Issue #5 - July 28, 2004

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Profile

Trends and Opportunities for Entrepreneurs
Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network expresses optimism and produces winners

“One of the few constants in business is rapid and persistent change, whether in technology, consumer behavior, social values, finance, or politics and regulation. Change can be a threat to an existing business, but it’s also a great source of entrepreneurial opportunity,” says Gregg Fairbrothers, executive director of the Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network (DEN).

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Financial Lessons for CEO's: 1,2,3
More on the top ten lessons for CEO's and business owners

by Helen Dutton, A vision of Your Own, LLC, Weare, NH

Last month, I outlined my Top 10 List of what non-financial CEO’s and business owners need to know about finance. Let’s explain a few of these in more detail.

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The Business Decision to File a Patent
From the perspective of a patent attorney

by Todd A. Sullivan, Hayes Soloway, Manchester, NH

Of all the questions I am asked by independent inventors who approach me with a new invention in hand, the one I can count on hearing in every discussion is, “Do you think I should go for it?” It, of course, being the inherent business undertaking. This article responds to this question from the perspective of a patent lawyer.

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Farmer as Entrepreneur
A statement about entrepreneurship and human character

The following excerpt from the book Five Acres and Independence, written in 1940 for beginner farmers, is a fine statement about entrepreneurship and human character.

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Feb 21 (8-9:30a): NH Forum on the Future, NHHTC, CR Sparks, Bedford, NH

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