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EarthEnterprise Tool Kit provide the opportunity to enter global markets without incurring many of the costs. TOOL Use Incubators to Help You Grow More than 500 business incubation facilities in Canada and the United States now offer a broad range of services to small start-up companies in fields ranging from high technology to micro-enterprise service. Access to office and manufacturing space, meeting ro o m s , a d m i n i s t rative help, and business equipment can defer costly outlays when a company is getting on its feet or being run from a garage or dining room table. Business incubators accelerate the successful development of entrepreneurial companies.They provide handson assistance and a variety of business and technical support services for startup and fledgling firms during their most vulnerable years. Although still a relatively new and underutilized service,incubators can provide valuable referrals. They can often arrange for high technology companies to have the use of laboratory and testing equipment at universities and private corporations. Indeed, some incubators, such as the Advanced Technology Centre at the university research park in Edmonton,are designed specifically to assist high-tech start-ups. For information on an incubator near you, contact: National Incubation Business Association One President St. Athens, OH 45701 Tel: (614)593-4331 Fax: (614)593-1996 Contact: Terry Murphy Director of Member Services Advanced Technology Centre 203, 9650 20th Avenue Edmonton, AB T6N 1G1 Tel: (403) 462-2121 Fax: (403) 428-5376 Contact: Ron Holland, Director Directory of Business Incubators (U.S. and Canada) Published annually. $19.95. International Venture Capital Institute (IVCI) P.O. Box 1333 Stamford, CT 06904 Tel: (203) 323-3143 Contact: Mr. C.A. Greathouse, President 104 INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
EarthEnterprise Tool Kit TOOL Have Fun, Stay Healthy, and Enjoy Your Work in an Increasingly Stressful World Burn out is a common complaint, but some low cost, innovative changes in business practices can reduce the toll. At Ben and Jerry’s Homemade Inc., the volunteer Joy Gang makes the working environment more fun. At Hasbro toys in Rhode Island, workers get Friday afternoons off in the summer. Other employers permit staff to dress down on Fridays, or all the time, and some host informal happy hours. At Quad/Graphics, the Wisconsin-based printing firm, owner Larry Quadracci employs the services of his goat, Gruff. “Be a Gruff...Recycle Stuff” is his company’s slogan for its recycling program and Gruff has his own electronic mail address for receiving and responding to questions and comments about recycling and the environment. As more employees try to exercise away stress, a growing number of companies are establishing health clubs or offering discounted memberships at local facilities.Companies are installing showers and lockers for workers who bike or run to work. Calvert Social Venture Partners in Bethesda, MD, buys running shoes for employees who walk to work and Patagonia buys locks for those who commute by bicycle. Creating a day care centre, providing sick child care, and offering flexible working hours and opportunities to work at home can ease the stress of employees with children. Small companies, unable to provide amenities like day care and health clubs, can provide flexibility and the occasional entertaining or relaxing surprise.Twice a year, for example, the Ecoprint staff goes on an outing to experience the environment they work to protect. See “Directories”, pages 171-172, for publications on New Business Practices. ADOPTING NEW BUSINESS PRACTICES AND RELATIONSHIPS 105
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