Have you dreamed of starting your own business? Are you wondering if you’re ready to make it happen? Confused about where to begin?
If this sounds like you, head on down to the Main Library next Tuesday, February 28th from 6-7:30 P.M. for our joint program with SCORE called “Are You Ready to Start A Small Business?” Hank Cardarelli and I will share information that can help you figure out if you’re ready to break out on your own.
Registration isn’t required for this free event. If you have questions, give us a call at 805-6930 or contact us via our Ask-A-Question service.
SCORE is a great source of confidential counseling for your start-up idea or existing business. Counselors from the Charleston Coastal SCORE Chapter are available each month in the CCPL Business Center.
Counselors will be available on the 2nd floor of the Main Library from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Wednesdays, July 13th and July 27th.
For SCORE’s full counseling schedule or to ask SCORE a question, head over to their website or call (843) 727-4778.
One thing that both small businesses & nonprofits have in common? Employees. And where there are employees, you’ll find people doing the work of Human Resources. Luckily for us, we have Pat Eardley, the Human Resource Advisor, coming to the Networking Lunch on April 19th!
Pat spoke about HR at a popular session during the 2010 Small Business Resource Fair and we’re pleased she is able to come back to speak on the same topic at the Networking Lunch. Pat has also written articles for the Post & Courier on human resource issues and she’s a great speaker, too! If you’re new to HR or even if you have experience of your own to share, come out & join us for this month’s networking lunch.
When: Tuesday, April 19th from 12 PM - 1:15 PM
Where: Main Library Auditorium.
Just discovered something wonderful about the grandaddy of all our company research databases, ReferenceUSA: video tutorials!
We’ve been wanting to do our own tutorials for some of our most popular resources, so we’re thrilled that ReferenceUSA is providing links to a couple good ones from other libraries around the country.
The videos are on ReferenceUSA.com under the Take a Tour link. I’ve embedded one of the videos below. The librarian here demonstrates exactly the same search that I recommend when people ask how to search for competitors (especially if they want business expenditure data) or how to create a mailing list.
Alternatively, head on over to YouTube and search for ReferenceUSA. You’ll see several how-to videos produced by various academic and public libraries around the country. Keep in mind every library doesn’t subscribe to every available ReferenceUSA module, but these videos will give you a great introduction to this popular tool.
Ready to get started with ReferenceUSA? You can login at home with your Charleston County Public Library card any time! (If you don’t have card & you live in the area, you can always use the database at any CCPL library branch. If you like what you see, you can apply for a card before you leave!)
Here’s a teaser for tomorrow’s Money Matters keynote from My News 2 this morning at 11. Get all the details you need tomorrow at 1:30 PM during the Business Fair!
