Are you creating beautifully crafted products but uncertain how to sell them in today's retail environment? When you present your products to retailers what are they looking for? How should you determine your price? Award-winning business coach and certified...
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CONNECT 2014 Sponsorship – Thank You HR Compliance 101, LLC!
HR Compliance 101, LLC, a local business specializing in professional outsourced human resources, is one of the organizations who has sponsored this year’s CONNECT 2014. Thank you HR Compliance 101, LLC!! Paula Mathews, President & Founder, says “HR Compliance...
THANK YOU to AdviCoach – a CONNECT 2014 Event Sponsor
AdviCoach, a business coaching team located in Keene is one of the organizations who has sponsored this year’s CONNECT 2014. Thank you AdviCoach!! Ann Connor, Owner of AdviCoach says “Since we began our coaching practice, we have attended and supported the CONNECT...
THANK YOU to our CONNECT 2014 Event Sponsor – 4Web Inc
4Web Inc, a website strategy and hosting company located in Keene is one of the organizations to become a sponsor of this year’s CONNECT 2014. CONNECT is Hannah Grimes’ annual event celebrating the connections between business, the local economy and our community....
Support Your Local Economy: Eat Local Monadnock Farm-Fresh
Buying local has become increasingly popular. And what could be tastier than supporting the local economy by buying locally grown and produced food? It’s an economic fact that when a purchase is made from a local business, on average, over 60 percent of your dollar...
The Lure of Transformation
Allen Toussaint wrote one of my favorite songs: “Everything I Do Gohn Be Funky (From Now On).” If you haven’t heard it, I suggest that you Google Lee Dorsey’s original version from 1969. It is an ode to transformation; you can hear the swagger of someone who has...
Musings from our small businesses: Thoughts from a Local Building Scientist
Periodically we like to hear from our small businesses: What are the main challenges they face? What do they need to be successful? What have they learned? And of course, how can businesses contribute to a vibrant community? Today Gabriel LaPlume, Owner, BuildSmart NE...
Four Steps to Making Magic
Almost every small business owner I meet has hopes for a little bit of magic, because it can be tough out there. By magic I mean simply that the business or its products will be featured in a national publication, become the subject of a reality television show, be...
Your Triggers at Work
Work life can be challenging to say the least, even downright precarious. Situations arise or are ongoing that have us feeling anxious, frustrated, jealous, scared as well as many other adverse emotions. In short, we get triggered. These feelings sometimes overtake us...
Uniquely Local Gifts for Moms and Grads at the Hannah Grimes Marketplace
With Mother’s Day and graduation at Keene State College occurring the weekend of the 10th, early May is a busy time in Keene! Are you ready to celebrate the special people in your life? How about a uniquely crafted gift, made locally, for Mom or your graduate? Visit...