Our May Business e-newsletter focused on how we innovate – changing our business services, products and systems for the better. In our February Business Survey, 40% of you reported that your business innovated in 2010, mostly by adding new products. What are your plans for innovating in the second half of 2011? Please share your […]
Monadnock Menus: Getting Local on the Menu
Monadnock Menus, a community initiative from Monadnock Farm & Community Connection, is for farmers, restaurants and chefs in our region. The goal is to create a community where local food is easy to find by identifying restaurants that are serving local food. Below is more information about Monadnock Menus and tools for making successful Farm […]
Health & Wellness for Entrepreneurs
Below are articles highlighting wellness programs, for both you (as an entrepreneur) & your employees, and managing your health care coverage (or lack of coverage). Please share how you keep yourself, your family and employees healthy with the Hannah Grimes network (a group of veteran and aspiring entrepreneurs) on Facebook, LinkedIn or send us an […]
Farmer Input Needed: Growing Grains Workshops
From Sherry Young, Small and Beginner Farmers of NH (SBFNH): Hello farmers, I know you're all pretty busy at the moment but wonder if you could help me by putting your two cents in. I'm working on a grant proposal this week for a Specialty Crops grant. Specialty Crops are plants that require "intensive cultivation" […]
Mobile Chicken Processing Unit Training on May 15
From Kate Kerman: Small and Beginner Farmers (SBFNH): Cheshire/Sullivan County's Mobile Poultry Processing Unit Training Sunday, May 15, 2011 10:00am-2:00pm, Stonewall Farm, Keene (people welcome to bring a potluck lunch) PLEASE REGISTER BY EMAILING KATE KERMAN at kkerman@phoenixfarm.org or calling 876-4562. The training is free, but limited to 12 people. Trainer is Henry Thedford of […]
Business Alliance for Local Living Economies: Newest Members
The Hannah Grimes Center and Monadnock Buy Local recently joined the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) community of independent business networks. BALLE's mission is to catalyze, strengthen and connect networks of locally owned independent businesses dedicated to building strong Local Living Economies. BALLE networks create local living economies through the building blocks of […]
How Will You Know That Your Farm Business is Successful?
Success, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. The Hannah Grimes Center wants to help business owners achieve success. Currently, we are focusing on the success of four industries: farming, independent retail, construction and artisans. Farm Focus: What is success to farm business owners? What we’ve heard from Monadnock Region farmers is that […]
Business Incubator Associate: Tim Wessels, Oort Cloud Computing
Who are our current Hannah Grimes Business Incubator Associates? Meet them on our blog: Oort Cloud Computing offers small businesses a way to cut their IT costs by shifting IT functions from the office to the cloud. Rather than owning, licensing and maintaining hardware and software on premises, businesses can purchase or subscribe to computing […]
Their Bosses Will Be Calling
By Mary Ann Kristiansen For the past three years I have watched our entrepreneurs grapple with excruciatingly difficult budget decisions. They have buckled down and made their budgets work. They have questioned whether it was the right decision, but they knew they had to move forward even if it wasn't perfect. And they learned new […]
Adriana Elliot, Cheshire Mediation, LLC
Adriana Elliot is a New Hampshire Certified Family Mediator who supports couples and families in all stages of development: pre-commitment through post-divorce. Adriana offers compassion, insight and experience with the legal system. Adriana mediates privately, as well as for the New Hampshire Courts and for Cheshire Mediation in Keene, NH. She also works as a […]
