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Is Entrepreneurship For You?
Starting your own business can be an exciting and rewarding experience. It can offer numerous advantages such as being your own boss, setting your own schedule and making a living doing something you enjoy. But, becoming a successful entrepreneur requires thorough planning, creativity and hard work.
Consider whether you have the following characteristics and skills commonly associated with successful entrepreneurs:
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Don't Let Student Debt Hogtie Your Business
Starting a business can be challenging, especially from a financial perspective. When you add an abundance of student loan debt to the equation, the very thought of starting a business can seem like a pipe dream. However, there are steps that new or aspiring entrepreneurs can take to balance student debt and raise the necessary capital to fund their businesses. There are also new, innovative companies offering services that can assist in this process, helping to turn your dreams into reality -- regardless of the amount of student debt you may carry.
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3 Things Most Successful
Businesses Do Right
 What do most successful businesses have in common? Using available resources to effectively execute business strategies, maintaining a strong focus on the customer and structuring the organization in order to support company objectives are the three basic building blocks that high-performing organizations, regardless of industry or geography, have in common. That finding comes from new research by The Conference Board, an independent business membership and research association. Read More
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Best Advice I Ever Got:
Build Your Business One Step at a time
It all started with a cold cut sandwich. I was in my last year of college and working in a family deli, among other places. One night, well after closing time, my brother and I were cleaning the place up when a man strolled in and ordered a sandwich. I offered to make it, and I'm glad I did--the conversation we had spurred one of the most influential relationships of my career.
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For This Entrepreneur, Helping Women
Around the World Find Their Voice
Meant Finding
Her Own
Often, it's in those angst-ridden, exciting years that you begin to find your voice as an individual and carve out your professional career. For young entrepreneurs, one of those things can't happen without the other.For most people, the decade between 18 and 28 is transformative.
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The EILEEN FISHER
Women-Owned
Business
Grant Program
The EILEEN FISHER Women-Owned Business Grant Program is celebrating its tenth year.
The program seeks applicants from 100 percent women-owned businesses
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hat are founded on the principles of social consciousness, sustainability and
innovation and are ready to move to the next phase of development. Each
applicant is required to have a solid business plan
and a strategy for long-term
growth.
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Many thanks to the Wells Fargo Foundation's continued support of The Edge
Connection and those we serve.
Thank you to our individual donors whose contributions make a positive difference in the lives of so many!
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Karen Goodman
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Amy Rosenthal
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Deborah Schneider
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Earl Marsh
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Milton B. Edelson
Howard Silvermintz
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Jay Weisman
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John Bridendall
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Gary Alexander
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Looking for ways to contribute to The Edge Connection? Check out the links below!
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Mark Your Calendar For Innovative, Relevant,
and Inspiring Classes and Workshops!!
 Plan for Profit (Financial Planning)
Starts April 6 | 6:00pm - 9:00pm (Cost: $75-$150)
The financial planning module is designed to establish a forecast of future financial results that will determine the course of action the business will take to maximize resources for financial effectiveness.
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 Doing Business with the Government Lunch and Learn
April 14, 2015 | 11:30am - 1:30pm (Cost: $15)
Charlotte Johnson of the Small Business Administration will be leading a workshop for entrepreneurs who are interested in doing business with the federal government.
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Key Life Decisions Seminar,
April 21, 6:00-8:30pm, FREE
During this event,
- Dacia Sferra, Edward Jones financial advisor, will share about planning for your family's financial future.
- Shelly A. Elder, of the Elder Law Firm, PLLC, will discuss what you need to know about estate planning and probate.
- Zac H. Allen, CPA from Affordable Tax & Accounting Solutions will discuss how to understand your taxes and things you need to know.
- Kevin Marcy from Georgia Funeral Care and Cremation Services will discuss how to prepare yourself and others for end-of-life decisions.
For more info:
CALL 470-578-3228 TO SIGN UP TODAY!
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Pitch Perfect Workshop
April 16, 2015 | 6:00pm - 9:00pm (Cost: $10)
The art of the pitch can mean all the difference in the world for your business. Whether your talking to potential clients, investors, or bankers, how you pitch your business can make all the difference in the world!
Join us for this three hour workshop, led by Steven Yates, that will help you perfect the art of your pitch!
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Go Viral Workshop 
April 28 | 12:00pm - 3:00pm (Cost: Free!)
This FREE three-hour course is a basic introduction to the world of social media. In this class, participants will build and develop their social media profiles and learn basic tips and tricks to streamline their social media experience.
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 Sales Training Workshop
3 Class Series
April 30 | 6:00pm - 9:00pm (Cost: $25 Edge Clients, $100 Non Edge Clients)
This series will turn everything you know about selling upside down. What you know about selling products will 'be kicked to the curb' to make way for a more authentic way to make money. This series will show you how selling can be easy and fun. Selling your products doesn't require a sales pitch or manipulation. Think of sales like this ... selling is all about the relationships you have with people who know, like, and trust you. Once you have established those factors, then selling happens naturally rather than forced. This series will equip you with what you must know to sell your product to more people, even when you think you are not a salesperson!
Funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration.
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