Jay Sachetti joined Jeff O’Brien, partner at Husch Blackwell and Dyanne Ross-Hanson, president of Exit Planning Strategies talked about the market for mergers and acquisitions, exit planning opportunities for companies that don’t end up for sale and how companies can maximize their eventual sale price during an early October panel at the first Upsize on Tap event at Summit Brewing Co. in St. Paul.
When the state Legislature passed a law requiring employers to provide paid leave and safe time for employees, Justin Bieganek started hearing differing details from friends, colleagues and peers.
SCORE, the nationwide nonprofit resource partner of the U.S. Small Business Administration, has long been known for mentoring to small business owners.
It’s 300 chapters and 10,000 volunteers meet directly with clients and offer additional insights through free or low-cost educational workshops, through which it hopes to foster a vibrant small business community.
The organization’s St. Paul chapter kicked its efforts up a notch earlier this year with an online client resource guide, which provides easy access to actionable research and information entrepreneurs can use to start and grow their business.
Harry Miller, director of SCORE St. Paul, shared some details on this new resource with Upsize’s Managing Editor, Andrew Tellijohn.
Our intent with this tool is to provide our clients with a single point of reference in their business development efforts.
To put this in perspective, we’re all familiar with the challenges of building a business plan and leverage various sources of information.
How often have you started down the path of research only to get an “error 404” or “page not found” message? Or, done a ton of research, taking copious notes, just to find yourself scratching you head as to how you found the data you’re working with.
This guide makes the process of finding meaningful, actionable content easy and consistent. We’ve streamlined the process with both embedded and linked content from our own body of work done over the years to the tools available from the SBA to trusted third-party content that can reliably and consistently be looked at to build your business.
The SCORE St. Paul Client Resource Guide is a simple PDF with linked and embedded content that can be used by anyone looking to develop their business plan or improve their business development efforts.
Content ranges from cross-references to the SCORE sites for general information and links to our learning resources, to specific areas, such as what it takes to start a business, business plan research and development, marketing resources and development, financial resources and, finally, legal resources.
The guide has been designed with an easy and intuitive user interface that’s compatible across platforms, whether you’re on a MAC or PC. The version available now is in its second release with continued enhancement planned based on client feedback, which has been great, and the evolving needs of our market.
contact:
HARRY MILLER,director,
SCORE St. Paul: 651.340.2699;
ha**********@************er.org; http://stpaul.score.org.
The use of fractional executives — those hired by companies on contract to work a fraction of the hours at less cost than full-time hires — has been on the rise for years. That accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic. John Arms, co-founder of Voyageur U, helped establish the organization to help educate free agents on what it takes to make it as a fractional executive. He’s now put that knowledge into print, recently releasing the book “Consult Your Way to a Full-Time Job.” Arms joined Upsize Minnesota Editor Andrew Tellijohn to talk about how the book can help potential fractional executives carve their new paths.
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