Creating a business plan takes time, which many college students don’t have much of. As you attend classes and work towards your degree, you should also think about developing your business and marketing plan. Assuming you want to open a business of your own after graduation, you need to start thinking about it now. You […]
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Mad Men and Women – The New Generation of Entrepreneurs
Figures from Statistics Canada showed an overall rise of those in work by 17,500 last December. In fact, the number of people in employment fell by 13,600; the rise was only due to those choosing self-employment – 31,000 of them. Choosing may not be entirely the right word here, as a “choice†usually means two […]
The Essential Marketing Guide for Startups and Small Businesses
Startups or small businesses consider marketing as an unnecessary expense due to which they rarely plan a marketing budget. Remember you can’t go from engineering to sales, skipping the marketing step. Usually entrepreneurs hire sales people first, which is a wrong practice. At an initial stage hire a marketing expert whether on a contract or […]
Use College Experiences to Market Yourself to Future Employers
While attending a two or four-year school is meant as a learning experience, college students should also consider those days the minor leagues of the professional job market. Even though most students will not earn a sizeable paycheck until they enter the workforce after schooling, there are countless opportunities available while attending school to hone […]
Trade Show Exhibiting – How Your High School Science Fair Can Make You Money!
This is a guest post written by Bev Gray, CEO of Exhibit Edge, a full-service trade show exhibit and consultation company serving the Virginia, Maryland, DC areas as well as international clients. So, in high school, I bet you never thought the skills you learned making that poster board of your science project would actually […]