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‘Female Entrepreneur’ Talks Business Weekly On Radio

A woman who has founded several successful companies – and who, in a Montgomery County Community College class, teaches other women how to be as accomplished – has launched a weekly radio program on the college’s Internet station.

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Posted in Consulting, Education, Employment, Management, Small Business7 Comments

Ready For Spring Business? Try A SCORE Workshop

Still Time To Claim Your Seat For Pottstown SCORE Seminars

Beginning Monday, the Pottstown chapter of SCORE – an affiliate of the Small Business Administration – will hold four workshops intended to help small business owners to get up and running.

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Posted in Consulting, Management, Non-Profit, SCORE, Small Business9 Comments

Big-League Retailer Boscov First Into Hall Of Fame

The leader of the Pottstown PA department store and 40 others like it in the multi-state chain on Thursday will become the initial inductee of the Pennsylvania Retailers Association Hall of Fame.

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Interested In Business Partner? Be Sure You Need One

Interested In A Business Partner? Be Sure You Need One

Partnerships can have real value when launching a new business, according to the Pottstown PA chapter of SCORE. They bring new talent and ideas. If partners aren’t careful, they also bring problems.

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Posted in Consulting, Management, SCORE, Small Business4 Comments

White Lodging Names New Manager For Collegeville Hotel

David Arena takes over general manager duties at the Collegeville facility operated by White Lodging Services Corporation. He’s been promoted from the same position and chain in Malvern; the Collegeville hotel is becoming a corporate hospitality training center.

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Posted in Dining, Management, Tourism, Travel2 Comments

RatnerPrestia Attorney Guest Speaker At NYC Workshop

Lawyer Kenneth N. Nigon will present techniques for preparing patent applications for electronic and computer inventions.

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Posted in Government, Intellectual Property, Law, Management, Regulation, Technology3 Comments

Entrepreneurial Center Earns College ‘Innovation’ Award

It grew as an idea from needs recognized the MCCC’s Woman-Owned Business Program.

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Posted in Consulting, Economic Development, Education, Management, Small Business9 Comments

Psst! Pass It On … Gossip A Big Part Of Business E-mail

With Video. The average corporate e-mail user – whether on Medical Drive in Lower Pottsgrove or Madison Avenue in New York – sends dozens of messages a day. Fifteen percent of those likely involve conversations about someone else who’s not in the message loop, new research shows.

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Parent Of Local Bank Branches Plans Treasurer Webinars

The company that owns Citizens Bank branches in Limerick, Stowe and elsewhere plans a series online education sessions aimed at corporate treasurers.

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Asking Job-Seekers For Social Media Access? Beware!

Demands by prospective employers that interview subjects provide access to their Facebook or other social media accounts could be inviting a lawsuit, this Philadelphia attorney believes.

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