How To Write a Business Plan How To Write a Business Plan
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How To Write a Business Plan

September 16, 2024

Whether you’re looking to start a business for the first time or scaling one you’ve been building for a while, it’s beneficial to have a clear idea of your next moves. What projects will you prioritize in the business? How will you market your goods or services? How much will everything cost? These are only a few of the many considerations you will need to make when building your business.

A business plan can help clarify a business’s direction and goals as well as set forth a clear action plan. This valuable document can be used internally within the company

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Your business plan requires better simulations Your business plan requires better simulations
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Your business plan requires better simulations

September 9, 2024

Most businesses are facing a more demanding business environment that includes:

  1. Increasing customer expectations for improved quality and faster delivery.
  2. Stronger competitors.
  3. More complex products and services.

One consequence of this business environment is shortening product cycles. In this environment, CIOs can champion enhanced simulations to reduce risk and advance the business plan.

“We believe sophisticated simulations are essential to ensure that companies achieve rapid, quality product development,” says Keey Ryong Song, chief operating officer (COO) at MORAI, a South Korean technology company that develops simulation platforms for many industries and applications. “We’ve seen companies flounder due to poor software

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Enactus UCalgary’s Empower program helps immigrant women build businesses Enactus UCalgary’s Empower program helps immigrant women build businesses
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Enactus UCalgary’s Empower program helps immigrant women build businesses

May 21, 2023

By Nazeefa Ahmed, April 28 2023—

Enactus UCalgary’s Empower program is a weekly student-run business skills training program that helps immigrant women build businesses. Within the first year, the program has helped mentees with permanent resident and refugee claimant status develop 17 business plans.

According to a report by the Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub, immigrant women are half as likely to start businesses compared to immigrant men due to systemic barriers. Empower aims to remove obstacles from immigrant women’s face by providing business education through student mentorship.

“Many women come to Calgary with a vision of running their own

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Alvernia’s O’Pake Institute client OCOA wins business plan competition Alvernia’s O’Pake Institute client OCOA wins business plan competition
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Alvernia’s O’Pake Institute client OCOA wins business plan competition

May 16, 2023

From left: Dr. Rodney S. Ridley Sr., Cory Varona-Corniel, Nicol Varona-Cancelmo, and Michelle Conway, MBA.

Three finalists representing SPARK Business Incubator

Alvernia University’s O’Pake Institute SPARK Business Incubator client OCOA, a curly hair care company in Reading, Pa. owned by Cory Varona-Corniel and Nicol Varona-Cancelmo, won the $10,000 prize at the tecBRIDGE Business Plan Competition awards ceremony at the FM Kirby Center for Performing Arts in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. on Thursday, April 27.

“This win and having three finalists at the tecBRIDGE Business Plan Competition is a testament to Alvernia & O’Pake’s mission to drive economic development and entrepreneurship while facilitating

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You Need a Business Plan!

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Dental Flossing | Guest Diet Blog

March 17, 2023
Teeth Flossing

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A key part of maintaining good dental hygiene is teeth flossing. However, as many as 36% of Americans don’t bother with flossing at all. While there have been claims made that flossing is not necessary, there is enough evidence to the contrary that flossing does, in fact, help with the prevention of oral diseases.

Why is Teeth Flossing Important?

Flossing is an important part of good dental hygiene. Here is why.

Plaque is a natural result of bacterial buildup in the mouth. Bacterial build up is also a natural result from the food we eat and our

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