Hey folks --
Just wanted to make sure that everyone was aware that I'll be doing a "library resources for your business" type of presentation this coming Thursday, May 17th at LaunchPad. You can find the details here: http://www.launchpadinw.com/events/make-20-555-per-hour-at-launchpad
I originally posted this over at LaunchPad.com but thought it was worthy of repeating here: (more...)
Here's the dictum for the information age: Information is good. Good information is even better. And information that is free and good and immediate is the best. It's the public library's job to get the good stuff delivered to you for free and do it in a timely manner. (more...)
This is from Susanne Croft at Sustainable Resources INW:
Greetings, everyone: If you know of a business who is looking to raise some money, please pass this message to them about our upcoming Local Money Meet-Up event on April 19th, 3:30-6:30 pm, at the Steam Plant Square.
This event is intended to provide a setting where people who’d like to invest some of their money locally can meet local business owners who are looking for money. “Pre-existing relationships” are required between investor and business for this type of investing. We are not recommending that anyone invest in anything. We’re merely providing the setting where interested parties can begin those relationships. Everyone is responsible for doing their own due diligence.
The business should have their act fairly well together: strong business plan, know how much money they need to raise and what they’d use it for, know whether they’re looking for loans or equity investors, etc. Sustainable Resources’ local investing committee (now called the Local Money Council) will coach the business before the event so they deliver well during their short presentation at the Meet-Up.
We already have a list of businesses lined up to present at this event, so at this point we’re just looking for 1-2 more businesses. Interested businesses should contact John Dill, our committee chair, john@dill.cc, by next Wed., Feb. 15.
Thanks,
Susanne
Susanne Croft, Executive Director
Sustainable Resources INW (formerly SLIP)
35 W. Main, Suite 240
Spokane, WA 99201
(509) 209-2861
susanne@sustainableresourcesinw.org
www.sustainableresourcesinw.org
All right, folks.
It has been several months (!) since I last posted here. I know that the biggest key to a successful blog is to have content that is fresh and new. I've been failing at that. But here's my resolution: I will be posting weekly from here on out. Promise. It may be a book review, a snippet of something cool that I saw elsewhere, blatant copying and re-linking of interesting stuff, who knows. All that I know is that I feel badly leaving this forum languishing.
Straight from the mouth of Inc. magazine:
This comes from Chip and Dan Heath, authors of Switch and Made to Stick. (more...)
"With interest in sustainable and “green” practices ever-growing, the City of Spokane is continuing its recognition and certification program for local businesses that have made a commitment of demonstrated Sustainable Management of Assets, Resources, and Technology (SMART) practices." (more...)
Out of the uncountable different web sites out there that attempt to walk businesses through the maze of issues that confront businesses, here is one that is worth spending some time with. (more...)
The recently enacted small business jobs bill ups the limits on SBA loans: http://boss.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/25/finding-surprises-in-the-small-business-jobs-bill/
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