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e-Learning for Entrepreneurs
Bringing e-tools, resources and online courses to NH entrepreneurs 24/7.
are courses in Business Management, Marketing, and Money. These are free, 2-3.5 hour courses, which you can take in one sitting or in several via the internet. Program Sponsor: Public Service of New Hampshire.
Business Plan OnLine (BPOL) Create your start-up or growth business plan on your own, or over time with an SBDC business advisor with this online software product. Cost: $49
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Happy Holidays from the NH Small Business Development Center!
Save The Date!
Small Business Day at the State House
co-hosted by: the NH SBDC and
the NH Business & Industry Association February 8, 2011 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon Holiday Inn N. Main Street, Concord
Look for agenda details in the January e-News!
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Timely Tools for Entrepreneurs
Shaheen: Small Business Jobs Act will help businesses expand and create jobs.
The Small Business Jobs Act will help NH small businesses access credit, provide them with tax credits, and enhance their ability to export. The legislation also includes a Shaheen-sponsored measure to strengthen the SBA's Express Loan program by raising the loan limit from $350,000 to $1 million. Additionally, the bill helps small businesses sell their goods and services overseas by strengthening the SBA's and the Department of Commerce's export assistance programs.
Healthcare links for Small Businesses
Visit HealthCare.gov to get information aout insurance options, learn about prevention, compare care quality, and more. Smallbusinessmajority.com also has a number of resources, including a calculator that can help your business determine if it is eligible for the health care tax credit, and a summary of what is in healthcare reform for small businesses.
SBA Disaster Loans Available in New Hampshire following Secretary of Agriculture Disaster Declaration
The U.S. Small Business Administration announced that federal economic injury disaster loans are available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives and most private non-profit organizations of all sizes located in Cheshire and Sullivan counties in NH as a result of drought and excessive heat that began on June 1, 2010.
Help Your Customers Find Buyers in More International Markets
The Country Commercial Guide is an annual publication designed to help U.S. exporters make the best strategic market entry decisions. With information contained in the Guides your clients can learn about market conditions, purchasing power, consumer trends, distribution channels, navigating entry constraints, best sectors, key contacts and much more. You'll find Guides for more than 100 countries, prepared by market experts located at U.S. embassies worldwide. View the Guides online or print them off for study at your convenience. Click here to access the Guides.
Knowledge Institute
Connect with over 33,000 volunteer business mentors, 22,500 federal, state and local programs and myriad online educational tools.
NH Economy Blog Posts
- NH Among Lowest in Nation's Unemployment
- Export Documentation Seminar Offered to NH Business |
SBDC Educational Programs
Environmental Management Program
The SBDC Environmental Management Program, located in our Manchester Regional Office, helps businesses develop best management practices to achieve sustainability.
Presented by the NH SBDC and the NH General Industry Roundtable.
- December 14, 8:30 - 11:00 a.m.
Presented by the NH SBDC and the NH General Industry Roundtable.
- January 11, 8:30 - 11:00 a.m.
Ammon Center, Manchester Ladders and ScaffoldPresented by the NH SBDC and the Construction Safety Roundtable
- January 25, 8:00 - 10:00 a.m. |
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SBDC News
"Like" the NH SBDC on Facebook and you can:
- read our twice-weekly blog - comment on blog posts - keep up with important information for NH
entrepreneurs
Click the logo below or the link above to "like" the NH SBDC.
A Very Recent, Very Hot Small Biz Topic from SBDC's small business blog....
Do you have Entrepreneurial Attention Deficit Disorder or EADD?? Stay focused to succeed in business...THEN move on!
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Partner Events
ABI's December "Ask-the-Expert" About Employment Law Guidance for Hiring Your First Employee
Peg O'Brien, a partner at Devine, Millimet & Branch, reinforces the idea that hiring an employee and making the leap from "entrepreneur" to "boss" can be very exciting for a business but there are many important rules and regulations that also come into play. To read the article and ask your questions, click here.
Free NH Export Controls Seminar
The NH International Trade Resource Center is joining with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration Customs Enforcement/Homeland Security Investigations Division and St. Anselm College to host "New Hampshire Export Controls". The seminar is designed to provide manufacturers, distributors, retailers and exporters of commodities and technologies controlled under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) an opportunity to learn about export controls.
December 9
NH Institute of Politics, St. Anselm College
100 St. Anselm Drive, Manchester
Meet the Commissioners
The NH BIA invites your to an evening reception with many of New Hampshire's commissioners who interact closely with the business community. Come for great hors d'oeuvres, drinks and conversation with New Hampshire's top state agency officials. Cost is $20 for BIA and Capitol Connect members, $40 for non-members.
December 13, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Centennial Inn, Concord
River Valley Community College's Keene Academic Center Open House
Come to the open house and tour the building, meet the faculty and staff, enjoy refreshments, meet with financial aid professionals! RVCC's Keene Academic Center offers Associate Degrees in Business programs, Criminal Justice, Nursing, Liberal Arts and a Paralegal program which can also be completed online!
January 6, 4-6 p.m.
438 Washington Street, Keene |
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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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