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[Interview] Mark C. Perna, Founder And CEO Of TFS, Cleveland, Ohio

YoungUpstarts

Since I founded TFS more than 20 years ago, it has grown from a small business to an internationally known organization that has helped thousands of administrators, teachers, and support staff in the education market. Apprenticeships are coming back as a modern mentorship option in many fields.

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Will The Marketplace Fairness Act Affect Your Small Business?

Up and Running

Many online-based small business owners, however, are not that interested in the political dealings of the Marketplace Fairness Act, and are instead wondering how this legislation will impact them, what they have to do to comply with the new act, and when they have to comply by.

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Community Relations And The Small Business

YoungUpstarts

If you own a small business, good public relations is essential to its success. This will leave no doubt in the eyes of the public as to who you are and the business that you represent. You may find a literacy program, an animal shelter or even a food bank in the city that you have chosen to build your business in.

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With the Federal Government Doing Nothing, Communities Step Up

VC Adventure

In it we talk about the continued failure of the federal government to help small businesses and highlight some encouraging ways that local communities have stepped into the void to help. It’s inspiring but not surprising to see people across the US step up to help businesses stay afloat. Last week, the U.S.

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Innovation and Implementation at BMW’s Collaboration Lab

The Startup Magazine

The BMW Financial Services Collaboration Lab accelerator program provides entrepreneurs, start-ups, and small businesses in fintech and other fields with the opportunity to partner with BMW to develop and realize innovative solutions and game-changing new technologies. The program has 4 stages: 1. A Wildcard category.

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The Woodstock of K-12 Education

Steve Blank

In addition, most programs fail to teach students the distinction between a lifestyle business, small business and scalable startup. In 2013, after taking the 2½-day “ Lean LaunchPad for Educators ” seminar, a few brave educators from Hawken School , a K-12 school in Cleveland, Ohio, decided to change the status quo.

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15 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

In turn, it inspired my business logo. Finally, I speak mainly on values-based programming, so personal branding and manners (practical, not prissy) dovetails into that. There is a lot of state pride in Ohio, and we want to be a program customized for Ohio markets that can be expanded across the Midwest and ultimately the US.

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