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December 2009
 
E-Magnify Opportunities:
 
Counseling
E-Magnify provides one-on-one direct client counseling  for women interested in starting a business or growing an existing business. Learn more.
 
Education and Training
CORE FOUR® Business Planning Course
Develop your ideas for starting a new business or growing a current business in this six week class offered by Seton Hill University's E-Magnify.  Click here for more details.
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QuickBooks Training in January
New to QuickBooks or want to learn more? For more details and to sign-up click here.
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Save the Date!
 
Seton Hill University's E-Magnify's Women's Entrepreneurial Symposium
March 9, 2010 
 
Click here for details.

Mentoring

Your link to great mentoring opportunities:
 
The Women Presidents' Organization i
s a place for top women business owners to have an opportunity for peer-to-peer learning.Learn more.
 
 
ATHENAPowerLink® provides professional advisory panels to women-owned businesses to assist in business growth. Learn more. 
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Funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Greetings:
 
The closing of the calendar year always presents an opportunity to reflect on progress made. Likely you, too, will perform your "2009 Year in Review" over the course of the next couple of weeks.
 
For some, your accomplishments during these unprecedented economic conditions have been very fruitful; for others simply surviving the recession has been your greatest achievement. 
 
Whatever you have experienced with your business this year, I encourage you to "look to the gift in whatever happens to you." (Quote taken from Sally K. O'Brien, 2009 Women's Advantage Shared Wisdom Calendar,
http://www.womansadvantage.biz). Some of the greatest lessons learned and decisions made have been accomplished during the most difficult times.
 
Best wishes to all for a profitable New Year.  Remember, don't look back and ask why; look forward and ask why not?!
 
Happy Holidays!
 
Jayne Huston 
Jayne Huston

Director
 
In the News
PATWM
 "Women, Money and Opportunity"
A Seminar for Women Business Owners and Entrepreneurs
 
E-Magnify has partnered with the Pennsylvania Treasury Department's Women & Money Project to help women progress towards stronger economic security.
Learn more.
 
 
SBA, Dell Launch New Educational Video Series to
Help Small Businesses Grow, Create Jobs
Highlighting the experiences of successful entrepreneurs, the U.S. Small Business Administration and Dell today launched an online video series offering tools and strategies to help small business owners rebound from the economic recession and put themselves in a position to expand and create jobs. Read more.
 
 
5 Winning Strategies For Starting a Business
Do you dream about starting a business, but don't know where to begin? Does the idea of being your own boss and creating a company that provides great products and services excite you? But all you do is dream, unable to move ahead? You're not alone. Many women feel this way. Read More
 
 
SBA offers resources for Women entrepreneurs
The Office of Women's Business Ownership collaborates with many organizations to make the best possible resources available to women entrepreneurs. Go to the website.
About E-Magnify
 
Seton Hill University's E-Magnify® women's business center provides business counseling, mentoring and education and training to help women start and grow their businesses. For more information about E-Magnify please go to www.e-magnify.com.