A REVIEW OF THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS PROGRAM

Members of the General Assembly requested that we conduct an audit of the Small Business Development Centers program. We planned to review the accuracy of the program’s reporting of its effectiveness, expenditures, and structure. The audit objectives were listed as follows: Determine if the SBDC program’s reporting, including the program’s effectiveness, is in compliance with the U.S. Small Business Administration’s guidelines and is accurate and complete ; Determine if the current structure of the SBDC is the most beneficial to the small business clients, provides appropriate oversight to SBDC staff, and allows for necessary sharing of best practices throughout all SBDC offices ; Review a sample of SBDC’s use of funding to ensure that the program is efficiently handling federal, state, and other funds for expenditures, including technology upgrades and training conferences.

Creació de l’empresa i estudi de viabilitat Eat & Guide Girona

La base del treball és un pla d’empresa d’un ens turístic no existent a la ciutat de Girona, que oferirà visites guiades gastro-culturals d’una manera original. S’aspira a arribar a un projecte de creació d’una empresa turística, viable al seu mercat i especialitzada en uns serveis específics per combatre la competència existent. Un ampli estudi del mercat i un pla d’empresa han de servir per poder determinar la viabilitat d’aquest projecte empresarial

Creació de l'empresa Mediterranean Hunting

Treball sobre la creació d'una empresa de turisme cinegètic. Es pretén aprofundir en la temàtica del turisme cinegètic; aprofundir en la temàtica del les agències de viatges; aprofundir en la temàtica de caça i fer una proposta novedosa i viable des del punt de vista empresarial

Innovation and entrepreneurial opportunities with internet ventures

This paper discusses innovation and entrepreneurial opportunities of Internet ventures. In the last decade the Internet has become an important communication tool as well as a platform for new business enterprises. Internet businesses are global, easy to set up with little or no capital requirements and innovative. These businesses range from intermediary services such as financial service providers supporting online payments and e-markets facilitating buying and selling in horizontal and vertical markets, to new enterprises selling unique products. However, the Internet age has seen a rise in startup dot.coms, a failure of dot.coms and an increasing trend in consolidation of the digital economy. Entrepreneurial opportunities on the Internet are highlighted in this paper with a review of literature on entrepreneurship opportunities, characteristics and and challenges. It includes case studies demonstrating the opportunities and challenges of Internet innovations and discusses characteristics of cyber entrepreneurs identified from the case studies. The relevance of technical knowledge such as computing and programming skills, perseverance and the ability to set up business with little or no capital are important traits of cyber entrepreneurs discussed in this paper. The other issues apparent from the case studies are an opportunistic and innovative mindset, and an ability to create value where there was none before. This paper highlights that Internet ventures are a type of e-business that are easy to implement, have no barriers to entry and for which technical knowledge is an asset.

Development of a model to create entrepreneurial technology businesses

A unique technology business creation model called "Mentrix Model" was created which achieved above 85% success using state of the art selection tools. Based upon the author's research and experience in establishing the world class Australian Technology Park in Sydney, Australia and the extension to the prestigious OptixLab in Malaysia.

More than a dream : raising the money /

Includes bibliographical references.

Big emerging markets, ASEAN.

Mode of access: Internet.

Comenzando un negocio en Illinois.

In Spanish.

Comenzando su negocio en Illinois manual.

In Spanish.

Comenzando un negocio en Illinois : Manual.

In Spanish.

Comenzando un negocio en Illinois.

In Spanish.

Grocery/convenience store start-up profile /

"This publication was made possible by a grant from USDA Rural Development, in cooperation with the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (DCCA) and the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs.

Gui a de co mo establecer un restaurante /

In Spanish.

Restaurant start-up profile /

"W.O. 990678. 2M. 5/99"--Colophon.

Retailing in Illinois : a practical guide.

"7/09"--Colophon.