By Hope Belli Tinney, Washington SBDC SEATTLE – Rich Shockley was named the 2013 Washington State Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Star Performer May 8 at the Small Business Administration gala at the Museum of Flight at Boeing Field in Seattle.
By Hope Belli Tinney, Washington SBDC LYNNWOOD, Wash. – Playdate Café is fast becoming a gathering place for year-round child engagement.
By Hope Belli Tinney, Small Business Development Center OCEAN SHORES, Wash. – James Edwards loved the Pirate’s Cove Pub & Grill in Ocean Shores from the moment he first stepped inside. “You know,” he said, to no one in particular, “I want this place.” “Well,” said the woman working the bar, “it’s for sale.”
By Hope Belli Tinney, Washington SBDC TUKWILA, Wash. – An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion, according to one of Newton’s laws – unless circumstances change.
By Hope Belli Tinney, Washington SBDC ABERDEEN, Wash. – Wine bars are a risky business, especially in a small town. When the local supermarket has a good selection of decent wines for under $15, wine bars have an uphill battle to bring in sufficient customers to pay the bills.
By Hope Belli Tinney, Washington SBDC PORT TOWNSEND, Wash. – Bazaar Girls Yarn and Fibre Emporium on the waterfront is stuffed to overflowing with yarns for sale – from luxurious to country rough and in a kaleidoscope of colors.
By Hope Belli Tinney, Washington SBDC SPOKANE, Wash. – The marketplace is littered with innovative, potentially game-changing technology that never quite caught on.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Pullman entrepreneur Aziz Makhani will discuss how he obtained funding to develop and market KickShot, his educational board game based on soccer, at 9:10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 14, in CUE 114 at Washington State University. The class, Entrepreneurial Finance 426, will be open to the public.
By Hope Belli Tinney, Washington SBDC TACOMA, Wash. – Ben Warfield knew how to operate a masonry business as a mostly one-man shop – he had watched his father do it for more than 20 years. When Warfield opened his own business in 2008, he figured that’s mostly what he would do, too.
LAKE STEVENS, Wash. – You get what you negotiate, not what you deserve, and Abe Martinez was not a good negotiator. After Workforce Development of Snohomish County heard what he planned to charge for doing a short video to highlight one of their programs, they withdrew the offer.