Frankencomp by Sandstorm » SBA Emerging 200 http://www.sandstormdesign.com/blog An insider's view of what goes on at Sandstorm Design. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:31:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 SBA Emerging 200 Update: The Five Stages of Business Growth http://www.sandstormdesign.com/blog/sba-emerging-200-update-the-five-stages-of-business-growth/ http://www.sandstormdesign.com/blog/sba-emerging-200-update-the-five-stages-of-business-growth/#comments Tue, 12 May 2009 17:44:10 +0000 Sandy http://www.sandstormdesign.com/blog/?p=223 Last night we had our 3rd class in our 8 month program where we had a pretty interactive discussion about the five stages of business growth. We broke out into teams that were in the same growth mode, and shared personal stories on how we each got there. My favorite part of this SBA e200 group so far is hearing the personal stories of each CEO – how they got started, what factors motivated them, and what risks they took to get here. Each CEO has their own story of courage, recognized opportunity and personal growth. I bet this group would make a great twitter novel… (hmm, note to self). But I wonder how much time that novel would take away from me working on building our web design company.

]]> http://www.sandstormdesign.com/blog/sba-emerging-200-update-the-five-stages-of-business-growth/feed/ 0 SBA Emerging 200 Program: How this party started http://www.sandstormdesign.com/blog/sba-emerging-200-program-how-this-party-started/ http://www.sandstormdesign.com/blog/sba-emerging-200-program-how-this-party-started/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 20:24:14 +0000 Sandy http://www.sandstormdesign.com/blog/?p=215 The Small Business Administration (SBA) was searching for 200 companies across the country with a high potential for growth to become part of their Emerging 200 program. The e200 would provide education, networking and resources to help CEOs scale and grow their businesses, create more jobs, and expand into new markets. It sounded like an interesting concept, so I applied.

I was in Colorado on a snowboarding trip when I got the call that Sandstorm Design was 1 of 16 companies chosen from Chicago. More to come…

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