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What Makes a Strong Board of Directors

What Makes a Strong Board of Directors

What makes a strong board of directors? At Hannah Grimes, we believe it’s a group of diverse individuals with different skill sets. From fundraising to facility management, we need individuals with passion and experience to make things happen. With a staff as small as...

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What is an Entrepreneur

What is an Entrepreneur

“Entrepreneur” is a broad term that many of our clients at Hannah Grimes struggle to relate to. We find that folks prefer to self identify with works like “small business owner,” “freelancer,” “artisan,” or some other word that specifies the kind of work they do. This...

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Hannah Grimes: An Original Artisan

Hannah Grimes: An Original Artisan

Whether you’ve stopped into our Main Street marketplace or our center for entrepreneurship, you’ve probably wondered where we got the name “Hannah Grimes.” Who was Hannah Grimes? An ordinary woman born in 1776, Hannah Grimes lived on a farmstead with her family in...

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How to Write a Business Case

How to Write a Business Case

By Program Coordinator, Lillian Chase The 2023 Fall Business Lab Program is coming to a close, so I thought I would share the deliverables we ask our entrepreneurs for. The first is the business pitch, which those of you in our community get to see live and in person...

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