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Quick insights & advice from entrepreneurs on planning, starting, and growing businesses.
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Experienced entrepreneurs offer their most valuable lessons-learned on a variety of essential topics.
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Entrepreneurs share stories about starting & growing their ventures, being an entrepreneur, & more.
The Importance Of Having An Entrepreneurial Mindset
Greg Boehm, General Manager of Team Industries in Andrews, North Carolina discusses the importance of entrepreneurship and having an entrepreneurial mindset.
Turning Your Hobby Or Side Hustle Into A Full-Time Business
Courtney and Spencer Tetrault, owners of Axe & Awl Leatherworks in Waynesville, open up about turning their hobby full-time, marketing via social media, and starting a business with your spouse.
Finding Your Blind Spots As A Small Business Owner
Denise and Fulton Lovin, owners of the Horton Hotel in Boone, NC, provide insight into hiring the right people, work-life balance, and finding your blind spots as a small business owner.
Entrepreneur Advice For Growing Your Small Business
Listen to these entrepreneurs talk about the challenges, setbacks, and successes they experienced while growing their businesses. From finding funding to pitching your small business to investors, to knowing when it’s time to hire more team members, they give their advice as business owners with thriving companies.
Entrepreneur Advice On Getting And Keeping Customers
Hear from experienced entrepreneurs on how to get and keep customers for your small business. They cover everything from being as transparent and honest as possible with them to not being afraid to pick up the phone and give them a call.
Entrepreneur Advice From Female Small Business Owners
Listen to this group of talented female entrepreneurs talk about the different struggles and triumphs they’ve faced while planning, starting, and growing their small businesses. While many express the feeling of no longer being alone and the influx of women-owned business support networks, others reiterated the fact that women still make less money than their…
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Grant Writing for Your Small Business
Finding funding to start or grow a business is, by far, one of the biggest challenges entrepreneurs and small business owners face. Grants are rare, but they’re not unattainable — the right research, skills, and strategy are all crucial components to increasing your application approval odds. During this training, you’ll learn how to harness each of those key components to craft a successful application. You’ll also learn about who provides funding, what they look for in grant candidates, and how the application process works from beginning to end. Note: This training was pre-recorded and is presented by the A-B Tech Small Business Center and Western Women’s Business Center.
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