Funding and Building your Business

The era of the demagogue is dead. Today only leaders with a high emotional IQ can succeed — or so say today’s management experts. Fortune Small Business By Lori Ioannou It looks like the high…

As a business owner, you likely understand the need to create a mission statement for your enterprise. The importance of articulating your mission statement to your employees, customers and yourself is clear. As a customer,…

Using the Internet can save you money and time when doing preliminary research on patents, trademarks, and copyrights. Here are some resources to consider. by Baker Library Staff HBSWK Pub. Tools for Protecting Your Intellectual…

"Lean Manufacturing Certification Program," a series of six workshops designed to help manufacturers streamline their process, runs from Sept. 12 to Nov. 21 in Spokane. The workshops are a collaboration between Idaho TechHelp and Washington…

According to any number of surveys, the majority of information technology projects fail to meet their goals of cost, schedule and functionally. We discussed one reason in the Links column entitled “Why IT Projects Fail:…

Start-up marketing anti-spam software finds vastly different financing world. Pavni Diwanji made a small fortune starting and selling a tech company for $120 million during the boom years. Then she had a child. By Matt…

The new economy created rapid growth and sudden wealth for many young companies, a great deal of which we all know now has dissipated. As the pink slip parties become routine, it’s become a time…

Solid business ideas and unique products are commonplace among Inland Northwest entrepreneurs. The disconnect comes when it’s time to develop a business plan and seek funding. Jeannine Marx Special to The Spokesman-Review A lack of…

At a management session, Emerick Woods sounds more like the quarterback of a football team than chief executive of a tech start-up. “We need to go deep and very wide,” Woods tells his team, drawing…

No one seems to work harder, put in longer hours, get more mentally fatigued and question more often whether it is all worth the effort than the entrepreneur. By Brent Strong Brigham Young University The…