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Going Global – 5 Tips for Buying and Selling Overseas

By Hiro Kataoka, co-founder and CEO of HoGo, Inc. In this age of globalization, doing business internationally is not the exclusive domain of large conglomerates anymore. To compete and grow, going global ...

The Hi-tech Startup Team – Choose Wisely!

The Hi-tech Startup Team – Choose Wisely! By Matt Rightmire, Managing Director at Borealis Ventures Your startup team can hinder or help in your efforts to raise capital. As someone who evaluates these ...

Your Business Model is a Key to Your Startups’ Success

Your Business Model is a Key to Your Startups’ Success By Ric Pratte, Entrepreneur Many startup entrepreneurs I’ve met put the majority of their focus on their product. While obviously it’s very ...

Building a ‘Live Free and Start’ ecosystem

By Jamie Coughlin, CEO/EIR of the abi Innovation Hub Almost every day I get asked by folks around our great state what it will take to create a vibrant startup ecosystem in New Hampshire. I don’t ...

5 Steps Before Hiring Your First Salesperson

By Kyle York, Chief Revenue Officer at Dyn  One of the beautiful things about running a tech startup, as compared to a more traditional small business, is the ability to scale. Today there are fewer barriers ...

Raising Money: From Start Up Competitions to Angel Investment

By Matt Pierson, Managing Director at Dunn Rush & Co It’s a great time to launch a tech business in New Hampshire!  The new TechOut startup competition this month, sponsored by the ABI Innovation ...

A Summertime Checklist for Your Business

By Matt Cookson, Executive Director of the NH High Tech Council and President of Cookson Stephens Corp. Summer is often a great time to catch up on reading, research, and the list of items you want to ...

How to Prevent Business Divorces from Becoming Business Litigations

How to Prevent Business Divorces from Becoming Business Litigations By NED SACKMAN Attorney at Bernstein Shur, P.A. Many businesses fail, and many business partners go their separate ways, but not every ...

Effective Networking – Defined and Applied

By Jason Alexander, Managing Partner of BANK W Holdings, LLC Did you ever hear someone described as being well networked or as a good networker? Have you ever received or given advice to get out there ...

You have an idea for a product. Now What?

 By Joe Schappler, Principal, Helix Design, Inc. It is exciting!  You say, “I can’t believe nobody has done this yet”. An idea in and of itself does not have much value unless you can do something ...