“Tell a clear, easy-to-repeat story in the first 90 seconds”
~George Simmons~
George Simmons, a partner at Derby Management, during a recent presentation
in Rhode Island on How to Present Your Business Plan. Download his 17 page
Powerpoint presentation here.
Working Woman Magazine released their list of 100 Best Women-owned Businesses this week. Companies eligible for entry had to be independent, 100 per cent women owned, employing anywhere from 5 to 100 employees.
The magazine judged companies in categories like availability of flexible schedules, importance of work life balance, family-friendly benefits as well as their advancement of female employees.
Check out the full list of 2008 100 Best Women Owned Companies.
University of Colorado, Denver’s Bard School of Entrepreneurship is hosting the Bard Center Business Plan Competition again this year.
The Bard Center recognizes the most outstanding plans with cash and in-kind awards totaling nearly $100,000. There are special incentives to new business startups in the bioscience and nonprofit areas.
This is the second year the Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education is sponsoring National Entrepreneurship Week, calling it “a Celebration of the heritage of entrepreneurship in America and NEW opportunities for a NEW GENERATION”.
(note: this celebration is different than one sponsored by The Kauffman Foundation in partnership with the UK Enterprise Week which is dubbed Global Entrepreneurship Week to be observed in November, 2008)
Check here or here to see if your state or city has posted local events in observation of 2008 National Entrepreneurship Week.
Cisco is celebrating by sponsoring the National Entrepreneurship Summit with live shows streaming on the web daily.
Purpose of Competition
This competition is designed to encourage aspiring entrepreneurs looking to start a business in South Central Pennsylvania.
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