Feb
22
Timless advice from statesman, founding father and one of the great figures in American business history- Benjamin Franklin.
Franklin’s 12 Rules of Management:
(1) Finish better than your beginnings
(2) All education is self-education
(3) Seek first to manage yourself, then to manage others
(4) Influence is more important than victory
(5) Work hard and watch your costs
(6) Everybody wants to appear reasonable
(7) Create your own set of values to guide your actions
(8) Incentive is everything!
(9) Create solutions for seemingly impossible problems
(10) Become a revolutionary for experimentation and change
(11) Sometimes it’s better to do 1,001 small things right than only one large thing right
(12) Deliberately cultivate your reputation and legacy
Feb
21
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
The Small Business Advocate
The February 2007 edition of the SBA’s newsletter The Small Business Advocate is now available online.
In This Issue
Nationwide Effort Seeks To Inspire a New Generation of Entrepreneurs
Message from the Chief Economist
Small Businesses As Job Generators
Research Notes
Recent Research Uncovers Multifaceted Relationship of Entrepreneurship and Local Economic Growth
Research Examines Self-Employment By Service-Disabled Veterans
Research on Entrepreneurship, State, and Regional Development
Regulatory News
Advocacy Roundtable Focuses on Latest Sarbanes-Oxley Act Proposals
Feb
20
Know your market & know how to get your products and services out there.
How would you like information on opportunities that could offer exciting
possibilities for U.S. companies in a variety of industry sectors?
Offers to buy, offers to sell, invitations for bids- the WTCDE has what you are looking for.
Visit their website for the February listing of Global Trade Leads:
Global Trade Leads
Take a look at what you’ll find included in this months trade leads:
TRANSPORTATION AND DISTRIBUTION LEADS
POWER GENERATION LEADS
OIL AND GAS LEADS
MEDICAL SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT LEADS
ENVIRONMENTAL LEADS
CONSULTING LEADS
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT LEADS
AVIATION AND AEROSPACE LEADS
AGRIBUSINESS LEADS
NATURAL PRODUCTS LEADS
LEATHER MANUFACTURER LEADS
FABRICS LEADS
Further information on these partnership opportunities can be obtained by contacting
Rebecca Faber on (302) 656-7905 or rfaber@wtcde.com
Feb
19
Digital Delaware February Networking Event
Digital Delaware’s networking mixers bring together the best and the brightest of Delaware’s technology minds.
Help stay warm this winter at Caf Mezzanotte on Wednesday, February 21st from 5:30pm to 8:30pm. Mingle with your technology peers, make deals, and get connected with people who can help you make your business a success. Appetizers will be provided along with a cash bar.
WHEN: Wednesday, February 21st, 2006
WHERE:
Caf Mezzanotte
1007 Orange Street
Wilmington, DE
TIME: 5:30p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
*Caf Mezzanotte will validate parking for the 11th & Tatnall garage right across the street
REGISTER: Register today (login required)
Feb
16
Annual Business Professionals of America Conference
*700 middle and high school students; community representatives serving as judges*
Don’t miss this opportunity! Business Professionals of America members will have the opportunity to demonstrate occupational competency and leadership skills through 43 individual and team competitive events from the following categories: Financial Services, Administrative Support, Information Technology and Management and Marketing/Human Resources. Students placing in state events will qualify to compete in the 2007 National Business Professionals of America Leadership Conference to be held May 9-13, 2007 in New York City, N.Y.
Read the Delaware Department of Education Press Release.
WHEN: February 21, 2007 through February 23, 2007.
WHERE: Sheraton Inn and Conference Center, Dover.
For more information contact Ron Gough, Public Information Officer, Delaware Department of Education
Email: rgough@doe.k12.de.us
Phone: (302) 735-4035
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