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3 Ways Business Grants Have Changed for Good & 3 Ways to Prepare

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MSB_Poster_Option-1_043012.pdf-1-pageLook out world, here it comes. You read it here first. After a “gazillion” years of how business grants work, the world  has changed. Maybe for good!

Who did it? Chase Bank and LivingSocial. (In full disclosure we are going after this grant. We want to use the money  to take our Owners MBA™ for existing business online, add ebooks, apps, and include special segments for veterans, rural business owners, and owners who are disabled. We also want to create an owners community as we did for our Entrepreneurs’ Association in the 1990’s.)

Why did they do it? It depends on whom you ask.

What’s different? [Read more…]

Business Pride is Good to Celebrate

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Teach a young man to fish to empower him. Photo from:. flickr.com/photos/linsight/

Teach a young man to fish to empower him. Photo from:. flickr.com/photos/linsight/

Business pride is not a bad thing. I hope that you have pride in your business.

In April, I will receive the 2012 Career Achievement award from my undergraduate college, Mary Baldwin College, in Staunton, Virginia. One of the questions they asked me was what was I proudest of in my career.

It’s a great question and complex for me to answer. The short answer is the business I built with my husband. This year our business and our marriage celebrate 30 years. That’s a big payoff. I have a lot of business pride in what we’ve lived through and built together. As you begin another year in business, celebrate it with pride. You deserve it. [Read more…]