Making room for entrepreneurs

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on August 4, 2009 at 1:56 pm

Office Suites Plus, which operates local buildings in Brentwood and Cool Springs, is giving free space to professionals recently laid off and looking for work.

“It is a tough time to be in business and even tougher to be without a job. This is one small way we can use our resources to help some get back on their feet.”

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Tags: Brentwood, business formation, Cool Springs, entrepreneurs, office space, Office Suites Plus Inc.  

MTSU offers high school entrepreneurship program, seeks minority mentors

By Nate Rau Posted on April 15, 2009 at 1:45 pm

Middle Tennessee State University will host an entrepreneurship program for incoming high school juniors on July 15.

The program will feature seminars on business formation, innovation, planning and marketing. Local entrepreneurs from the music, restaurant, information technology and real estate industries will offer students their personal perspectives on launching a small business.

Funding for the program was made possible by a diversity grant from the Tennessee Board of Regents. The grant is made available to programs that have the potential to serve under-represented groups like ethnic minorities.

Many ethnic minority groups lag behind other U.S. populations in business formation, which according to MTSU is based to some degree on a lack of mentors within their family or close social network.

In response, the MTSU Business Communication and Entrepreneurship department is launching the Partners Providing Pathways program. The program seeks to connect entrepreneurship majors with mentors from the Middle Tennessee community. Those who are interested can call 898-2902.

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Tags: business formation, entrepreneurship, Middle Tennessee State University, minority business, Partners Providing Pathways, public education, small business, Tennessee Board of Regents  

Not really helping things

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on February 23, 2009 at 8:06 am

Jeff Cornwall says potential entrepreneurs and the companies they might want to launch aren’t being done any favors by the Obama administration. And that will hurt of us.

Ever feel like you are trying to put out a forest fire with a garden hose?

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Tags: business formation, entrepreneurship, government regulation, taxation