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		<description><![CDATA[The Business Analysts at the SBDC at IRSC are available to help you write or update your business plan, put together a loan package, develop a marketing plan for your business, or strategize ways to increase your business through one-on-one confidential counseling sessions.

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		<title>Welcome to the SBDC at IRSC</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The SBDC at IRSC provides Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, and St. Lucie County residents with increased and more convenient access to free management counseling and workshops to help small business owners and entrepreneurs succeed in today&#8217;s challenging business environment. Business owners can come to the center for counseling, information and educational programs geared especially towards [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Business Tax Workshop in Port St. Lucie</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The IRSC Small Business Development Center is hosting a FREE business tax workshop on March 12 in Port St. Lucie.
Preparing your business for tax season is a year-round job. Planning can help you survive an audit, capitalize on business deductions, or find tax-friendly ways to run your business.   Understanding Small Business Taxes is a 2-hour workshop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Seminars for Manufacturers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The CCTI, EDI and SBDC at IRSC in partnership with the Florida Research Coast Economic Gardening Project, and the South Florida Manufacturers Association, will host two free seminars specifically for manufacturers. The seminars will be held: Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 7:30am-10:00am at the  Wolf High Technology Center Strategic Planning Room at the IRSC Chastain Campus in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Extreme Entrepreneurs Visit With IRSC</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business Owners and Students Turn to Entrepreneurship to Create Lives of Passion, Purpose, and Prosperity
The spirit of American entrepreneurism is alive, well, and poised to take the Treasure Coast entrepreneurs and small business owners by storm on Tuesday, February 23. On that date, the Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour &#8211; the first ever collegiate entrepreneur tour – [...]]]></description>
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		<title>22 Business Tips from the Country’s Top CEOs and Workers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[January 16, 2010 by St. Lucie Times Staff
Yesterday, the White House hosted a Forum on Modernizing Government, which was an opportunity to draw from experience and wisdom of some of the country’s top CEOs and Workers. Over on the White House Blog, Jesse Lee highlighted the best ideas that came out of the Forum. While [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Nonemployer Startup Puzzle</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nonemployer firms represent a large percentage of businesses; however, little is known about their dynamics (entry and exit). This report seeks to illustrate basic statistics about the prevalence of entry and exit for nonemployers and the local conditions that led to their entry. Nonemployer start-up rates across states and industries seem countercyclical to labor market [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time Management</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do most business owners and entrepreneurs have in common? They have too much to do and not enough time. Here are some tips to help you make the most of your time.

At the start of each week, try to project any problems that might arise and come up with a contingency plan.
Each morning, determine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advertising</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that the doors of your business are open, it’s time to attract attention. Here are some relatively inexpensive ways to market your new business.
First, consider hosting an open house. Invite the local media, target customers, owners of nearby businesses, and employees of the local Chamber of Commerce. Let people see that you are open [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Business Services in Okeechobee</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In partnership with the Small Business Development Centers at FGCU and USF, the SBDC at IRSC now provides new services in Okeechobee County. Business Analyst, Duke Evans, is available to meet one-on-one with Okeechobee businesses and will be starting &#8221;How to Start a Business&#8221; classes after the first of the year. 
The class, REAL (Rural Entrepreneurship through Action Learning), [...]]]></description>
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