Mercerians helped native entrepreneurs take their companies to the subsequent stage throughout a three-week journey to Rwanda earlier this summer season. Since 2015, school and college students from Mercer’s College of Enterprise have visited capital metropolis Kigali for this Mercer On Mission program, which was initiated by Affiliate Professor of Advertising and marketing Dr. Etienne Musonera, who’s initially from Rwanda. Dr. Musonera, College of Enterprise Dean Dr. Julie Petherbridge and Affiliate Dean Dr. Vijaya Subrahmanyam led 30 college students on the latest journey. Twelve counseling college students and two school members from the Faculty of Skilled Development traveled to Rwanda on the similar time, however their focus was on trauma…
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Santa Fe Innovates to hold seminar for recreational marijuana entrepreneurs | Business
As New Mexico makes strides toward legal production and retail sales of recreational marijuana for adults 21 and older, the Santa Fe Innovates business accelerator is holding a free Zoom seminar next week aimed at offering insights to entrepreneurs planning to start a cannabis business. Santa Fe Innovates founder Jon Mertz is bringing in Greg Huffaker III, director of client services at Canna Advisors, a Boulder, Colo., business that has advised cannabis entrepreneurs since 2013, when Colorado became the first state to allow recreational marijuana. Huffaker is a Santa Fe native. The 90-minute session, which starts at noon Tuesday, will provide an overview of the cannabis market, offer details on…
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Nine Lessons These Entrepreneurs Wish They Knew Before Writing Their First Business Plans
So, you have a great business idea and a basic foundation of your vision. Your next step, before pitching to investors or even thinking about launch day, is to write a solid business plan. A business plan serves as the guide to your business’s beginnings by laying out potential stumbling blocks and fielding your target market. However, crafting one isn’t always as easy as it seems. Below, nine members of Young Entrepreneur Council explain what they wish they’d known when they were writing their first business plans and why that would have helped them. Young Entrepreneur Council members share tips you should know before writing your business plan. Photos courtesy…
