Even while traveling and teaching full day classes, Tim continues to bring daily content. Did you miss one? That’s ok, I’ve got you covered. Is All Good Business Inherently Social Enterprise? I liked the phrase social entrepreneurship instantly when I first heard it. It’s doing well by doing good, I assumed, building businesses that help [...]
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Yesterday I had the pleasure of spending all day with about 90 people who teach and advise entrepreneurs and small business owners at various Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) around the country. This was as part of the annual conference of Small Business Development Centers, starting today in San Diego. The conference reminds me of [...]
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It’s been awhile since I’ve posted here about the value of the local Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs), a network of about 1,000 locations in the United States, generally a great place to go for frontline, street-level small-business advice. The SBDCs offer classes and one-on-one counseling sessions on practical topics related to starting and growing [...]
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I posted about Good Clean Love last month; it’s a local (Eugene, Ore.) company that won our angel investment contest. And I’ve been meaning to post about the national SBDC program ever since. Good Clean Love is one of several good local companies that have been through our SBDC’s business management program. Do you know [...]
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Are you teaching a class on starting a business? If you are, then I’d like you to be aware of course.bplans.com. That’s where I’ve put up a full curriculum/syllabus including lesson plans, exercises and assignments, online videos, and more than a dozen PowerPoint slide presentations complete with slide-by-slide notes and distribution-friendly photos and graphics. This [...]
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We are big fans of SBDC’s across the nation here at Palo Alto Software. The SBDC network is dedicated to helping small businesses and entrepreneurs around the country realize their dream of starting, owning and growing their business. Something that we’re completely committed to as well. For any entrpreneuer, the SBDC is an invaluable resource, [...]
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This is hard for me to post, because it–well, the headline, at least–seems so negative. Still, I’ve been dealing with a number of startups lately, and it seems like we all need a refresher reminder: “I don’t know the secret to success, but I do know that the secret to failure is trying to please [...]
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