If your dream is to one day own and operate your own business, one of the most important decisions you’ll have to make is how you’re going to market your company. In conjunction, observing national holidays happens to be an ideal way to promote your business by appealing to a various assortment of potential new customers.
Are you a member of Gen Z who can’t choose between attending a two-year college or a four-year college? Are you looking for a promising career path that won’t require you to take on massive amounts of debt? If this sounds like you, then perhaps you should consider getting into the construction industry.
In honor of National Entrepreneurship Week, Hocking College hosted more than 100 special guests for a Regional Entrepreneurship Exposition (REX) on February 21 at The Lodge at Hocking College.
National Entrepreneurship Week is a congressionally-chartered initiative founded in 2006.
Dr. Betty Young, President of
Hocking College, welcomed the guests that included regional high school students, Hocking College students, and local and regional business owners.
Business owners who participated included:
The day-long event provided an opportunity for students and business owners to develop a Business Model Canvas (BMC) based on their own business concepts. The Business Model Canvas is a strategic management and startup template for developing new or documenting existing business models. It is a visual chart with elements describing a firm's or product's value proposition, infrastructure, customers, and finances.
Guest business owners shared specific strategies related to the BMC and how their businesses align with each of the sections of the BMC and worked directly with the high school teams to develop the components of the BMC.
High school students from Logan High School, Nelsonville-York High School, Sheridan High School, Vinton County High School, and New Lexington High School joined with Hocking College students to work through the viability of business concepts that included two school stores, a Chinese restaurant and food truck, web-based game, outdoor adventure store, and winery. Each school will continue to develop the canvas with progress being shared through Hocking College.
The Program Manager of Hocking College's Real Estate Certificate Program recently attended the inaugural 2019 Ohio Realtors Broker Summit, which took place on Wednesday, February 20 in Columbus, OH. This all-day program brought brokers, managers, and owners from across the state to network and share strategies geared towards helping real estate professionals establish and operate successful brokerages.
Did you sell lemonade as a kid to make money? Does creating a business from the ground up sound like something you'd want to do? If so, then perhaps you have an entrepreneurial spirit.
On January 22, Ohio’s Real Estate Trade Organization, Ohio Realtors, reported that in 2018 the state’s housing market experienced near-record sales levels and reached the following additional benchmarks:
If you’re self-motivated, a problem solver, and have an interest in houses, perhaps you should consider going into the real estate business. After awhile, you may even want to open your own real estate business.
In today’s competitive job market, having leadership experience is a skill that no applicant can afford to be without. However, in order to become a successful leader, applicants must first determine which style of leadership will best compliment their personality.
If you have aspirations of one day becoming an entrepreneur, the best way to begin is by starting to think like one.
