By: Jennifer Ott, MBA Student, University of Nevada, Reno Depending on the industry, the beginning of a new year can be incredibly busy or the slowest time of the year. Wherever the start of a new year finds your business, January marks a good time to begin thinking of baseline business strategies. Here are six [...]

Jonathan Ortmans is an author at www.entrepreneurship.org who wrote an article recently that recapped the role of entrepreneurship in 2010 and why it is important to economic recovery.  Here is a blurb and we suggest reading the whole storey. This past year brought new, sobering data that defied conventional wisdom that all businesses contribute to [...]

  The Reality of Lending – “The New Norm” A feature article re-posted from the online edition of  Nevada Business – The Decision Makers Magazine. A Nevadan needs $120,000 to open a used sporting goods store but can’t get a loan from a bank. Either he gives up the idea or resorts to creative financing, [...]

Despite the current financial upheaval both in Nevada and throughout the nation, entrepreneurs and small business owners still need access to capital to start or expand a business.  But, navigating the path from deciding a loan is needed to having the funds in the business banking account has recently become much tougher. Not only have [...]

UNR President Milt Glick and our own Sam Males, Director of the Nevada Small Business Development Center, visit with KUNR Radio’s Dan Erwine to discuss how the economic meltdown is hurting small businesses in Nevada and the University’s role in assisting businesses.  This October 17, 2008 edition of KUNR’s Friday morning Nevada Newsline features call [...]