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Junior Achievement of the Michigan Great Lakes (JAMGL) cut the ribbon Dec. 1 on several mini businesses participating in its Tom Fox Family JA BizTown program, a simulated business community allowing area students to apply, interview and step into roles at sponsored models of area businesses.“It’s all about introducing kids to different careers that they might not be familiar with,” said Clare Shubert, capstone director for JAMGL.The JA BizTown program helps elementary school students learn financial literacy and work/career readiness in a mini business town featuring real local businesses represented by small storefronts.The program involves 12 in-classroom sessions that lead…
The Evergreen State College (Evergreen) launched a new educational path to workplace success this fall by offering a certificate program for persons who want to learn about business, entrepreneurship and management, without obtaining a college degree. This fall, The Evergreen State College launched a new program to award stand-alone certificates in nonprofit administration, sustainable cooperatives, leadership and promotional videos. Photo courtesy: The Evergreen State College “We are building out professional and continuing education curricula, starting with 15 certificates,” says Lori Blewett, interim dean of the new Professional and Continuing Education (PACE) programs. “It’s geared to returning adult students and community…
Demetrius Walker, owner of Meek’s Vegan Pizza in Blodgett Food Hall near Texas Southern University, knows that in many ways he’s poised for success.”Pizza is a big industry. It’s the most popular food on planet Earth. Five billion pizzas are sold every year, worldwide,” Walker said Tuesday morning. “But there’s been a huge void in the vegan pizza market.” Meek’s opened in June 2021, in the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was not the worst time to open a pizza restaurant, however. People still had to eat, and they gravitated toward delivery services such as DoorDash and GrubHub. This year,…
During an Ice Flyers weekend home game earlier this season, team owner Greg Harris looked around the Pensacola Bay Center that night in amazement.Nearly every seat in the arena’s lower bowl and floor level along the ice was filled. The crowd of 5,187 who watched the Ice Flyers win against the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs in that game was the largest November crowd in franchise history.It also continued a significant trend.Two months into this season, which is the first in three years without issues related to the coronavirus pandemic, the Ice Flyers are on pace to approach their highest home…
Posted on Dec 7, 2022 Fears of a recession loom large throughout the nation, but do businesses across the UK have contingency plans in place? Online accountancy firm Accountant Online surveyed 145 businesses throughout the UK & Ireland and asked them “What is the first cost you would cut if there was a significant downturn in the economy?” “Marketing & Advertising can be seen as a luxury for a lot of businesses – In the short term it can significantly impact your cash flow and can take a long time to take effect, so these numbers aren’t surprising” notes Larissa Feeney, CEO of Accountant…
By Ambi Parameswaran Prof Jankiraman Moorthy (SPJIMR) had an interesting observation after listening to several questions that were asked at a book launch. The questions were about what should come first: building your competence or building your personal brand. A few questioners were of the opinion that building a personal brand was futile and a waste of time: If you do a good job you will end up building a good personal brand. Some others felt even more negative towards the art of personal brand building: it is just a waste of time and is resorted to only by those who…
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The two buildings will face each another across 11th Street. Walsh Construction has broken ground on a 231-unit affordable housing development in Tacoma’s Hilltop neighborhood. The two-building project, called Housing Hilltop is being developed by the Tacoma Housing Authority. . . . Source link
Name of business: Blown Away by Liz Type of business: Party services Location: Turlock (mobile) Contact information: Instagram at @BlownAwayByLiz Specialty: Lux balloon decorations, backdrops History of business: When Turlock mother Elizabeth Gonzalez offered to help decorate for her sister’s party, little did she know that she would expand her hoppy into a licensed business. In just over a year, she has gone from working with small Amazon kits to creating sensational setups with her business, Blown Away by Liz. “At the beginning, I was just doing balloon garlands for family and friends and I literally did my sister’s…
Dec. 6—The Brownsville Chamber of Commerce Small Business Holiday Market is back after taking the last two years off due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The event is scheduled for 8 a.m. to noon on Dec. 10 in the parking lot of the Brownsville Events Center, 1 Event Center Blvd., just off Paredes Line Road between East Morrison Road and Ruben Torres Boulevard.The chamber hosted its first Small Business Holiday Market in 2017 at its headquarters but this year chose a new venue in order to try and reach more people, said Danielle Rodriguez, the chamber’s director of marketing and programs.”We’ve tried…