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$10K Grants and Skills Training: Free Events for June

StartupNation

Lucky for you and your business, the course and event offerings are many, varied and aimed at helping you build your skillset and your community. Lucky for you and your business, the course and event offerings are many, varied and aimed at helping you build your skillset and your community. And, guess what? Joining is free.

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How a Reputation for Kindness Leads to Business Success

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Let’s examine how kindness can manifest in real, everyday business decisions, from the way leaders communicate to how teams support one another, and how a thoughtful brand presence can foster lasting loyalty. In this way, a reputation for kindness gives you staying power. If you’re open to feedback, people will feel heard and valued.

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17 Inspiring Recoveries: How Entrepreneurs Bounced Back from Crises

StartupNation

We were able to salvage the situation by proactively communicating with customers and updating them about delays. We continued with transparent and empathetic customer communication and recognized the importance of investing in technology to help with effective shipping and preventing disruptions. At first, I blamed myself.

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How this theater director built accessible creative spaces to connect communities in Peru 

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

How this theater director built accessible creative spaces to connect communities in Peru By Jewelle Saunders “Art can transform society,” says Déborah Grández Seminario. Growing up in Peru, Déborah noticed that individuals with disabilities were not able to easily study or create alongside their abled peers.

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Top Four Survival Tips for Small Business Owners

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Implement new, virtual ways to communicate regularly with your team. Lean on industry peers for creative ways to support your staff and stay informed about the latest laws and resources in your area. • Engage with customers and community. Don’t neglect the clients, customers and community who help your business thrive.

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Technology Trends: 10 Areas of Innovation to Watch for 2012

This is going to be BIG.

2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool. It has the diversity and cheaper rent necessary for great creative potential and I think you're going to see a lot of development next year of Brooklyn as its own unique, but complimentary community of innovation.

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Today’s entrepreneurs weigh in: Is entrepreneurship a lonely journey?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Insights and lessons from peers around the world are the key benefits of EO membership. . “The stress amplified to the point that I could no longer laugh” Keith Roberts, founder, author and speaker at OAKJournal , founder and creative director at Zenman , and a member of EO Colorado. Out of the 28 million businesses, 99.6