“The Retail Lab program has been an incredible opportunity to receive authentic insights from real entrepreneurs. I appreciated the time and the opportunity to be in the room with people at different stages of their business, who are aiming to be successful no matter what! said Nicole Hawthorne, a graduate of the Retail Lab’s fall […]
100 selected entrepreneurs will receive ...
Enterprise Nation, the small business network and business support provider, is teaming up with Launch It, the specialist charity for young entrepreneurs, to launch an initiative to create an additional 3,000 young entrepreneurs in London. The “Next Generation initiative” aims to give 18-24 year olds from disadvantaged backgrounds the means to create and develop their […]
Business Plan Competition Returns to Hel...
Posted on January 20, 2022 After a two-year hiatus, the Fort Worth Business Plan Competition is back and putting local small businesses back in the spotlight. The Fort Worth Business Plan Competition is a celebration of the entrepreneurial spirit that makes the city so unique. The pioneering spirit of Fort Worth small business owners inspires […]
Donna Probes: Finding the Perfect Retire...
Donna probes Having a tendency to overwork myself, I find January to be a good month to take stock of all my commitments and make sure there is a good balance. I look at the Happiness Index and start cutting back on the things that don’t bring joy and fulfillment to my retirement years. Finding […]
GTT supports the HerVenture application ...
Updated on Friday December 17, 2021, 08:34 by Denis Chabrol The company is committed to strengthening the community by embracing female entrepreneurship Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) announced its support for the HerVenture app’s efforts to reach and grow women-led businesses. The tech giant’s decision to collaborate with the UK-based Cherie Blair Foundation for Women […]
Tim Shaw: Inspiring and supporting entre...
Ladder is a platform for publishing various picture books and online programs with the mission of empowering over one million children to become social entrepreneurs. Our current series features interviews from our interplanetary journalist Spiffy with inspiring social entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship ecosystem builders, who advance the UN SDGs. Spicy here! I’m back with the scoop […]
Business News from the City of Traverse ...
Ring the bell, look to the future Next week – if the schedule does not change – I will stand on the platform above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange and ring the bell that signifies the start of another trading day. This will celebrate Hagerty’s first day as a publicly traded company […]
Have you started a new business? Do you...
A recent study found that over 94% of new businesses fail within the first year. Lack of funds turned out to be one of the common reasons. Money is the lineage of any business. The long, arduous but exciting journey from an idea to an income-generating business requires the fuel of capital. This is why, […]
Barclays: Eagle Labs identifies 2022 as ...
Optimism prevails among UK start-ups as 58% forecast increased turnover next year More than half of businesses (55%) plan to hire new staff in the next year to meet growth demands Growth reflects a continuing trend, as payments data showed small business transactions increased by almost two-fifths (38%) from 2019 UK entrepreneurs forecast strong 37% […]
Eco-friendly Welsh company named British...
Floris, in Cardiff, Wales, a green stationery brand]is one of 12 small businesses selected as UK Start-Up Champions by Start Up Loans, part of the British Business Bank. Startup Loan Ambassador for Wales, Aoife Doherty started her business in August 2020 after graduating with a BA Hons in Graphic Design from the University of Reading. […]
“People think of investors as just money
While many people start businesses with the goal of being financially successful or solving a problem they are passionate about, Demi Ben-Ari’s motivation was more about people. Panorays co-founder and CTO shares that he wanted to be able to choose the people around him and create something with them. He says that a product or […]
How mentors help women entrepreneurs in ...
“Most of my professional life has been doing menial work at Lilongwe [capital of Malawi] and subsistence farming, and now chicken farming on my own farm. At my age, I can’t do most of the jobs I used to do anymore. I washed people’s clothes by hand or cleaned their homes for a low wage. […]
Acceleration for Biosciences in Connecti...
Mary Howard, director of the Acceleration for Biosciences in Connecticut program. Photo courtesy of Design Technologies LLC. The Connecticut Bioscience Acceleration (ABCT) – a competitive entry program that provides emerging bioscience companies with entrepreneurship training and business networking opportunities – was the subject of a recent introductory webinar co-hosted by Fairfield University’s School of Engineering […]
How we power UK’s smallest businesses in
By Chris Sims, Managing Director of BT for his SoHo unit (Single / Small Office, Home Office) We should all be proud of the UK’s notoriety as a nation of traders, and much more over the past 18 months, with small businesses proving their worth by quickly adapting their business models and moving online. We […]
Women small business owners face unique ...
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Mentorship and resources provide support Posted: October 20, 2021 at 1:04 PM EDT|Update: 13 hours ago WASHINGTON, 20 October 2021 / PRNewswire / – During this year’s National Women’s Small Business Month, GOAL, U.S. Small Business Mentors, highlights resources to support women entrepreneurs. SCORE also offers volunteer opportunities for experienced women entrepreneurs to share their […]