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05.24.17
Nonprofit Leaders as “Adaptive” Business Builders
Entrepreneurship isn’t just for start-up or growth-oriented for profit ventures. Business Builders (AKA entrepreneurs) – a more global and inclusive term coined by Gallup – can spawn from all walks of organizational life – associations, non-profit charities, educational institutions (think about how Purdue is disrupting education with the Kaplan acquisition), government agencies (hard to imagine!), […]
Read More05.17.17
3 Ways to Bootstrap Your Business
Bootstrapping is a fancy word for “self-funding” your venture. Self-funding can take many different flavors – credit cards, friends & family, customer billable projects and the like. While a small percentage of all ventures are able to secure thirdy party investment from angel investors, the average US startup launched today requires upwards of $117,000 to […]
Read More05.14.17
EntreLeadership
This past Friday, the NIIC Senior Leadership Team attended the 1-Day EntreLeadership event in Chicago featuring Chris Hogan, Christy Wright and Dave Ramsey. This was both a terrific team building opportunity for our NIIC team to dive into the applicability to our business model as well as an inspirational day of leaning into the character quality concepts and […]
More05.08.17
Honesty Is Always The Best Policy
Brands are built on trust. That is true across every industry. Think for a moment about your favorite products. What keeps you coming back for more? Chances are, the brand’s reputation and its promise comes into play somehow. If you want a sense of how important a brand’s promise is and how fragile it might […]
Read More05.04.17
5 Keys to Small Business Success
As you may know, National Small Business Week is underway. The annual event, hosted by the U.S. Small Business Administration April 30-May 6, is designed to recognize the nation’s top small businesses, entrepreneurs, and business advocates. We have good reason to be proud of our nation’s visionaries, entrepreneurs and innovators. Consider the fact that more […]
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