How to Prepare Your Business for Your Vacation
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Rani Langer-Croager
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December 17th, 2025
As a business owner, it’s hard to find the time to take a vacation. Even if you are able to find the time, it can be difficult to take a real vacation where you relax and intentionally release yourself from business concerns. But, vacation ...
Support Small Businesses this Holiday Season
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Rani Langer-Croager
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December 10th, 2025
As we approach the end of this year, let us not forget how important the holiday season is for our beloved local small businesses. Given that many are already stretched so thin, we would like to share a few ways you can impact your communit...
How Much Money Do I Need to Raise?
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Rani Langer-Croager
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March 14th, 2023
In our Funding a Business Course, we look at how to assess whether you are ready to raise money for your business. Knowing how much money you need to raise is a big part of being ready to talk to funders. So, this week, we’re outlining how ...
What Funders Want to Fund
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Rani Langer-Croager
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February 21st, 2023
We often hear new entrepreneurs say, “I need to raise money so I can quit my job and work full-time in the business.” Unless you have a wealthy relative or close friend who’s willing to be your benefactor, most early stage equity investors...
Are You Ready to Raise Money for Your Business?
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Rani Langer-Croager
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February 6th, 2023
When we interview entrepreneurs for our entrepreneurship education and advising programs, we ask them about their biggest challenge in starting their business. The answer is almost always funding. We hear, “If I had the funding, I could s...
Are You Starving Your Business?
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Rani Langer-Croager
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January 30th, 2023
If you’re in the early stages of your business development, you’re probably very familiar with bootstrapping. That is, funding your business from your own savings or income. There are many benefits to bootstrapping as you are starting out, ...
Guide to Getting Started on Your Business’ Financial Forecast
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Rani Langer-Croager
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January 23rd, 2023
Many entrepreneurs struggle to put together the numbers, or financial forecast, for their business. However, understanding your business’ financial outlook is a critical component to making sound strategic business decisions; building relat...
How to Create an Annual Strategic Plan
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Rani Langer-Croager
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January 16th, 2023
It’s time to start thinking about how you will grow your business in the upcoming year. We’ve discussed the benefits of implementing an annual strategic planning process to identify and communicate your business’ goals and plans for the yea...
Why Your Business Needs an Annual Strategic Plan
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Rani Langer-Croager
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December 5th, 2022
Running a business is hectic. It’s easy to get bogged down in the day-to-day operations, and then find you have no time left to plan for the upcoming year. But, investing some time in developing an annual strategic plan that communicates y...
