the basics of entrepreneurship:

Entrepreneurs as enterprise developers contend with ...

1. the idea
The best way (to protect ideas) ... is to keep them secret.
a definition of confidentiality

2. having the means to act on the idea / capitalization
Entrepreneurs believe that a Business Plan is an important tool for raising capital

3. the risk
a definition of risk management

4. building and maintaining a network / about using The Network
resource and service providers

capital:

... a category of location data often used by area and local development representatives in their promotional materials to indicate that capitalization resources are available. ViewPoint Bank of Plano, TX defines capitalization at its website as the ... amount of money invested in a company or worth of the bonds & stocks of a company. Enterprise capitalization, one way of explaining the process of obtaining the money necessary to start up a venture, is a concern for entrepreneurs. See the definition of venture capital. Also, capital formation fits into the definition of enterprise capitalization. Savvy site selectors make it a point to include searching for financial incentives and other opportunities to cut the cost of relocation and expansion projects. They may look under the listing of the capital category of a community profile to see if there is potential project investment interest or opportunities to obtain local financing.

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Entrepreneur.com: Business Resource and Event Center (subscribe to the magazine)

Edwing Marion Kauffman Foundation: website / entrepreneurship

The Riley Guide: Steps in Starting Your Own Business (a guide for entrepreneurs)

S.C.O.R.E. (Service Corps of Retired Executives) local advisors for entrepreneurs in the US

USA Today / Money / Small Business / Entrepreneurial Tightrope (archives)

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Use the search engine at the top of this page to Google the Web for the following suggest keyword combinations: Copy and paste the italicized text lines keeping quotation marks intact. Substitute the identity of a place of interest for the word location or CLICK HERE to request that we provide free personal search assistance. Please email the italicized text line to us (who we are).

entrepreneurship basic guide "enterprise development"

location "entrepreneur" services

basics of entrepreneurship

enterprise development "site selection" entrepreneurship

location "site selection" small business services

location enterprise development incentives

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Relocation Checklist:

site selection (secure new location)negotiate release of current lease, if necessary.

employeesdiscuss plans and solicit input (protect confidential plans and activities)

communicationsreserve new phone numbers, or arrange to transfer existing ...

address changecontact postal and delivery services; change printed materials.

utilitiesarrange for timely, cost effective, ... cut offs and new hookups

communications infrastructurearrange for timely, cost effective, uninterrupted changes

design and layout space utilization, including use of old furniture and equipment, in advance

plan for custom wiring for telecommunications and computer networks, for example

inform everyone of criteria for purging files and throwing out old materials

customer speak is importantinform customers of a move ASAP

relocation servicesinclude extra help needed to pack, clean, unpack and assist families

Various online relocation guides were used to develop the above checklistmore about them.

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The Network uses the all inclusive term contact data as way of referring to address, telephone numbers and other information that facilitates people getting in touch with each other for business purposes. Printed materials and websites having contact data that misleads need to be corrected. Printed materials that show an obsolete address or location map that can't be corrected should be tossed. Correcting outdated contact data online means doing more than changing the company website. Alert relocation leaders make sure that all sources of the contact data for their operations and personnel are updated, especially directories and buyers guides.

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The Enterprise and Economic Development Glossary defines several terms that may be of interest to relocation leaders planning for of new space utilization, for example, retrofit.

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While stressing that everyone should be informed it is also important to point out that things confidential need to be protected. Trusted supervisors should oversee handing confidentiality.

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Planning means not setting equipment in place at the new location and then calling in specialized wiring technicians to make things work. Wherever possible employees should be able to simple plug in and begin to work with as little time loss as possibletime is money.

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The most effective business networking takes place when individuals can focus on what they discuss. Understanding this at the inception of The Network, we (who we are) chose to step back from the process that leads to members of its user group's networking activitiesmore.

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file folder graphics:

... icons used by visitors to The Network as they maneuver to enter its websites. The icons are generally arranged on a navigation bar as file-folder buttons overlaid by initials, each representing a specific website. See the definition of file folder graphic for working examples. The graphic shown below as a stack of three file folders, each with its tab in a different position, also represents the three websites of The Network. It is linked for you to move to the Websites Section of the Enterprise and Economic Development Library.

definition of file folder graphics as icons for the enterprise and economic development network

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