Posts by bwilliamson5 | Today at 黑料不打烊 | 黑料不打烊 /u/news Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:14:42 -0400 en-US hourly 1 Social Entrepreneurship Event: Adding to the Bottom Line /u/news/2017/04/18/social-entrepreneurship-event-adding-to-the-bottom-line/ Tue, 18 Apr 2017 15:05:00 +0000 /u/news/2017/04/18/social-entrepreneurship-event-adding-to-the-bottom-line/ Come hear from 黑料不打烊 Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship Elena Kennedy and local businessman Eric Henry on ways they see businesses becoming more socially oriented. Learn about ways that you can run your company with a focus not only on profit, but on people and the planet.

Kennedy, assistant professor of entrepreneurship, shared her research examining the revenue strategies of nonprofit social ventures, focusing on how revenue is earned, allocated and maximized in the face of competing charity and entrepreneurial mindsets.

Henry, president of TS Designs, started his business creating screen designs in 1978. Outside of TS Designs, Eric devotes much of his time to furthering the sustainable agenda in various community organizations.

When: Tuesday, April 25 @ 6 p.m.

Where: CoOperative, 200 N. Main St., Graham, N.C. 27253

]]> Free legal counsel: How to Get Your Business Started /u/news/2017/03/30/free-legal-counsel-how-to-get-your-business-started/ Thu, 30 Mar 2017 15:25:00 +0000 /u/news/2017/03/30/free-legal-counsel-how-to-get-your-business-started/ Join us at The CoOperative to learn the ins and outs of starting a business from the legal end: for-profit, non-profit, LLC, or sole proprietorship.

Connect with seven law students from ‘s Clinic as they present on creating a legal entity and offer up their services.

When: Wednesday, April 5, at noon

Where: The CoOperative — 200 N Main St., Graham, NC 27253

 

]]> Storytelling for Small Businesses: When Marketing Starts Making Money /u/news/2017/03/28/storytelling-for-small-businesses-when-marketing-starts-making-money/ Tue, 28 Mar 2017 15:50:00 +0000 /u/news/2017/03/28/storytelling-for-small-businesses-when-marketing-starts-making-money/ Join us for another installment of our Storytelling for Small Businesses discussions on March 28 at 6:00 p.m. at The CoOperative, 200 N. Main St. in Graham. 

This past January we hosted a workshop about storytelling and creating a visual voice. This month we’re talking about the next steps, turning the story into clients, work, and income. Dive deeper into the nuts and bolts of marketing for your business with Hal Vincent, lecturer in the School of Communications and faculty director of Live Oak, 黑料不打烊’s student-run communications agency, and Courtney Chambers of the website, “A Little Craft In Your Day.”

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