Sign Up Now! Free One-on-One, Confidential, Business Management Counseling

Last week SEDCorp presented another successful and free “Business Boot Camp” where twenty-six entrepreneurs went through a rigorous 3-day workshop to create a strategic business plan for their businesses. If you missed it, that’s alright, because the Sierra College Small Business Development Center (SBDC) provides free, confidential, specialized business consulting and resources, along with low-cost [...]

SEDCorp Announces Workshops for Small Businesses & Entrepreneurs

Are you an entrepreneur or small business owner?   Did you know that 89% of annual incomes over $50,000 are earned by owners of small businesses? But, four out of five small businesses don’t last five years. What is the difference between success and failure?  Knowledge.  That is why the Sierra Economic Development Corporation (SEDCorp) is [...]

Sign Up Now for SEDCorp’s Business Boot Camp Jan 26-28

Last winter, for the first time in over ten years of working in publishing, I found myself in a lull.  I realized that to continue to be competitive in my field I not only needed to be honing my writing and marketing skills with additional courses, but developing an entirely new skill set with business [...]

Small Business Statistics

I’m a nerd when it comes to statistics.  Imagine the person at a dinner party rambling off facts about everything from the tallest mountain in the world to the history of shoefiti while sampling the delicious homemade Chex Mix and dates wrapped in bacon. Random, but interesting, right?  Well next thing you know, YOU are [...]