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June 4, 2019
The 35th Anniversary 2018 Impact Report tells NH SBDC’s story in a variety of ways, featuring our numbers, our work, and our people. We hope you will take a look.
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June 3, 2019
NH SBDC turned 35 years old on May 1, 2019, and we hosted a celebration event to honor 35 years of building businesses for New Hampshire's future.
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April 25, 2019
Simply put, we help women start and grow their business. Our mission is to provide opportunities for women entrepreneurs and women in business to increase professional success, personal growth, and financial Independence.
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March 30, 2019
While still working as a civilian with the Air Force in Portsmouth, Chris Guerrette purchased the beloved Durham shop, The Candy Bar. After two years of tremendous growth there, he began to envision opening a second store. NH SBDC business advisor Warren Daniel had worked with the previous owner of The Candy Bar, and with many other businesses in the Durham area, Chris said. “That made him the obvious connection to work with on my idea.”
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March 8, 2019
Great communities in New Hampshire have a few things in common; at the top of this list is having accessibility to high quality foods, fresh produce, meats and groceries. As an industry, grocery stores operate on tight profit margins. With the help of the NH Grocers Association, the Small Business Development Center Business Sustainability Program has delivered the Grocery Stewardship Certification Program to 14 NH grocers across the state.
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February 14, 2019
Mark Mortensen of Hampton, New Hampshire, studies the equivalent of a master’s degree worth of information each year in his research for the telecommunications industry. He’s also had a full career in telecom and software start-ups, back to the days before anyone understood software. He knows a lot. But what he didn’t know was how to start and run a one-person company. That’s how he found business advisor David Boynton at the NH SBDC.
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January 25, 2019
Just two years ago, Deb Shinnlinger was on track to open a coffee shop—a longtime dream of hers—in an entirely different town than the one she finds her thriving business in today. She counts herself extremely lucky, instead, to have found her ideal location at what was once Roy’s Auto Service in downtown Lebanon, New Hampshire—so lucky, in fact, that it became part of the name: Lucky’s Coffee Garage.
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January 17, 2019
The Center for Family Enterprise and CEO Excellence was started over 25 years ago as a way to create a place where family business owners and operators could come together to connect, learn and discover resources geared toward the particular and unique challenges of running a family business.
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December 14, 2018
Vista Foods in Laconia, New Hampshire, has been a vital community member for more than a decade. This past spring, store manager Bob Fitzpatrick and Associated Grocers of New England’s (AGNE) general manager Tim Merrill realized that Vista Foods was ready for some sustainable changes.
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