More Information About Starting Your Small Business
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Professional
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Mentoring… |
Experienced, successful
women entrepreneurs and would-be entrepreneurs alike often ask the
same question: How can new entrepreneurs learn from the experiences
of others? The answer is mentoring.
Mentoring is a term historically used to describe a teacher-student
relationship. In the business world, mentoring occurs when a more
experienced professional (the mentor) gives significant career assistance
to a less-experienced professional (the protégé). Learn More. |
Networking… |
Networking is an invaluable
tool that anyone in the business world can utilize. Effective networking
can be your best form of marketing, as well as being extremely affordable.
To give a definition of networking, networking occurs when there is
a planned event or gathering with the primary goal of connecting with
others. Learn more. |
Roundtables… |
Roundtables are informal
group discussions among professional people who voluntarily serve
as information and support resources for each other. Participants
meet regularly and learn from each other's experiences. Over time,
professional relationships develop and participants become familiar
with each other's businesses. Learn more. |
Staying Informed/ Staying
Current… |
The Information Age has
changed our society just as greatly, if not more than, the Industrial
Revolution changed the farming society of the 1800s. It's a fast-paced,
"wired" world, with news flashing around the world almost
instantly, e-mail connecting far-flung correspondents all over the
globe, and information bombarding us from all sides. Unfortunately,
often the information bombarding us is not information that can help
our businesses thrive. We must learn to cultivate our own methods
for staying abreast of developments in our particular field - and
we must learn to ignore information we can't use. Learn More. |
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