Get expert business advice from ActivateNM’s founder business mentors during Speed Mentoring on March 14 at Q Station in Albuquerque. This in-person event pairs new and aspiring business owners with experts who can answer questions about scaling, investment, marketing, and early ideation.
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Businesses Must Pay Gross Receipts Tax; Learn How
Businesses, both old and new, must pay Gross Receipts Taxes to the State of New Mexico when they sell a product or service in New Mexico. GRT differs from sales taxes charged by other states in that it applies to all sales – not just tangible items. The business development organization WESST is offering an online workshop at noon on March 7, 2025, to help small business owners understand their GRT obligation.
Continue readingMeet With Small-Business Lenders at the Black Business Summit
The nonprofit lender and resource provider WESST is just one of the small-business loan providers that will offer information at the 2025 Black Business Summit on February 28 in Rio Rancho. The event is free, but registration is required due to limited space.
Continue readingRural Businesses Can Get Free Coaching – With or Without a Loan
The nonprofit lender RCAC provides no-cost direct technical assistance to rural entrepreneurs and small businesses to launch or re-launch their business; operate, sustain, and grow their business; secure access to financing; and build networks.
Continue readingBusinesses Paid to Hire Interns
Small businesses in need of workers can hire an intern and receive pay reimbursement of up to $4,800 per intern through the Paid Internship Assistance for Employers program at Central New Mexico Community College. The program aims to give students real-world working experience as it connects businesses to a talent pipeline of potential future employees from CNM.
Continue readingResources for Creative Entrepreneurs Suffering Hardship
Suppose a disaster, illness, or other hardship disrupts your ability to work as a creative entrepreneur. In that case, you can apply for emergency relief funding or support services based on your artistic field.
Continue readingNew Mexico MEP Helps Company Go Lean
In 2014, Adam Wagoner attended a Lean 101 workshop conducted by Denise Williams, Northwest Region Innovation Director for New Mexico Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), when it hit him that lean strategies would be a good fit for Largo Tank’s longstanding company culture of promoting from within and encouraging professional development among workers.
Wagoner is an owner and vice president of Largo Tank and Equipment, a three-location manufacturing and service facility for truck-mounted equipment, fire equipment, truck tanks, and tank trailers in the Four Corners region.
Largo’s focus is welding and mechanical service work on all types of semi-trailers, tankers, and truck-mounted equipment. The company holds an American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) U-stamp for pressure vessel manufacturing and an R-stamp for pressure vessel repairs.
Continue readingDo You Know if Your Business Idea is Feasible?
The nonprofit lender and business development organization WESST aims to help entrepreneurs discover if their business idea is feasible. Join WESST online on Monday, February 3, 2025, from 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm to learn about the research and resources every entrepreneur should explore before launching a new business.
Continue readingApply to Free Business Support Program
Arrowhead Center, in collaboration with the U.S. Economic Development Administration, is accepting applications until January 31, 2025, for its newest free business support program. BizSprint San Juan is for existing and aspiring business owners in San Juan County.
Continue readingCalling All Artists
If you are an artist ready to embark on a journey of self-discovery and artistic growth, consider attending the Curiosity, Wonder, & Resilience webinar series offered by the business development organization WESST.
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