Had a great time at BarCampCHS over the weekend! If you’re not familiar with BarCamp, it’s an unconference-style meeting where the attendees are both the audience and the presenters. The attendees choose which presentations/workshops happen during the event. The first BarCamp was held in 2005 in California, and since then the idea has spread around the world.
BarCampCHS was held this [...]
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At BarCampCHS
Posted in business resources, just for fun, nonprofits, technology on October 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Free is Fabulous! Do-It-Yourself Business Research
Posted in business plans, business resources, computers, demographics, ebooks, entrepreneurs, program, research databases on September 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Short on time and money? Did you know that you can use CCPL’s Business Center resources to build your own business-to-business mailing list, spy on your competition and find customized demographic reports for your marketing needs–for free?
I will show you how to conduct this kind of valuable business research from your home or workplace at Free [...]
Top 10 Startup Mistakes & How to Avoid Them
Posted in business plans, business resources, entrepreneurs, starting a business on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A coworker shared a link to an article from Nolo Press’ website. How many of these mistakes did you make when you started your business? If you’re just starting out, now is a great time to see what you should & shouldn’t be doing with your startup! Check it out here.
The Fair Is Just One Month Away!
Posted in SBRF, business resources, entrepreneurs, fast trac, government contracting, program, small business development center, small business resource fair on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
…The 4th Annual Small Business Resource Fair, that is! Like previous years, the SBRF will have free workshops, an Exhibit Hall with local business resource organizations, Business Center tours, and of course SCORE counseling. Here’s a quick run-down of the events here at the Main Library on March 19th:
Boost Your Business With Free Web Tools, [...]
Awesome Business Research Anytime Returns
Posted in business resources, entrepreneurs, program, research databases on February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just a reminder that next Monday night, 2/23/09, I will present “Awesome Business Research Anytime!” at the Main Library. I’ll show you how you can use CCPL’s Online Business Library to answer your most pressing business questions. Want to know the most staggeringly useful thing we’ll cover? How to make your own business-to-business mailing list–for free!–from wherever you get your Internet access. The presentation starts at 6:30 and should run no [...]
Government Business Opportunities
Posted in business resources, entrepreneurs, government contracting on December 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Looking for a new source of business in this scary economy? If you haven’t explored doing business with the government, now may be a good time to learn more about it.
Here are the federal, state, and local resources you need to know about!
Federal Government
Visit Federal Business Opportunities to find opportunities to work with U. S. Government agencies.
Our [...]
PC World’s Special List Issue
Posted in business resources, computers, research databases on October 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
PC World’s November 2008 issue has an interesting article for any entrepreneur, “20 Best Business Software Tools and Web Services.” Since they haven’t posted the article on their website and it’s not indexed in our periodical databases yet, here’s some of the services they’re writing about:
Best Accounting Software – QuickbooksPro
Best Backup/Recovery – Mozy
Best Blogging Tool [...]
This Week’s Business Center Events
Posted in SCORE, business resources, entrepreneurs, library services, program on July 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I had a chance to go on Live 5 News at Noon today to talk about two upcoming events at the Business Center. In case you were at work and missed the show, here are the events we’ve got scheduled for you this week:
Business Center Tour
Tuesday July 22, 2008 from 6 – 6:45 PM
Main Library, 68 [...]
Westlaw Training Day
Posted in business resources, law, legal resources, research databases on April 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We had a very good experience today with Westlaw. For those of you who don’t know, Westlaw is a legal research database that the pros use every day. It’s a new purchase for the Library, and until today I haven’t had a chance to look at it much. Our Westlaw rep came [...]
SCBOS Training at SCSL
Posted in SCBOS, business resources, essential sources on January 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m in Columbia today for the South Carolina State Library’s SC Business One Stop training. (In case you haven’t heard, the SCBOS is designed to be a one stop shop for people trying to register a business in South Carolina, with more features being added all the time.) Two folks from SCBOS are [...]
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