Tips & Tricks
 4 Things Successful Entrepreneurs Do
1. Cultivate irrational optimism
2. Embrace your fears by confronting them
3. Fake it until it's real
4.Leap first, think later
Local Opportunities  
Greater Richmond GATE is a powerful opportunity to help all Workforce Investment Act eligible adults, dislocated workers and veterans start businesses in the Greater Richmond Region. Anyone interested in applying to be part of the Greater Richmond GATE program should attend an information session on April 21 by registering here. 

Register now to learn to 'Make Your Website A Marketing Tool!'

Join the Gateway Center for Enterprise for the next installation of its "Sharing Innovative Ideas" speaker series for "Make Your Website A Marketing Tool" featuring Anne Moss Rogers of Impression Marketing, a Richmond based marketing firm. This workshop will focus on the basics of website design and development and how much you need to do or spend at which stage, what to focus on and what is not necessary to create a website that works as a marketing tool instead of a static internet brochure.

3 Ways to Keep College Entrepreneurs' Dreams Alive, Even After Graduation

Steve Vanderveen | Entrepreneur.com | Full Article

Our nation's college students are today's dreamers. Why? Because they can. Schools -- especially residential colleges -- are safe zones. That's a good thing.

In such protected, nurturing environments, students discover their passion and develop their gifts. This is true for entrepreneurial students as well: colleges now offer them opportunities to explore and validate their ideas. In addition to traditional learning, students can now experience how innovation becomes a business.