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April 18, 2016
...Rewards-based crowdfunding allows entrepreneurs to pre-sell a product or service or to launch a business concept without incurring debt or selling equity. Supporters receive rewards, such as discounts off the product or service once it is released, in exchange for supporting the project now.
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April 11, 2016
New Hampshire’s new company Popzup is experiencing what some call “a good problem to have.” The brand new business is going gangbusters in its earliest stages, having launched just in November 2015, and already the owners are scrambling to keep up with demand, while simultaneously moving into new quarters in Dover’s Washington Street Mills.
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March 31, 2016
What Is Crowdfunding?
Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising monetary contributions from a large number of people primarily over the Internet. There are two main types of crowdfunding: rewards-based crowdfunding and equity crowdfunding.
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Tags: Financing your business
March 17, 2016
Some of the most well-known restaurants in New Hampshire’s largest cities are getting a new boost in business thanks to a little piece of technology that successfully launched in November.
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February 29, 2016
You won’t find any sulfites, sorbates, preservatives, food colorings, fake flavors, or fruit concentrates in North Country Hard Cider, a year-old New Hampshire company based in Rollinsford. What you will find are apples and yeast. That’s it. Co-owner Silas Gordon says that’s because his chemist mother raised him right.
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February 25, 2016
Garland Mill Timberframes in Lancaster has been operating as a family business for something like 40 years, and that’s why the business advisors at the New Hampshire Small Business Development Center were originally consulted. Garland Mill's co-owners and cousins, Ben and Dana Southworth, had purchased the company from their fathers and, near the end of that process, had realized that they might need an exit plan for getting out of the business when their time came.
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February 23, 2016
Richard Tango-Lowy of Dancing Lion Chocolate in Manchester says it would be “just silly” for anyone already operating a small business or thinking of starting one to not take advantage of the resources available through the New Hampshire Small Business Development Center.
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February 15, 2016
Probably everyone who starts a small business has its eventual growth in mind. But what happens when growth is rapid and maybe even surprisingly fast? It may not be time to celebrate.
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Tags: Entrepreneurship
January 29, 2016
Fast growth is the name of the game at Excell Mobile Distributors of Nashua. Providing mobile devices is a fast-moving business, with new models being released every six months. The company sells consumer electronics, including phones and tablets, to businesses in the U.S. and abroad, and direct to consumers online. This fast growth accounts for Excell Mobile also being named the #1 fastest-growing company in New Hampshire by Business New Hampshire Magazine.
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January 14, 2016
Is this the year you strike out on your own or get serious about planning to do so? Plan now to make the transition into entrepreneurship, perhaps becoming an employer in the long run. In fact, that’s your first step: Planning! Let's look at the three planning phases you might consider.
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