Posts belonging to Category Entrepreneurship
Posted by Jeanne Yocum on May 7, 2013
Blogger Jeanne Yocum shares an inspiring online resource that can help small business owners when they face challenges.
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Categories: Entrepreneurship, Self-employment, Small business
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Tags: Inc. magazine, inspiring stories for entrepreneurs, inspiring stories for small business owners
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Posted by Guest Poster on March 19, 2013
This week’s guest poster on SucceedinginSmallBusiness writes about the importance of building a strong network for your small business.
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Categories: Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Small business
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Tags: building your network, mentor, networking
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Posted by Jeanne Yocum on January 23, 2013
The January issue of Good Small Business Reads covers customer service, upselling and an assessment tool from the SBA to help you decide if you’re ready to start a small business.
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Categories: Customer service, Entrepreneurship, Small business
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Tags: SBA, U.S. Small Business Administration, upselling, YFS Magazine
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Posted by Jeanne Yocum on January 8, 2013
If you need some inspiration to rev up your small business engine for 2013, blogger Jeanne Yocum recommends watching some episodes of “Bloomberg The Mentor.”
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Categories: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Small business
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Tags: Bloomberg The Mentor, Boston Beer Company, Jim Cook, mentor, mentoring, Samuel Adams beer
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Posted by Karen Utgoff on October 18, 2012
Blogger Karen Utoff writes about what six characteristics that are required in a good mentor for a small business or new venture.
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Categories: Entrepreneurship, Karen Utgoff, Small business
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Tags: mentee, mentor, mentor-mentee relationship, mentoring
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Posted by Karen Utgoff on August 21, 2012
Blogger Karen Utgoff gives advice on how to prepare yourself to tap into the many resources available to small business owners on college and university campuses.
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Tags: college resources for small businesses, Small Business Development Center Network, small business resources, student interns
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Posted by Karen Utgoff on August 16, 2012
Blogger Karen Utgoff writes about the many resources small business owners can tap into on the campuses of public high education institutions.
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Categories: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Karen Utgoff, Small business
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Tags: employee training, fab labs, Small Business Development Center Network, Small Business Innovation Research
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Posted by Jeanne Yocum on April 5, 2012
President Obama signed the JOBS Act this afternoon. It offers new funding sources to startups and small businesses. Here’s a briefing on the key elements of the legislation.
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Categories: Entrepreneurship, Financing, Small business
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Tags: crowdfunding, JOBS Act, mini public offerings, NACCE, Rose Garden signing ceremony
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Posted by Karen Utgoff on February 23, 2012
Blogger Karen Utgoff provides a good round-up on the funding sources small business owners can tap to pursue new ideas that will growth their business.
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Categories: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Karen Utgoff, Operations, Small business
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Tags: Common Capital, entrepreneurial funding, foundations that fund business growth, MassChallenge
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Posted by Jeanne Yocum on January 31, 2012
Here are four more elements of the entrepreneurial mindset, as set forth in the excellent book, “Who Owns the Icehouse? 8 Life Lessons from an Unlikely Entrepreneur.”
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Categories: Book review, Entrepreneurship, Self-employment, Small business
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Tags: Clifton Taulbert, entrepreneurial mindset, Gary Schoeniger, Who Owns the Icehouse?
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