The Hannah Grimes Center for Entrepreneurship created the PitchFork program in 2016 to coach entrepreneurs on pitching their business investment opportunities on a quarterly basis to a room full of […]
Exiting Your Business: Why You Should Begin to Plan
Some experts say that that up to 50% of all businesses will change hands or be sold in the next 10 years. As of 2018, New Hampshire is tied for […]
Do We Get Ideas or Do Ideas Get Us?
Do we get ideas or do ideas get us? That’s what Mary Ann Kristiansen, Executive Director of Hannah Grimes, sought to explain in her TEDxFargo Talk in July. The answer? […]
20 years ago today…
The buy local movement had not yet struck in 1997 and the ability to buy and sell local products was all but disappearing. Many towns had the same chain stores selling the […]
20 Years Later… A Note from our Executive Director
Jack Dugan sat on my couch 20 years ago in March of 1997 dodging ladybugs. They had suddenly come to life on that warm and sunny day to crawl out […]
Hannah Grimes Hosts Nonprofit Management Certificate Program in Keene
The Hannah Grimes Center for Entrepreneurship is partnering with the Center for New Leadership at Marlboro College to offer the College’s Nonprofit Management (NPM) Certificate in Keene for the Fall […]
New Hampshire Kicks Off Small Business Week: Innovators Conference
Innovators Conference with Kelly Ayotte and Dean Kamen May 2, 2016 @ 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Where: NH Institute of Politics at St. Anselm College Cost:Free — Registration Required […]
You’re Invited: Coworking Day at Hannah Grimes Center
Join the Hannah Grimes staff and other business owners, telecommuters, freelancers, and coffeeshop-aholics in a new working environment! Hosted at Hannah Grimes Center for Entrepreneurship, Coworking Day is an opportunity […]
SBA Announces National Small Business Week
The head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet announced that this year’s National Small Business Week will be held from May 1-7. This year’s theme will […]
The Latest Local Economy Buzz: Pollinator Enterprises
“In nature pollinators like bees, butterflies, or bats carry pollen from plant to plant, and they instinctively know that the intermixing of these pollens nourishes the entire ecosystem. Pollinator businesses […]
