer.

This is the second year Decosimo has hosted the Emerging Business Symposium. For more information about Decosimo’s offerings for emerging businesses, visit www.decosimo.com/emerging.

Founded in 1971, Decosimo is a Top 100 accounting and business advisory services firm with approximately 300 employees across offices in Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis and Nashville, Tenn.; Atlanta and Dalton, Ga.; Huntsville, Ala.; Cincinnati, Ohio and the Cayman Islands. Each of Decosimo's offices serves a diverse client base providing a full range of assurance and tax solutions, as well as personal and business advisory services including valuation, litigation support and transaction consulting. Decosimo is an independent firm associated with Moore Stephens International Limited, which comprises 314 firms with a total of 638 offices across 97 countries. Together, Moore Stephens and Decosimo provide clients with access to a depth of resources and expertise comparable to the largest national firms.