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Now Accepting PitchFork Challenge Applications!

Posted on Apr 28, 2019May 28, 2019 by Samantha Buckler

The Hannah Grimes Center for Entrepreneurship created the PitchFork program in 2016 to coach entrepreneurs on pitching their business investment opportunities on a quarterly basis to a room full of […]

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Exiting Your Business: Why You Should Begin to Plan

Posted on Mar 7, 2019Oct 17, 2019 by Samantha Buckler

Some experts say that that up to 50% of all businesses will change hands or be sold in the next 10 years. As of 2018, New Hampshire is tied for […]

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Do We Get Ideas or Do Ideas Get Us?

Posted on Dec 6, 2018Dec 6, 2018 by Samantha Buckler

Do we get ideas or do ideas get us? That’s what Mary Ann Kristiansen, Executive Director of Hannah Grimes, sought to explain in her TEDxFargo Talk in July.  The answer? […]

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20 years ago today…

Posted on Nov 22, 2017Nov 22, 2017 by Shannon Hundley

The buy local movement had not yet struck in 1997 and the ability to buy and sell local products was all but disappearing.  Many towns had the same chain stores selling the […]

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20 Years Later… A Note from our Executive Director

Posted on Oct 31, 2017Oct 31, 2017 by Mary Ann Kristiansen, Executive Director

Jack Dugan sat on my couch 20 years ago in March of 1997 dodging ladybugs.  They had suddenly come to life on that warm and sunny day to crawl out […]

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Hannah Grimes Hosts Nonprofit Management Certificate Program in Keene

Posted on Jun 26, 2016Jun 26, 2016 by Hannah Grimes Staff

The Hannah Grimes Center for Entrepreneurship is partnering with the Center for New Leadership at Marlboro College to offer the College’s Nonprofit Management (NPM) Certificate in Keene for the Fall […]

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New Hampshire Kicks Off Small Business Week: Innovators Conference

Posted on Apr 26, 2016Apr 26, 2016 by NH High Tech Council

Innovators Conference with Kelly Ayotte and Dean Kamen May 2, 2016 @ 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Where: NH Institute of Politics at St. Anselm College Cost:Free — Registration Required […]

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You’re Invited: Coworking Day at Hannah Grimes Center

Posted on Apr 19, 2016Apr 19, 2016 by Hannah Grimes Staff

Join the Hannah Grimes staff and other business owners, telecommuters, freelancers, and coffeeshop-aholics in a new working environment! Hosted at Hannah Grimes Center for Entrepreneurship, Coworking Day is an opportunity […]

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SBA Announces National Small Business Week

Posted on Apr 5, 2016 by Terry Sutherland, SBA

The head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet announced that this year’s National Small Business Week will be held from May 1-7.  This year’s theme will […]

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The Latest Local Economy Buzz: Pollinator Enterprises

Posted on Mar 9, 2016 by Hannah Grimes Staff

“In nature pollinators like bees, butterflies, or bats carry pollen from plant to plant, and they instinctively know that the intermixing of these pollens nourishes the entire ecosystem. Pollinator businesses […]

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