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Going Green
Should It Be in Your Business Plan?
What Every New Business
Should Know
New Business Minnesota
is a unique publication designed to deliver information about
essential resources to every startup business at a time when they are
most in need and most receptive – during the first five months after
registering with the state.
Every month 8,000 entrepreneurs receive New Business Minnesota and its
custom content targeting the needs of early startup businesses.Every
month 2,000 fresh startups replace older ones.
Each new business will receive all four issues of New Business
Minnesota.96,000 impressions per year, guaranteeing your message will
reach every new business in the Twin Cities four times....100%
coverage.
What you'll find in
New Business Minnesota
Essential Reading – Twin Cities Business Newspapers, Magazines,
Web Sites. They're not all the same. Which should you read?
What to Join – Chambers of Commerce that are eager to welcome
startups. What they have to offer. Startup friendly associations.
Networking – Great places to meet new customers, new resources,
kindred spirits and mentors.
Showing Off – Where to get a booth to show what you got.
Relationship Banking – Top Startup Friendly Banks, Credit Unions, ones
that really want to reach out and help.
Looking Large – Small Businesses don't have to look that way:
Design, printing, brochures, public relations, web design.
Taking the Numb
out of Numbers –
Accountants you can count on and who eagerly embrace startups.
Finding Customers – Direct mail, advertising, telemarketing,
sales help. This is what it's all about.
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From the Publisher's Desk:
Your Growth Strategy for 2010 Should Include Attending New Business Minnesota Networking and Workshop Events.
New Business Minnesota is planning more free networking and workshop opportunities for 2010. If you haven't done so already, register today to get regular event updates on the places, times and topics.
Go to www.newstartupmeetup.com.
In the past six months we have held free workshops featuring a host of smart and talented professionals discussing topics such as Hiring Your First Employee, Your Money Team, Your ?Board of Directors?, Social Media and Looking Large.
During that time, our Startup Meetup group has grown to more than 2,700 members, making it the largest networking group in the state.
Our workshops are held two hours prior to our regular Startup Meetup events so you can chose to attend one or both events.
Make a commitment to grow you business in 2010 by gaining new insights from our workshops and new leads from our Startup Meetup Events.
Hope to see you there.
The repeat of our Social Media Workshop drew a record crowd for our workshop series. We covered LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, blogging and more.
The four presenters were featured on the July cover of New Business Minnesota and they did a wonderful job in explaining the basics of the new social media phenomenon, from what it is and the strategies behind making it work for your business.
By the way, our Startup Meetup networking group has surpassed the 2,000-member mark. Deals are being done. Business relationships are being forged and opportunities are being discovered. Don't miss out. Join at www.newstartupmeetup.com
400 Attended Our Social Media Workshop
and Networking Event!
The repeat of our Social Media Workshop drew a record crowd for our workshop series. We covered LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, blogging and more.
The four presenters were featured on the July cover of New Business Minnesota and they did a wonderful job in explaining the basics of the new social media phenomenon, from what it is and the strategies behind making it work for your business.
By the way, our Startup Meetup networking group has surpassed the 2,000-member mark. Deals are being done. Business relationships are being forged and opportunities are being discovered. Don't miss out. Join at www.newstartupmeetup.com
Startups Will Be Critical Force in Fueling Economic Growth
Call us optimistic, but the silver lining out there is that Startups will play an important role in firming up the economy in the months and years ahead. It's the nature of new ventures to fill voids and find new opportunities.
The number of new business filings in Minnesota is holding steady or growing compared to last year. That means feeder system of future growth is still doing its job of creating the next wave of mature businesses.
I remember in the early 1980s when the phrase "Rust Belt" was coined to describe the devastated parts of the industrial north. Steel mills and factories were decimated in that recession.
Books on the coming economic catastrophe began to appear. Home mortgage rates were 16 percent, the prime rate was 21 percent. The end was near. How we'll we ever replace the industries that were collapsing all around?
A little company called MicroSoft struck a deal to provide and operating system to IBM as it launched its first personal computer.
It wasn't a giant company that created the next economic boom. It was a small company. No one saw it coming.
So, as the DOW struggles and world markets are quaking, we're counting on you startups to do your part.
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