Category Archives: Starting a Business

Why You Should Work with Business Focused Cultural Grassroots Organizations

By Denise Turney Growing Your Business Culturally The United States Department of Commerce reports that from 2002 to 2007 “the number of minority firms grew by 46 percent, compared to 18 percent for all U.S. firms, and compared to 13.7 … Continue reading

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Easy Ways to Secure a Patent

By Denise Turney Nearly half a million patent (482,871) applications were filed in the United States in 2009. Ten years earlier in 1999 only 288,811 patent applications were filed nationally according to the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Clearly, … Continue reading

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