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Question of the Month
Q: How does the KUSBDC know what the
training needs
are for the small businesses in the Hamburg area who
are attempting to take advantage of the business
opportunities posed by Cabela's attracting more than 6
million shoppers per year to Hamburg?
KUSBDC: At the May 14 workshop, "Hunting
for Partners, Fishing for Profits," we surveyed the
attendees so that we could learn what their concerns
are. On June 2, we published and distributed a "Needs
Assessment" for the small businesses in the Hamburg
area.
Click here for the Needs Assessment.
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KUSBDC Recognized for National SBDC
Accreditation
Greg Higgins, PASBDC State Director recognized
KUSBDC at the
Annual PASBDC Strategic Planning meeting in
State College on June 2 for receiving accreditation
from the National Association of Small Business
Development Centers. This accreditation is nationally
recognized by Congress and the SBA and it is awarded
to centers who achieve the highest quality standards.
The examination was conducted by the ASBDC
accreditation team of SBDC State Directors from
Florida, Missouri, and Puerto Rico. (In the photo are PA
State SBDC Director, Greg Higgins and KUSBDC
Executive Director Ernie Post.)
KUSBDC Becomes an Affiliate of the PA State Data
Center (PaSDC)
The PaSDC is the commonwealth's official source of
demographic and economic data. The PaSDC serves as
the commonwealth's liaison to the U.S. Census Bureau
and as the representative to the Federal-State
Cooperative Programs for Population Estimates and
Projections. As an affiliate, the KUSBDC not only
receives access to the PaSDC's data, but works as a
partner in providing local information and expertise.
This affiliation will benefit all involved parties - including
KUSBDC clients.
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| Managing Your Tool Box - Part One Sharpening the Saw by Lee Smedley |
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When I was District Manager of a local electrical utility,
I noticed how well some workers maintained their tools,
and how poorly others did. You can well imagine the
correlation I found between good tool maintenance and
work performance.
How well do you manage your tool box? I'm talking
about the metaphorical tools here, your talents and
competencies critical to your job. They may be the
accountabilities from your job description, the core
competencies of your profession, or the specific skills
you and your boss discussed just this past week.
Managing those tools is not so difficult, you know. But
it does require some time and attention.
Click here for the complete article. »
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| Activeplans Helps Produce Business Plans in Extonby Bud Batcher |
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Kutztown University's Small Business Development
Center (KUSBDC) uses Activeplans as the central
feature of its First Step series of workshops for
prospective and existing entrepreneurs. The outline of
the on-line model, what the SBDC calls its "Business
Plan For Success," is the course manual for the four
session program offered free of charge to residents of
southeastern and southcentral Pennsylvania. It is used
to structure the flow of information in the first two
workshops and as reading assignments for all four
classes. The model's financial section is the subject of
the third session dealing with financial statements and
sales forecasting.
Click here for the complete article. »
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| A Gift That Keeps on Giving by Tasha Zurick |
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As a small business owner since 1996, having the right
resources at the right time has been instrumental to
the
success of my company, Transfers of Learning (ToL). I
have found myself saying I wish I had known about the
valuable resources at the KUSBDC back in 1995-1996
when I was planning and launching my company, but
unfortunately that was not the case. Despite that
fact, I was fortunate to become aware of their services
and resources later in my company's lifecycle.
For me, the KUSBDC has been a gift that keeps on
giving. Having been referred to the KUSBDC at a
conference that I attended, I was told they could help
us navigate through the realm of State and Federal
Contracting. We were put in contact with George
Boehm, the Government Contracting Specialist in Exton
who has been a tremendous support and advocate for
ToL since our initial consultation.
Click here for the complete article.
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