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Business book series launched.


Thinking of opening your own business? Need some help? Read on. Thunder thunder, sound produced along a path of a lightning flash, caused by the rapid heating and expansion of the adjacent air. Rolling thunder occurs either as a result of the time difference between sounds from the far and near end of a flash, or when mountains, layers  Bay's Confederation College Confederation College is a provincially funded community college located in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. It was established in 1967, and has area campuses in Dryden, ON, Fort Frances, ON, Geraldton, ON, Kenora, ON, Marathon, ON and Sioux Lookout, ON.  has partnered with Productive Publications to publish a series of books dealing with entrepreneurship en·tre·pre·neur  
n.
A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture.



[French, from Old French, from entreprendre, to undertake; see enterprise.
 and small business development.

"(Entrepreneurs) make a lot of common mistakes over and over again," says Graham Clayton, director of the Institute of Global Entrepreneurship and Electronic Commerce at the college.

Clayton says under-financing, not doing their homework and a lack of management skills are just a few of the mistakes that entrepreneurs make when starting out.

With the help of small teams of college staff, Confederation College has written The Entrepreneur entrepreneur (än'trəprənûr`) [Fr.,=one who undertakes], person who assumes the organization, management, and risks of a business enterprise.  and the Business Idea, Business Planning and Finances, Small Business Finance, Starting a Business Relationship, Development and Maintenance and Youth Entrepreneurship.

All six books are on the market and can be purchased at the college, through Productive Productions or online.

Clayton says the books are "easy reads," and straight-forward so that anyone can understand them.

Confederation A union of states in which each member state retains some independent control over internal and external affairs. Thus, for international purposes, there are separate states, not just one state.  College's expertise in entrepreneurship and small-business development over the past 20 years has gained them national and international recognition.

The college has done small-business management training in Paraguay, is in its seventh year of training in the Ukraine and 10 years in Poland.

The college has been writing about business on an ongoing basis for its own use and decided it would be a good idea to make the books available to the public because of the lack of education surrounding sur·round  
tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds
1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle.

2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication.

n.
 entrepreneurship.

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Title Annotation:Confederation College, Productive Publications
Author:Merchant, Gwen
Publication:Northern Ontario Business
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1CANA
Date:Jul 1, 2002
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