Recent News

Library School Intern Contributes to Website
Steve Zary, camera-shy intern
This spring the AERN website has received some much-needed updating. A key player in the process was Steve Zary, a camera-shy intern from the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alabama. Read more.

AERN Relocates to The Edge

Effective December 1, AERN has relocated its office to The Edge at the corner of Eighth Street and 22nd Avenue in downtown Tuscaloosa to better serve entrepreneurs. Read more.

Alexander City Chamber of Commerce holds Business Summit
Business Summit in Alexander City
AERN Director Mary Patterson attended the Alexander City Chamber of Commerce's 8th Annual Professional Development and Business Summit on November 1. Read more.

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Success Stories

Dreamers gift shop, Chatom, Alabama "Dream to accomplish great things, just dream." That's the motivation behind Dianne Waites's desire over the years to own her own business and now it has come true, literally. Waites is the proud owner of Dreamers, a gift shop located at 17115 Jordan Street in Chatom, Alabama. And it was attendance at an AERN workshop that introduced her to many of the resources she needed to launch and sustain her new business. Read more....

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Quotation

Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
Ann Landers

Featured website for May

How to Pick a Credit Card for Your Business
The Wall Street Journal
http://guides.wsj.com/
small-business/funding/
how-to-pick-a-credit-card-
for-your-business/

Ready to get a credit card for your business purchases? The WSJ advises how to choose one.

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Featured tip for May

Whether you run a restaurant, a hardware store, or a sand and gravel business, if a customer complains about your product or service, don't quibble. Read more....

Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business, p. 312

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The Alabama Entrepreneurial Research Network is a project sponsored and operated by the Alabama Entrepreneurship Institute and the Small Business Development Center, Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, The University of Alabama, and is partially funded through a grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration. Additional support is provided by the Alabama Institute of Commerce. Project director: Mary Patterson.

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