BUSINESS NEWS AND FUNDING

Experts share advice for Wisconsin entrepreneur programs

Some of the people who helped North Carolina and Los Angeles become havens for entrepreneurs and host to surprisingly public communities of angel investors shared their most effective practices Tuesday at the Entrepreneurs’ Conference in Milwaukee

The Strategic Role of Marketing

In the Harvard Business School Press book Marketing as Strategy, London Business School’s Nirmalya Kumar argues that marketing must help drive organizational change.

How Team Leaders Show Support—or Not

What does a team leader do so that employees know they are being supported? A Q&A with Harvard Business School professor and creativity expert Teresa Amabile about new research.

AG Technology Show Seeks Ag Inventors

“This is going to be another fantastic tradeshow and
inventor’s contest,” said Berst. “Farmers, ranchers,
exhibitors, attendees – everyone will have an
opportunity to see the newest, latest and greatest
innovations that are up and coming or already in the
marketplace today at the tradeshow.”

The Care and Feeding of Revenue-Sharing Partners

By partnerships, I mean situations in which the parties work together to serve clients and share revenue, not vendor agreements in which one company simply buys what it needs from another.

The Three Great Myths of Business

It’s easy for an entrepreneur to kill any chance of raising money for his or her venture. Just fall into the trap of arguing one of the three great myths of business.

Pianist Philip Aabergs’ foundation brings music to Montanans

Arts Without Boundaries: Its goal is to provide musical education in communities that cannot afford it otherwise. The group’s Web site, http://www.artswithoutboundaries.org notes that the foundation acts as a clearing center with concert presenters and community groups that would like to have nationally and internationally known musicians work in their schools, but lack the funds.

Women, the Loan Strangers

Study after study has found that female business owners are underserved by banks, in part because they do not take advantage of lending programs for which they are likely to qualify — despite the fact that access to capital is essential to the growth and expansion of small companies.

Female entrepreneurs have distinct needs

In order to succeed, women need to first be aware of the pitfalls that are specific to them, said Rist. Then they can solve those problems in their own way.

Spokane city leaders on a mission for money – Trade missions headed for Ireland, Japan and South Korea this fall could help turn sisters into business partners.

They will also set the stage for one of the more important international events to be held in Spokane in many years, a meeting of the Sister Cities International Conference scheduled for July 2005. Nothing since Expo ’74 has presented so grand an occasion to showcase the area’s quality of life and business opportunities. About 1,200 delegates, 30 percent from outside the United States, are expected to attend.

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