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 […]
Strength in Numbers: Monadnock Buy Local
Locally-owned and independent businesses in the Monadnock Region are invited to join Monadnock Buy Local, a network of business owners working to strengthen our local economy… together. Monadnock Buy Local's (MBL) main charge is to educate the public about why it's important to buy local and, for those who are already committed, to make it […]
Are the Latest Financing Trends Coming to New England?
Are business owners taking advantage of these Five Financing Trends for 2011 featured on Entrepreneur.com? MBRP wants to dig a bit deeper and research how the following trends are being used in New England – and specifically in New Hampshire. Click on each trend to discover more: Crowdfunding Microlending Credit Unions Bootstrapping Slow Money
Raw Deal?
RAW DEAL? Co-op forces farm to stop selling raw milk locally By SARAH TREFETHEN, KEENE SENTINEL Originally published: Monday, January 31, 2011 (Reposted with permission) Standing on a bale of hay at Stonewall Farm on a recent afternoon, 4-year-old Sara Dafeldecker laced small pieces of hay into her father’s hair as he talked about his […]
The Monadnock Business Resources Partners
The Hannah Grimes Center is proud to be a member of the Monadnock Business Resource Partners – a group of organizations including non-profits and colleges working to bring entrepreneurs the resources needed to start and grow your own business. Who are we? Please stay tuned for future articles from MBRP on NHBusiness.com.
Bank of America Becomes Key Partner of the Hannah Grimes Center
Bank of America has awarded a $10,000 grant to the Hannah Grimes Center in Keene, NH. The grant supports the Hannah Grimes Center's community and economic development programs, such as the Entrepreneurship Project which offers the skills, resources, and support needed for individuals to meet their business goals. "New Hampshire's small business community is critically […]
