UPCOMING EVENT
SAVE THE DATE
NH SBDC HOSTS 2008 SBA SMALL BUSINESS AWARDS LUNCHEON
Thursday, May 15th
11:30a.m. - 2:30p.m.
C.R. Sparks, Bedford, NH
-Sponsorships available!-
Contact Heidi Edwards Dunn at h.edwardsdunn@unh.edu
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YOUR AD HERE!
For information on purchasing this ad space, contact Heidi Edwards Dunn, at
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SBDC News
NH SBDC ANNOUNCES E-LEARNING FOR ENTREPRENEURS
Are you frazzled over cash flow?
Flummoxed by pricing your product or service?
Frustrated with managing employees?
e-Learning for Entrepreneurs provides 24/7 availability of business management and industry-related workshops and seminars, right in your workplace or home.
Courses in Business Management, Marketing,
and Finance. These are free, 2-3.5 hour
courses, which you can take in one sitting or
in several via the internet.
Watch our website for further additions to
e-Learning for Entrepreneurs.
For more information on e-Learning for Entrepreneurs and on becoming an e-Learning sponsor, contact Heidi Edwards Dunn, Educational Program Coordinator.
Thank you to our e-Learning underwriters:
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Timely Tools for Entrepreneurs
The New Hampshire High Technology Council is pleased to announce its call for applications for the Council's 2008 Entrepreneur of the Year Award. All nominations, including self-nominations, are strongly encouraged. Application deadline is April 15, 2008 and the Awards Banquet will be held on June 9.
New Hampshire HealthFirst Many small businesses struggle to provide health insurance to their workers. A new state policy initiative, New Hampshire HealthFirst, is trying to address this concern. It will help provide small businesses and their workers with new, more affordable health insurance choices. It requires every insurance carrier insuring more than 1,000 covered lives in New Hampshire to offer a standard health wellness plan. For more information, visit http://www.nh.gov/governor/policy/nh_first.html.
Microcredit-NH is pleased to announce the launch of its 2008 Coos County Entrepreneurial Program (CCEP). The CCEP has been designed to assist Coos County's self-employed individuals and small business owners to further develop their businesses and enhance the quality of jobs in the region. Applications for the 2008-09 class, beginning in September, are currently being accepted.
USDA Rural Development is soliciting applications for $18.4 million in competitive grant funds to help independent agricultural producers enter into value-added market activities.
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SBDC Workshops
Business Basics
SBDC's informational course for new businesses.
Amoskeag Business Incubator, Manch.
McConnell Center, Dover
Daniel Webster College, Nashua
Eaton Richmond Center, 20 University Drive
Controlling Food Costs
This seminar will help you to make better management decisions by developing your skills and controlling systems, as well as help you to communicate these systems to your employees.
March 13 - 9:00 a.m.- 1:30 p.m.
McConnell Center, Dover
Technology Village, Conway
It's 10am - Do You Know Where Your
Business Is Going?
2 chances for enterpreneurs to spend half a day planning "where their business is going" at the FastTrac® Listening to Your Business™ workshop. This hands-on, facilitated workshop provides a forum for small business owners to actively plan for their businesses' development and growth, using critical evaluation tools and action steps to maximize the growth and profitability of their businesses. A partnership between the NH SBDC and the NH Technical Institute, Concord. April 10 and June 12. To register: http://www.nhti.edu/businesstraining/registration.htm
Small Businesses & Buyers Making the Connection
Daniel Webster College, Nashua
Hosted by the NH SBDC in participation with
the U.S. Small Business Administration and
N.H. Procurement Technical Assistance
Program (PTAP).
This Matchmaker event is open to Hubzone certified, SDB, woman-owned, and veteran-owned small businesses, federal agencies and prime contractors.
QuickBooks
QuickBooks for Beginners
April 9, 8:30 - 11:00 a.m.
McConnell Center (61 Locust St.), Dover
April 10, 8:30 - 11:00 a.m.
McConnell Center (61 Locust St.), Dover
April 17, 8:30 - 11:00 a.m.
McConnell Center (61 Locust St.), Dover
April 24, 8:30 - 11:00 a.m.
McConnell Center (61 Locust St.), Dover
Environmental Management Program
REACH Seminar - Tuesday, March 11, 9-11a.m.,
ITRC, Portsmouth
REACH is a new European Community Regulation on chemicals and their safe use as of June 1, 2007. If you are currently exporting chemical related products then it is recommended that you see how this affects your company. The Small Business Development Center and the International Trade Resource Center are hosting the New England Consortium to give you a comprehensive overview of REACH and how it may affect your products in the future.
Please contact Melissa at (603) 334-6074 or email maho@dred.state.nh.us for more information and to register.
OSHA 10-Hour for Construction Training
March 11th and 12th
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Dartmouth College, Carson L01
Hanover, NH
Presented by the NH SBDC and the
NH/VT Federal Health & Safety Council
For more information, contact Andrea O'Brien at
603-624-2264.
March 26, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Ammon Center, Manchester
Presented by the NH SBDC and the
Construction Safety Roundtable
April 8, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Hazmateam, Inc., Hudson, NH
Presented by the NH SBDC and the
NH/VT Federal Health & Safety Council
April 29, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Ammon Center, Manchester
Presented by the NH SBDC and the
Construction Safety Roundtable
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Partner Events
March 11, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Amoskeag Business Incubator
33 S. Commercial St., Manchester
Ever wonder why you struggle to work well with some of your clientele while things just seem to flow with others? Shed some light on that phenomenon over the course of a lunch hour by learning your communication style and personality type.
March 11, 7:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Radisson Hotel, Center of NH, Manchester
Businesses in NH have never faced as many challenges. Join Business NH Magazine and Leadership New Hampshire as solutions to health care, workforce issues, affordable housing, legislation and more are explored.
March 12, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Common Man Inn, Plymouth
Is 2008 the year you will increase your use of technology to more effectively market your business? MicroCredit-NH has organized an event dedicated to integrated marketing strategies and networking for NH's self-employed individuals and microbusiness owners (up to 5 employees).
March 25, 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Radisson Hotel, Center of NH, Manchester
Join Business NH Magazine at its inaugural Lean and Green Awards luncheon. Seven New Hampshire companies will be honored that have demonstrated how sustainable business practices improve the bottom line.
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The NH SBDC provides
confidential business
management consulting and educational programs to more than 3,000 NH small businesses each year. The NH SBDC is the only NH agency that has full time, certified business advisors providing one-on-one, long-term management consulting to small businesses.
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