SBDCNews
SBA fetes business leaders
UnionLeader.com - May 16, 2008 - Benjamin Kepple
BEDFORD – The U.S. Small Business Administration passed out its 2008 New Hampshire Small Business Awards yesterday to 11 Granite State business leaders and others.
More than 260 people turned out at C.R. Sparks to cheer on the winners, while the winners offered their thanks to those who have helped them.
Purdy honored for excellence
When Pam Dionne, president of what is now Discovery Bay Games, came to Kathleen Purdy after developing her first game in 2001, Purdy sent her - and her business plan - back to the drawing board.
TTU Small Business Development Grant
Rural Development Area Director Joseph Woody and Tennessee Technological University President Bob Bell announced a Rural Business and Enterprise Grant (RBEG) of $20,000 for the purchase of computer equipment and software to increases in-house educational and distance learning opportunities through TTU College of Business and the Tennessee Small Business Development Center (SBDC). The announcement was made at the SBDC on TTU’s main campus.
“Rural businesses, regardless of location, can now use Internet technology to reach a much broader customer base and effectively compete in the world market,” said Bell. “The small business development resources announced today will make it possible for TTU to help grow businesses and create good jobs all across our area.”
Counselor gives hints for successful start
AZCentral.com - May 8, 2008 - Jane Larson
Some businesses start because their owners want to make a dream come true or because the founders see an opportunity ripe for the picking.
When economic times turn shaky, laid-off workers look into turning severance packages into their own businesses.
"Major events make people want to do it," said Susan Lentz, assistant director of Maricopa Community Colleges' Small Business Development Center, which trains 6,000 to 7,000 people annually to start or grow new firms.
Development centers offer guiding light to small companies
Los Angeles Times - May 12, 2008 - Cyndia Zwahlen
Nervously practicing her pitch for hours in her home office, the co-founder of educational toy maker Budding Brilliance Corp. tried not to think about the dollars at stake in her presentation to a group of Tech Coast Angels, an influential Southland organization of wealthy investors.
Eight months of intense preparation from equity experts, courtesy of TriTech Small Business Development Center in Irvine, had polished Tina Davis' spiel. Watching herself on video helped curb her unconscious swaying and jittery hands.
