MSU Extension Business Development

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• How to finance a small business

  Published on August 18, 2015
  Loan guarantees from SBA may be an answer for financing a business.

• Five challenges to growing your small business

  Published on August 18, 2015
  Growing pains can be overcome with strategic planning.

• Travel trends: Opportunity and challenge

  Published on August 17, 2015
  "A strong place brand helps a place compete in the global marketplace." Chris Fair, Futurist and President of Resonance Consultancy

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  Frankenmuth: A lasting impression

  Published on August 17, 2015
  The components for a successful tourism experience can be found in “Michigan’s Little Bavaria”.

• Tourism as an economic driver

  Published on August 17, 2015
  United Nations World Tourism Organization report highlights global travel statistics.

• Is your community ready for the next opportunity? Part 1

  Published on August 14, 2015
  Developing a local team is a proactive, economical and collaborative strategy for successful economic development growth and attraction.

• So you want to be your own boss but don’t know what to do next?

  Published on August 14, 2015
  Every community has various resources available to help entrepreneurs. All you have to do is seek them out.

• Does your community have a tool library?

  Published on August 14, 2015
  Tool Libraries around the country and world make tools of all kinds available to residents in need of all types of tools.

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  Farmer’s markets are great places to launch food businesses

  Published on August 13, 2015
  Many Michigan niche food producers have successfully started and grown their businesses at local farmer’s markets.

• Ombudsman – What is that?

  Published on August 3, 2015
  It is a confidential, informal, independent and neutral resource for employees with a workplace concerns.