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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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December 12, 2018
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) sites can help sole proprietors by preparing a tax return, free tax filing is available through MyFreeTaxes and the VITA program, and MyFreeTaxes.com includes a toll-free telephone line and chat line to respond to self-preparer questions.
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Tags: Tax issues Resources
December 3, 2018
240 people. One room (and a lobby). Meeting for the same purpose. Getting business done. All in one day.
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Tags: NHSBDC Programs & Events
October 26, 2018
Four years ago, Vivian Cubilla-Lindblom knew little about running a business of her own, but decided, along with her husband, Guy, to follow her dream of developing a line of healthy food products. When the business was just an idea, Vivian confesses, “I really didn’t know where to start. I just began looking for some local resources that could help,” she said. That’s how she found Nancy DuBosque, business advisor with the NH SBDC Keene office. Now, Maple Nut Kitchen distributes to more than...
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October 26, 2018
The Paul College Honors Consulting Project is designed to broaden perspectives and build bridges to the New Hampshire small business community. In partnership with the NH SBDC, over the course of a semester, Paul College Honors students engage with NH businesses to solve unique, real world problems.
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September 24, 2018
Customers have been finding Soake Pools the same way Karen and her husband did. Back in 2012, Karen and Brian had experienced a plunge pool at a hotel while they were traveling, and enjoyed it so much they began a search for one for their own backyard. “We couldn’t find one in concrete, and at a reasonable price.” So, Brian decided to invent his own. “Would anybody actually buy one, we wondered? It would be a totally new product on the market.”
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September 6, 2018
Thinking about installing and using a renewable energy source for your business? The State’s incentive programs have reopened!
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