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Your Job Is Change- The 10 Rules of the Change Insurgent Part II

6. Hold change resisters’ hands. Every organization has change resisters — people who are uncomfortable with change, who are threatened by it, or who would simply rather not have to deal with it. Change resisters…

How to Hire a Salesperson

When hiring a salesperson, small business owners need to focus on one important issue: finding the individuals who best sell themselves. by Jeffrey Moses NFIB If applicants can’t convince you that they’ll perform well, how…

Paul Green Researches successful Oklahoma business incubator program

When you want to improve your own business incubator program, you visit one that has a history of success and find out what works, and what doesn’t work. That’s exactly what Paul Green, executive director…

Seattle venture firms Encompass and Digital plan to merge

In a rare move, two Seattle-area venture capital companies this week decided to merge. Seattle-based Digital Partners, with $36 million under management, and Bellevue-based Encompass Ventures, with $64 million under management, combined in what partners…

Spokane Area venture fund (Northwest Venture Fund) boosts Seattle firm

A group led by Spokane-based Northwest Venture Associates http://www.nwva.com/ has invested $5.6 million in a Seattle provider of security software. Bert Caldwell – Staff writer The Spokesman Review Vigilos Inc. software allows users to integrate…

Venture Capital: Cold Fusion has winning new flavor –non-tech

Seattle venture capitalists and angel investors got awfully excited about an ice pop yesterday. That’s right, flavored ice on a stick. By JOHN COOK SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER Cold Fusion Foods Inc. — maker of a…

Colorado High-tech sector looks toward CU for second wind

University research labs could be the catalyst to recharge Colorado’s lagging tech economy, according to state and business leaders. By Jennifer Beauprez Denver Post Business Writer Technology transfer – the process of moving inventions out…

MSU-B puts together forum on international business

When the College of Business at Montana State University-Billings decided to put together a multi-day, multi-speaker conference, organizers thought it was going be difficult to find enough speakers and draw enough guests. By JOHN FITZGERALD…

Start-up executives prepare to lure investors on eve of Seattle forum

Lone Wolf Technologies Chief Executive Chris Noble stands at the podium, his hands touching only at the fingertips. He addresses, rather confidently, a roomful of empty chairs. By Monica Soto Seattle Times technology reporter "We…

Legendary vacuum cleaner salesman Oreck recounts career

Not many lectures on successful business tactics open with a scene from "Casablanca," but David Oreck isn’t a typical salesman. By KAYLEY MENDENHALL Chronicle Staff Writer The vacuum cleaner guru spoke to Montana State University…

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