May 2, 2022 | Access to Capital, Economic Development, Entrepreneurship, Starting a Business, Uncategorized
Unless you’re to the manor born, the biggest challenge your small business can face is access to capital. Seed money, dough to grow, pump-priming startup funds. Banks typically don’t like to fund entrepreneurs needing less than $50,000. No one should ever use a credit...
Jul 28, 2021 | Economic Development, Rebuilding a Business
A fifth wave, the possibility of new public health measures, disrupted supply chains and a worker shortage. Is there no end in sight? It’s like jumping into a life raft as the ship begins to founder, and as hard as you paddle, the safety of the shore never gets...
Oct 1, 2020 | Economic Development, Entrepreneurship
A global pandemic has a way of changing our priorities. While remote working was a once or twice a week option for some workers in a pre-COVID world, it has increasingly become the norm. The genie is out of the bottle. The only question that remains is what will the...
Jul 31, 2020 | Economic Development, Entrepreneurship
If you were thinking this was another blog about the importance of wearing a mask or social distancing, prepare to be disappointed. This month it’s all about flattening the business recovery curve as we look down the road to the time when a vaccine becomes widely...
Jun 1, 2020 | Economic Development, Entrepreneurship
As the economy begins to ramp back up, many businesses are discovering that what worked in the past won’t work going forward. Businesses will have to navigate a new norm where making a buck may take a back seat to soothing customer and employee concerns about their...
Apr 29, 2020 | Economic Development, Entrepreneurship
The storm clouds of a global pandemic are hovering over us as I write this. All the long-range plans of businesses large and small have gone out the window as a once-bustling economy unexpectedly ground to a halt just six short weeks ago. Which leads us to...
