Business ideas are only as good as the strategic plan behind them. Often, entrepreneurs are caught in the excitement of a new business venture but fail to follow through because of a lack of direction. A business plan outlines goals and timelines to make an idea...
Dutch biotech firm opening first US lab in Keene
A Dutch life-science firm plans to launch its first U.S. lab at Keene State College in two weeks, and it envisions the Elm City as a base to cultivate biotech research in the region. Detact Diagnostics, which focuses on preventing bacterial contamination in medical...
Dutch biotech firm says planned Keene lab could draw similar companies to the region
The leader of a Dutch biotech company says it plans to open its U.S. location in Keene and set up a lab that could draw other life-science firms to the area. Netherlands-based Detact Diagnostics selected Keene after a weeklong visit earlier this year, said Dr. Joost...
How to Grow Your Small Business Out of a Coworking Space
When building a small business out of your home, you may one day find that it’s time to scale your venture and expand your team, rising to meet new demands and challenges. At that point, a home office may no longer be an option. But instead of investing major working...
How Google Ads Can Help You Grow Your Business
If you’re a business owner who’s interested in boosting your SEM (search engine marketing) game, you probably already know that online advertising in the form of Google Ads is one of the most effective actions you can take when it comes to garnering new business. For...
How We Dropped Google AdWords Cost Per Conversion 76% in Less than 2 Months
written by guest blogger, Ben Robertson from Menadena. Menadena had the pleasure of taking over for a food products company, a Shopify customer whose website we designed and we now manage their SEO. We were working with 6 months of Google Analytics data at the time...
Maximizing Profits and People with guest blogger Jeanne Dietsch
The weary stereotype that pits people against profits collapses when you scrutinize it. Sure, squeezing payroll gets that last bit of toothpaste out of the tube for companies that hawk look-alike commodities. In innovative companies, however, good people generate...
Time Management with Paula Mathews
Time – Your Most Valuable Asset by Paula Mathews You’ve heard the saying, “A Place for Everything and Everything in its Place.” Corporate America is teaching this as 6-S or Kaizen, but all it means is that you don’t waste time looking for things. Wasting time isn’t as...
You’re Invited: Coworking Day at Hannah Grimes Center
Join the Hannah Grimes staff and other business owners, telecommuters, freelancers, and coffeeshop-aholics in a new working environment! Hosted at Hannah Grimes Center for Entrepreneurship, Coworking Day is an opportunity for you to meet new people, change up your...
Machina Arts: Changing the World through Culture, Art & Creativity
By Melanie Plenda, Originally posted in Business Monadnock Where in the world could a sculptor and a fire dancing economic botanist find a place to call home for a for-profit artist collective and bar? The Monadnock Region, of course. At least that’s what Danya...