PART SIX: Our entrepreneurial summer series has taken us to B&Bs, distilleries, trails, docks, restaurants, climbing gyms and ice cream shops. If you’re pumped to take on your own business, then we’re thrilled. If, on the other hand, we’ve got you pondering retirement, we get that, too. Either way, our sixth and final episode has exactly what you’re looking for. Read … Continue reading
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Doubling down can pay off big
PART FIVE: When one location just isn’t enough, growth brings opportunity and threats. We’re at that point in our entrepreneurial summer when the days are so long and bright that you’d almost think they’ll never end. When a small business owner finds that the line of customers just doesn’t end, it may be time to open a second location. In … Continue reading
What you order speaks volumes
PART FOUR: If you joined our entrepreneurial summer series during week three (we hit the rafts, bikes, canoes, kayaks), you may still be hungry. This week, we’ll share a booth with some of the most innovative restaurateurs in the region, where they’ll try to read the minds of the dining public – an exercise which might go better with a … Continue reading
Re-emerging returnable beer bottles
If you liked our email about the local craft beverage scene, you might be interested in Straub Brewery’s environmentally friendly packaging.
Spirited rebels speak proof to power
PART TWO: Our entrepreneurial summer series dawned last week with stories of the inspired women who run bed & breakfasts and vacation rentals along our region’s trails. Successful businesses usually have great stories – of innovation or tradition, local roots or international reach. In the second of six episodes, we’ll get a taste of the craft beverage market, where the … Continue reading