Here's more on Ignite—the new Pima County Public Library suite of services for the business and nonprofit community—and our plan for Ignite programming.
Services, plus a special library location, just for nonprofits!
Nonprofits have a lot of options for services from the Library. This new blog series will tell you all about what we offer at libraries around Pima County and at the special Community Foundation Campus library.
We can help your nonprofit thrive!
If you run or work for a nonprofit, and you're looking for more support for your endeavors, the Library now offers a new way to help.
Thinking of Starting a Small Business?
Tucson offers a tremendous amount of support for starting a small business. We encourage you to take advantage of this! Pima County Public Library, the City of Tucson, the University of Arizona, Pima Community College’s Small Business Development Center, and many, many other organizations provide the opportunity and resources for you to get started and succeed…
Success Story: Michael Ray and Nurse Tree Arch Design
We love hearing stories of how people are benefiting from the new level of services provided by the Idea+Space at the Joel D. Valdez Main Library. The Idea+Space opened a year ago and has been offering a unique mix of workshops on starting a business, jumpstarting a job hunt, and strengthening nonprofits. Inventor Michael Ray…
International trade assistance and information
My business will be international, so where do I find help? Arizona's Export Assistance Center Arizona's U.S. Export Assistance Centers, a division of the United States Commercial Service, works with firms to build their exports by providing international business development counseling, organizing cost effective business development initiatives, sharing information on foreign markets, identifying international contacts…
Business directories
Use business directories to locate information on a specific company or to develop a list of potential competitors or customers. Powerful Tools from the Library ReferenceUSA — Business and consumer research tool. Create marketing plans, conduct competitive analysis, and locate people. Directory of U.S. businesses and residences that can be used to create lists and…
Building the buzz: launching a business using social media
Originally posted February, 2013. We enjoyed the topic (and each other) so much that we stayed nearly an hour later than scheduled. I'm still buzzing with ideas. Big Catalina-size thanks to Kade Mislinski from HUB, Mia Schnaible from The Screening Room, Patricia Katchur from Yikes! Toys, and Shanali Davila from Cup Quequitos for their candor…
What’s an L3C? A Reading List
What is an L3C? An L3C, or "low-profit limited liability company" is a for-profit company where the investors accept limited dividends. (Source: panelist Sy Rotter) But Really, What is It? Effective Social Enterprise - a Menu of Legal Structures, by Robert A. Wexler, from The Exempt Organization Tax Review, June 2009. To L3C or Not…
How we innovate, a presentation by Aaron Eden
At the May 2014 Catalyst Café, innovation coach Aaron Eden talked to us about how Intuit is building innovation and entrepreneurial thinking into their workplace, and using creative brainstorming techniques to explore solutions. He led us through an exercise where we interviewed a partner about a product: ladders. We had a couple minutes to ask…
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