The Bookmobile will not be at any stops this week for scheduled maintenance. We will resume a normal schedule Tuesday, May 28.
Learn about local business and entrepreneurial programs. Hear from our Business Librarian on how to be a savvy consumer and protect your credit. Plus, business book reviews! Valuable online access to Business Plans Handbook.
Kiplinger Personal Finance Magazine has named its “10 Best Cities for the New Decade,” and Topeka is ranked at #10. Many attributes were factored into the selections, particularly as related to being a great place to live, find a job, and to start a small business.
Your credit score is a quantitative measure of you creditworthiness, ranging from 300 to 850. It is based on the following five categories: How much debt you have; your payment history; your debt utilization ratio; how far back your credit history goes; your mix of various types of credit. Here are five things that can [...]
Let’s face it, change is hard. And when it involves changing others, it can be especially hard. Before kids, I was an IT Project Manager for a hospital in Alaska. I was leading teams that were pushing out new programs and systems that boosted the hospital’s mission and vision. I was faced with countless peers [...]
The Library’s Business & Investment Center has assembled some Small Business Kits to help prosepective entreprenuers with their business start-up and planning. The kits are located in the west wing of the Library, in the 658.11 section of our Non-Fiction collection. If you are thinking about going into business for yourself, you owe it to yourself to [...]
As another Black Friday approaches, it’s time once again to become aware of the consumer “gotchas” that might await as you go about your Christmas shopping. Here are a few tips: Don’t use your debit card for all of your purchases. If your purchase exceeds your account balance, most banks process the transaction anyway and then charge [...]
Financial GPS – a Guide to Planning and Security - is a series of one-hour seminars presented at the Library monthly, beginning September 10th. In this series we present practical, down-to-earth information about the financial matters that affect your daily lives and the times of your life when you are in transition. The Library has partnered [...]
The Business & Investment Center (BIC) at TSCPL is participating in the NaviGate program, a consortium of business resource providers in Shawnee County. The four major partners of NaviGate are the Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise,Washburn Small Business & Development Center, and SCORE. NaviGate’s mission is to provide a complete and focused support system for [...]
In the event of pandemic influenza, businesses will play a key role in protecting employees’ and customers’ health and safety as well as limiting the negative impact to the economy and society. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have developed a checklist for businesses. [...]
Or, as Yogi Berra famously stated, “This is like deja vu all over again.” As we muddle through the current economic recession and struggle with the uncertainty of new leadership, it might be a good time to reflect on our history and the idea that, yes, we have been through and survived hard times before. [...]
A recession may not seem like a good time to start your own business, but some types of businesses actually historically hold their own during down times. For example, fast-food restaurants, auto repair shops, and job-search or tutorial services are just a few that continue to thrive. This recession, however, could be tougher for entrepreneurs [...]
Today we are facing an economy that has taken a severe beating, and most economists agree that we are in a recession. Although times are hard and business may be slow, there are still some steps you can take to survive. Revisit your business plan. Remember, the business plan is not static, and it is [...]
