Winter 2010 REAP Update
New Year Resolution for Entrepreneurs
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 11:08 — Marie PowellHave you written down your New Year’s resolutions for 2010? If you are a farmer, rancher, civic leader, rural developer, small business owner or are thinking of starting a small business, you should add attending the Center for Rural Affairs’ MarketPlace conference to your list.
MarketPlace: What’s in it for you?
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 10:58 — Marie PowellThe short answer: it will improve your business and your bottom line. The long answer: the information you learn and the networks you create will serve you for years to come. That’s what small business owners who’ve attended MarketPlace are saying.
Survey to Address Needs of Small Rural Business
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 10:56 — Marie PowellREAP will once again ask Nebraska’s small businesses and those who serve them what their needs are when it comes to business. The 2010 statewide survey of small business needs is a follow-up to a highly successful survey we did two years ago.
REAP Staffer Receives Award
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 10:51 — Marie Powell2009 was an exceptional year for the Center for Rural Affairs’ REAP program on many fronts, including receipt of several substantial awards. Business Specialists Gene Rahn and Jerry Terwilliger received significant awards earlier in 2009, and now another REAP Business Specialist has earned honors for her work.
Business Plan Basics Class Completed at Venture Center
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 10:47 — Marie PowellLocal entrepreneurs are putting their ideas on paper! Entrepreneurial people have great ideas in their heads, but to move these ideas forward, they need to write them down. A recent Business Plan Basics Course at the Venture Center in Central City gave 10 people that chance.
2010 Governor’s Agri/Eco-Tourism Workshop
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 10:46 — Marie PowellExplore a fun way to network, learn and cross-promote business at this year’s Nebraska agri/eco-tourism workshop at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Kearney on February 3 and 4, 2010.
Award Offers Boost for Entrepreneur
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 10:44 — Marie PowellConnie Harvey has witnessed how inefficiency can take down a small business. While working at a bank in rural Nebraska, she watched many small businesses struggle and fail because of inaccurate recordkeeping and management.
