Are you considering making your business idea pitch at the Cumberland Business Incubator Fast Pitch during Global Entrepreneur Week? You know it’s a great opportunity to share your amazing, world-changing business idea with your community. You’re excited and a little nervous. You might not have ever done a pitch session before, so you may not know quite what to expect. What follows should help you prepare. Continue reading
It’s all about getting everyone and everything ready for Global Entrepreneurship Week, or so it seems, at the Cumberland Business Incubator. Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) is the world’s largest celebration of innovators, inventors, entrepreneurs, business owners and job creators who bring ideas to life, driving economic growth and expanding human welfare. Continue reading
I visited Arkansas over the holiday weekend recently and picked up some interesting information from small business owners there. As we all know, new businesses face daunting odds: only half of all businesses launched annually will survive five years, and only one-third will survive past 10 years, according to the SBA. Arkansas has more than 241,000 small businesses, some quite successful. Business owners everywhere who succeed do more than build it and hope buyers will come. They stick to a written business plan vetted by a professional. They spend judiciously and reinvest in their business, and many effectively use the power of social media. Continue reading