When you hear about a need, does your heart rate speed up as you think, “I can help with that!”Are you known as someone who is diligent and proactive with finding solutions to problems?Do you care about our local businesses, community, and economy thriving? If you answered yes to these questions, you could belong on […]
The Hannah Grimes Center Welcomes Pro Bono Coach Tammy Richards
Tammy Richards is a business broker with Country Business, Inc., a regional brokerage firm assisting buyers and sellers throughout New England. Prior to joining Country Business, she worked at Pieciak & Company, P.C. focusing primarily on performing business valuations of closely held businesses. Before moving to Vermont in 2004, Tammy spent eight years working at […]
The Hannah Grimes Center Welcomes Pro Bono Coach Emily Hall Warren
Emily Hall Warren is the Director of Administration at the W.S. Badger Company, a family owned and family friendly business built around healthy living in the workplace and in the community. Badger is known for its certified organic and truly natural personal care products, and employs 85 full- and part-time workers, and is a certified […]
Happy holidays to all of our tenants and co-workers!
We are grateful for each and every one of you and what you bring to our HGC family and the greater community. We also wanted to introduce you to our new Office and Facilities Manager, Marybeth Sweeney. We are so lucky to add her to our dynamic team and hope you all have a chance […]
The Hannah Grimes Center Welcomes Pro Bono Coach Bob Radin
Bob Radin is an executive coach who enjoys working with entrepreneurs. His current practice includes executives at 15 organizations covering a range of businesses and industries. He was previously a professor at the Carroll Graduate School of Management at Boston College teaching courses in corporate governance, management, and international management. He returned to Boston College […]
How Do I Write a Small Business Plan? 7 Business Plan Writing Tips by SCORE
Business ideas are only as good as the strategic plan behind them. Often, entrepreneurs are caught in the excitement of a new business venture but fail to follow through because of a lack of direction. A business plan outlines goals and timelines to make an idea thought up in a brain dump a reality. Learn […]
The Hannah Grimes Center Welcomes Pro Bono Coach Eric Kallio
Eric Kallio has achieved over 25 years of telecommunications project management experience with now working as a Site Acquisitions professional with Industrial Tower and Wireless (ITW) out of MA and NH. Eric’s role at ITW is to manage the expansion and execution of ITW’s communication infrastructure in Vermont. He has an excellent history of leading […]
The Hannah Grimes Center Welcomes Pro Bono Coach Christopher Wheeler
Christopher Wheeler is a Certified Public Accountant with over 25 years of experience providing tax, accounting, and advisory services to clients. He is also a Certified Valuation Analyst who specializes in the valuation of small, closely held companies. Chris can help clients throughout the process of buying or selling a business, including planning, valuation, and […]
Hannah Grimes program participants look to transform Sullivan Country Store into a hub for local food
Megan Lafaso Hercher and her husband, Will, moved to the Monadnock Region to reopen a conveniently located business along Route 9. After connecting with local business resources like the Hannah Grimes Center, the co-owner couple are eyeing January as the month they finally reopen the Sullivan Country Store at 140 N.H. Route 9, using their […]
Fall 2022 BusinessLab participant shares her business plans with the Keene Sentinel
As the mother of a 4-year-old daughter, 14-year-old son and two cats, Vanessa Gorman-Dow’s apartment in Keene is something of an indoor playground, and that’s the concept she’s toying with in a region she feels lacks safe, spirited recreation options inside. Gorman-Dow is developing Break Free Indoor Activity Center, which she compared to businesses like […]
