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“During National Veterans and Military Families Month, we recognize that our military and veteran families answer our Nation’s call to duty, and we recommit to doing right by their service and sacrifice.” (National Veterans and Military Families Month, 2023 White House Proclamation) Our programs (ND SBDC, VBOC of the Dakotas, and ND APEX Accelerator) often […]

Welcome to Cybersecurity Month! While you might think of pumpkin spice, what your kids want to be for Halloween, or “sweater-weather” during the month of October, we like to focus on raising awareness with our clients of the one thing typically not on their radar, but it should be! Cyberattacks against small businesses have been […]

Welcome back! We took a break over the summer and hope you did too! We’re back to our regularly scheduled programming, and the students are back on campuses which is always exciting and brings a renewed energy to our very quiet halls (in case it slipped your mind, we’re hosted by UND, and the Lead […]

Welcome Summer! Today, this newsletter might find you sitting at your desk dreaming of summer vacation, or we might get your out-of-office auto-reply because you’re already there! We’re going to be taking a little vacay from the stakeholder’s newsletter too. Don’t worry, those of us in the Lead Center and your local ND SBDC staff are […]

Happy Stakeholders Month! In honor of this ND SBDC Stakeholders Month, we wanted to share our new strategic plan for the 2023-25 timeframe. For some background on how this was developed, let’s rewind. As you may know, the ND SBDC is an Accredited Member of the ASBDC. This accreditation process is rigorous, and we are […]

Happy April to you all! We hope that spring is coming soon to a city near you! This is a fun one for you! We are HOPPING (pun not intended, but it is fitting) on the ChatGPT bandwagon this month, bringing you newsletter content below not written by a person! We have been closely following […]

Do you shop online? I’m guessing that answer is yes (even though you might not want to admit just how often or how much you spend). You’re not alone, the post-pandemic reality is that most consumers have taken full advantage of online offerings for a number of reasons. As we all focus on where we […]

It is that time of year! We are excited to share with you our “hot off the press” 2022 Annual Report! We have stayed true to the format from last year, including a letter from State Director Tiffany Ford, impacts and demographics information for the network as a whole, as well as for each center, short […]

Happy New Year, and welcome back (if you had a chance to get away for the holidays)! In 2022, we enjoyed sharing with you some of our network’s specialized and niche areas of expertise. To kick off this new year, we would like to refresh your memory on some of the core competencies and standard […]

  The weeks between Thanksgiving and the festivities of the holiday season usually see a (slightly *wink*) slower pace in many of our offices. During this time, we can reflect on how grateful we are to have fantastic clients that trust us with their ideas, and for the support of our many partners. To date, […]