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Athena PowerLink Nashville Recruiting Women in Business

ATHENAPowerLink® helps a woman expand her business profitably by matching her with a team of volunteer advisors for a year of mentoring. The experts on her Advisory Panel analyze the factors necessary for the company to grow and recommend actions to get it there. APL...

Social Media Roundtable – Follow-up

Once again we would like to thank our social media roundtable for a great presentation. Below are links to the follow-up notes and presentations from the event, 4 Platforms 4 Marketing – Using Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Pinterest for business. New Media for a New...

Jill Spry, Agency Recruiter, State Farm Insurance

As a young professional, if you would have told Jill Spry that she’d be working in the insurance business, she would have laughed. Jill liked to experience new things and moving around from job to job had become routine. Encouraged by her mother, Jill settled down and...

Nashville NAWBO Holiday Party

We look forward to celebrating the holiday season with you! Join us as we gather together to rejoice in another year of entrepreneurship! When: December 11 Time: 5:30-7:30 Where: 4921 Aviemore Drive Nashville 37220 Phone: 615-714-4040 Hors d'oeuvres & Wine will be...

November 8 – NBU Social Media Roundtable

November 8 – NBU Social Media Roundtable

4 Platforms 4 Marketing - Using Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Pinterest for business. New Media for a New Marketing Era - how to integrate social media into your marketing plan (moderated discussion) When: November 8, 2012 Time: 11am – 1 pm Where: Vanderbilt Holiday...

Don’t Fall for This Well-Known Trademark Scam

The following article was created by Dickinson-Wright, A statewide firm specializing in corporate and business law. Source: Brandmarking Vol. 1, No. 7 Thoughts on the Creation, Protection, and Enforcement of Brand Identity  Sooner or later someone in your organization...

Social Media Roundtable to feature Nancy VanReece

Nancy VanReece’s mission is to help communities achieve their full potential through the advocacy of creative opportunities. This has been the driving force throughout her successful career. VanReece is an engaging and regular speaker on issues such as online...

October 25 NBU Lunch & Learn with Tom Black

October 25 NBU Lunch & Learn with Tom Black

Art of Sales with Tom Black Author of "The Boxcar Millionaire" When: October 25, 2012 Time: 11am - 1 pm Where: Maggiano's Tom Black is author of the wildly popular book The Boxcar Millionaire and he exemplifies the essence of the American dream. His rags to riches...

NBU Lunch & Learn : October 11

NBU Lunch & Learn : October 11

Dr David Furse Director of Mentor Program, Entrepreneur Center Adjunct Professor of Management Vanderbilt University Please join us for Dr. Furse’s presentation on Debt and Capital Financing. He will be discussing the following: Local sources of funding. Mitigating...

Sept 27th – Kickoff to NAWBO Business University

Sept 27th – Kickoff to NAWBO Business University

Please join Pinnacle Financial Partners, Bass Berry & Sims & NAWBO for a networking event. We'll be kicking off our annual NAWBO Business University, a series of 3 intense lunch & learn programs designed to provide you with exceptional tools and...

Carolyn Yates, CFP, CRPC

Carolyn Yates, CFP, CRPC

They say that some people are just born with it. Well, Carolyn Yates, who made her first investment decision at age 13, knew early on the importance of building a strong financial foundation. She currently serves as a senior vice president with Pinnacle Asset...

Kimble Bosworth, Proforma Printelligence

Kimble Bosworth, Proforma Printelligence

Where in the world is Kimble?  That was the question on the minds of many in Kimble’s Houston, TX hometown.  The daughter of a globetrotting international architect, she accompanied her dad to many destinations, from Singapore to Los Angeles, and everywhere in...

Mary Neil Price, McKenzie Laird, PLLC

Some children grow up knowing exactly what they want to be.  A doctor or a lawyer, teacher or nurse, the stage is set in their minds early on and they spend their lives acting out those scenes.  A career path did not come so easily to Mary Neil Price. As an...

Natalie Hansen, Lady Builder

Natalie Hansen, Lady Builder

‘Never let them see you cry,’ words of comfort from a father witnessing his daughter survive in an industry that didn’t respect her and flat out didn’t want her there.  Although still not perfect, today’s trailblazing women have a better chance of success than those...

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