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		<title>Are you really an entrepreneur?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve heard the definition of an entrepreneur is someone that sees a need or problem and designs something to fix said problem.  Sounds easy enough, right?  I see problems every day &#8211; I could do this!  You&#8217;re thinking, piece of cake, I could too! Just how do you know if you&#8217;re an entrepreneur? Take Dan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Show me the Money!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Unless you have a rich uncle that has left you a large inheritance, you will most likely need to look at your own bank account to find the money to start your business.  One of the biggest misconceptions for financing a business are that there is FREE government money available to start a business, especially [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Plan=Plan your Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just how important is a written business plan?  Do you really need to spend all that time with a plan, I mean, you know exactly what you want to do, it&#8217;s all in your head, right?  Understanding what goes into a business plan is almost as important as the plan itself. If you know you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There is no &#8216;I&#8217; in Entrepreneur</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are an entrepreneur or small business owner and haven&#8217;t formed a business team yet, you should consider it.  I attended the Northwest Entrepreneur Network Think Tank last week that had presentations from two emerging businesses that were recent winners of NWEN&#8217;s First Look Forum.  They both stressed the importance of building your business [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do you want to BYOB?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Or in other words, do you want to Be Your Own Boss?  If you are thinking about starting your own business, our workshop on February  3rd is just for you.  Attend the first workshop in the Yakima Valley Entrepreneur Network’s ‘Working Lunch Series’, presented in partnership with SCORE.   If you want to start a business, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Penny for your (original) thoughts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you think you&#8217;ve got the next great original idea or invention?  This is more difficult than one thinks.  If you think it&#8217;s easy, just try to come up with a unique name for a business or website.  Chances are, if you have thought of the next best product, website, retail idea or invention, someone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Skin in the Game</title>
		<description><![CDATA[College basketball season is here and for some reason when teams have similar colors it makes me think back to my junior high days when the boy&#8217;s basketball team would scrimmage and teams would be divided up into &#8217;shirts&#8217; and &#8217;skins&#8217;.&#160; The more I learn about bootstrap financing, the more I&#8217;ve heard about&#160; &#8217;skin in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Working Lunch Series &#8211; Financing your business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[ March 3, 2010; 11:30 am to 1:00 pm. ] Attend a short workshop on March 3rd to learn more about financing your business.  This is the third workshop in the Yakima Valley Entrepreneur Network's 'Working Lunch Series', presented in partnership with SCORE.   This class will focus on financing options for getting your business off the ground, how to prepare a loan package and the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.yakimavalley.biz/the-truth-about-grants-loans/</link>
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		<title>EDA Grant to Support Entrepreneurship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We were recently notified that we secured a $100,000 federal grant to support our entrepreneur initiative.&#160; The United States Economic Development Agency (EDA) grant will help us take the Yakima Valley Entrepreneur Network to the next level.&#160; We plan to organize an initiative for inventors and stage two business plan competitions in 2010-2011.&#160; The funds [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.yakimavalley.biz/eda-grant-to-further-entrepreneur-initiatives/</link>
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		<title>RCDR&#8217;s How to Start a Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[ March 5, 2008; 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ] "How to Start a Business".  Presented by the Rural Community Development Resources and Employment Security.  Course involves 30 hours of training for people interested in developing a business plan.  Held Wednesdays and Fridays in March from 3-7 p.m., 22 South Third Street, Yakima, WA.  Cost is $355 each, add a spouse or partner for an [...]]]></description>
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