May 06 6:00 p.m.

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FastTrac for Female Entrepreneurs Virtual Series

Join Richland Library Business and Careers and moderator Tom Ledbetter, Next Phase Management, LLC and Midlands Technical College, as we present a virtual 8-part series, created by the Kauffman Foundation to “help support female entrepreneurs as you start a business and begin your journey on the road to success.”

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Mergent Intellect

Mergent Intellect provides access to a collection of worldwide business information (using D&B’s Hoover’s data.) 

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Be Business Smart: How to Pitch Your Business

If you are a small business owner and don't already have an elevator pitch for your business, you should!  "An elevator pitch sums up the unique aspects of your business or personal brand and gets a conversation started." --Adam Uzialko, Business News Daily, 6/29/2022

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New Business Books

Notable new titles include Walt Bogdanich’s When McKinsey Comes to Town, about the influential and controversial consulting firm known for the draconian measures it often recommends to its client businesses, and Gary Rivlin’s Saving Main Street, about the re
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New Business Books

Noteworthy new titles include Level Up: Rise Above the Hidden Forces Holding Your Business Back, by Georgia politician (and serial entrepreneur) Stacey Abrams and her business partner, Lara Hodgson; Dade Hayes and Dawn Chmielewski’s Binge Times: Inside Hollywood's Furious Billion-Dol
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Statista

Statista is an easy-to-use portal that integrates statistics and reports from thousands of sources on topics related to business, media, public policy, health, technology, and many others.

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Richland Library Main

Publishers In South Carolina

Over 20 publishing and self-publishing contacts representing many genres and formats from across The Palmetto State!

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New Business Books

This batch of new business books features some sharp corporate take-downs, including Peter Robison’s Flying Blind: The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing and Bartow J.
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How to Create a Brand Introduction

You only have a few seconds to make a brand introduction. People’s attention span is getting shorter and shorter because of social media. It is important to understand how to create an elevator pitch or brand introduction that is short and to the point. 

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Understanding The Great Resignation and Making The Most Of It

Have you heard of The Great Resignation? If you haven't yet, you probably will soon. It's a post-pandemic movement affecting the job market and your ability to find a job. Read more about it here and find out how to make it work for you. 

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Black Business Month

In honor of National Black Business Month, a list has been compiled of books, read and authored, by black entrepreneurs! Go support your local Black entrepreneurs!
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New Business Books

As one might expect, business books examining the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the economy are now coming out.  Adam Tooze, author of the definitive account of the Great Recession’s worldwide impact (Crashed), is back with
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A Soft Lesson to Learn: Teaching Soft Skills

As employers continue to lament the soft-skills deficiencies they see in new hires, more attention is being paid to making these skills part of the educational curriculum.

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Ladies Get Paid (and other new business books you might enjoy)

Check out these business and finance books recently added to our collection.  Popular titles include Ladies Get Paid, a manifesto on workplace equality by Claire Wasserman, and Black, White, and The Grey, a memoir by Mashama Bailey and John O.
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Stay Motivated and Win this Year!

A list of personal development books have been created to assist you on your journey to victory! 2020 is gone and over, but 2021 has 365 brand new ways for you to prove just how resilient you are. We already have a month in the hole, let's take advantage of the next few. You're only a decision away...
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Billion Dollar Loser (and other new business books you may enjoy)

Check out these new business titles recently added to our collection.  Considering the news of the antitrust suit that the US Department of Justice has just brought against Google, Zephyr Teachout’s Break ’em Up: Recovering Our Freedom from Big Ag, Big Tech, and Big Money is a timely read indeed.
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OFF BOOK: Crush Rush

Arts Librarian Ashley Warthen goes off book with photojournalist, Crush Rush to kick off his library residency.  

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Richland Library Main

Resources for Jobseekers During COVID-19

Our Business and Careers team put together this great list of resources to help you find employment now, prepare you for online applications and interviews, and equip you with tools to earn supplemental income or find out if you qualify for unemployment.

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Hiring Help

How to Get your Time Back and Scale Your Small Business

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Become an Artist-in-Residence

Share your talents with the community by providing creative and educational opportunities that support cultural and artistic exchange.  

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Data Axle Reference Solutions

Use Data Axle Reference Solutions to find addresses, telephone numbers, SIC codes, number of employees, sales volume data and other information for millions of public and private United St

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Gale Business: Entrepreneurship

Gale Business: Entrepreneurship covers all major areas of starting and operating a business, including accounting, finance, human resources, management, marketing, tax and more.