UP NEXT: Launch After Reading!
WHEN: Thursday, January 14th @ 5:30 – 7pm
WHERE: The WaterCooler
RSVP NOW!
Read a great book lately? Looking for good reading material, but don't
know where to look? Then don't miss this month's Kickstand meeting! A
panel of Kickstand members will discuss their Top 3 "business" books to inspire, motivate and help you change the world.
Looking for a quick read about marketing strategy? Or perhaps a
inspirational book about taking the start-up plunge? Ask the panel for a
recommendation!
Panel includes:
And, have a great book to share? Share it forward by bringing it to the
meeting and contributing it to our 'Leave A Book, Take a Book' table.
RSVP Today!
Entrepreneurship in the News
What's Big in 2010 -
Springwise scans the globe for the most promising business ventures,
ideas and concepts that are ready for regional or international
adaptation, expansion, partnering, investments or cooperation, tracking more than 400 global offline and online business
resources
. Here is their
Top 10 Business Ideas & Opportunities for 2010.
Four Trends for the Tens - Farewell and good riddance to the Decade of the Zeroes, when many
people felt reduced to nothingness after two big economic bubbles
burst. Welcome to the 2010s, a chance for a fresh start — sort of. The
year opens with
four trends that gained momentum in the past decade.
Kauffman Foundation president lays out five strategies to boost entrepreneurship and create jobs
Support Innovation
NxLevel for Start-Ups & Entrepreneurs
The flagship of the SBDC training program is back and better than ever.
The one class that covers owning and managing a small business from the
very beginning to the day you decide to sell,
NxLeveL has been training entrepreneurs on how to do it right. Don't
miss out on your opportunity to make the right decisions the first time
and be the successful business owner you have always wanted to be.
Class meets 5 times starting January 16.
The Ground Floor The latest flexible workspace for Idaho entrepreneurs opens this month.
The Ground Floor powered by VengaWorks, opens its doors Jan. 20 in Downtown Meridian. The Ground
Floor is a project of the Meridian Development Corporation (MDC), the
urban renewal agency for Downtown. The new flexible workspace is in a
historic building at 136 E. Idaho and offers emerging businesses an
economical way to take their work to the next level.
The Ground Floor launch is January 20 from 4 p.m. - 7 p.m.
THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS
Special thanks to our loyal sponsors whose participation enables up to
keep growing Kickstand and providing you with opportunities to network,
learn and grow.
Silver Sponsor Carlson Hall is a Boise-based business intermediary
firm serving privately-held companies in the Intermountain West. We
provide transaction advisory services that result in winning outcomes
for all stakeholders. Carlson Hall brokers both business buy and sell
transactions (mergers, acquisitions, recapitalizations, joint ventures,
inside transfers, spinoff) and offers transition consulting to guide a
company through change of ownership. We are deeply experienced in
working with entrepreneurs from start-up to accelerated growth through
exit stages, and have technical expertise in business valuations,
strategic consulting to enhance value, targeting national strategic
buyers and private equity groups, and negotiating effectively to close
deals. Carlson Hall: Building Value for Private Companies.
