the Lisa Kahn Collection

Danielle Hatfield and Brandon Pierce, of Linking Triad, attended the launch of the Lisa Kahn Collection from Chelsea House at High Point Furniture Market. Lisa shares her new designs and how Chelsea House discovered her via Kahn Design Group’s new website.

Lisa Khan, luxury designer

Lisa Kahn, luxury designer

Kahn Design Group
DISTINCTIVE INTERIORS
http://www.kahndesigngroup.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LisaLKahn
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kahndesigngroup

Chelsea House

SPIRITED SOPHISTICATION
http://www.chelseahouseinc.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChelseaHouseInc
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChelseaHouseInc

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Video Produced by Linking Triad

Interview by Danielle Hatfield
http://www.daniellehatfield.com

Video by Brandon Pierce
http://www.brandonpierce.net

John Strauss at High Point Market, Spring 2012

Linking Triad attended the Spring 2012 High Point Furniture Market. We met John Strauss through Twitter in 2011. We’re very impressed with his sustainable approach to furniture design. We think you will be as well.

John Strauss, furniture designer
http://www.straussfurniture.com/

Top 5 Piedmont Triad Resources for Small Business Owners

When it comes to owning your own business, finding resources that actually help you succeed without requiring a huge investment of time or money are rare.

This list is meant to inspire business owners to think outside of the box when it comes to what may not be traditional resources to most.

Help to a small business owner comes in many forms.

1) Ed Mckay’s Book Store – Learning about your industry and where you can grow your business is crucial to making the changes you need to survive. Ed McKay’s is one of my favorite places to invest in books for my business library. I can stay in my budget and come out with an amazing selection of books that keep me up to date, inspired and focused on success.

2) Habitat Restore – Whether you are building your home office or furnishing one off site, Piedmont Triad area Habitat Restore Store outlets are a great place to shop for chairs, desks and any thing else you may need to make your space work ready. Not only do you save money – you also support a great cause!

3) Public Library – The public library is an amazing community resource. You can take computer classes, access their premium business databases, receive planning consultations as well as receive direction in career development. It is as simple as contacting your local business librarian.

4) Board of Advisers – Having a trusted Board of Advisers that you can turn to as you make decisions for your small business will help you grow and learn faster that going it alone. It’s recommended to include people that are outside your area of expertise so that you can learn from their unique perspective and see the bigger picture of where your business can grow. Inc.com has an amazing article on How to Assemble a Board of Advisers.

5) Attend Local Social Events – Professional Networking and Educational Groups that offer FREE memberships such as Linking Greensboro and Linking Winston Salem are great examples. They offer social events that share the best and brightest from in and around the Triad on a regular basis. Not only to you get to network with other area professionals and small business owners – for the price of lunch, you get to learn from Triad’s brightest leaders who speak on a wide range of topics. They also offer networking online via Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin Groups – so even if you can’t make their events, you can still connect and benefit both personally and professionally!

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As a small business owner, what have been your top 5 resources to grow your company?

What resources have you discovered that are free or have little to no cost to you and your company?

Mentors and the Success Principles

I am currently reading Jack Canfield‘s incredibly informative book The Success Principles. This morning I on principle #44: Find a Wing to Climb Under.

The chapter starts off with this quote relating to mentors. . .

“Study anyone who’s great and you’ll find that they apprenticed to a master, or several masters. Therefore if you want to achive greatness, renown, and superlative success, you must apprentice to a master.

Robert Allen, Self made multi-millionaire and coauthor of The One Minute Millionaire.


Here is some great info from Wikipedia on Mentors ::

Today mentors provide expertise to less experienced individuals to help them advance their careers, enhance their education, and build their networks. In many different arenas people have benefited from being part of a mentoring relationship, including:

Who was your mentor?

How did having a mentor shape/change your life and career?

Are you a mentor now?


Here are resources about mentoring in the Triad and North Carolina ::

North Carolina Mentoring Partnership

National Mentoring Partnership

SHIELD Mentor Program

UNCG Guarantee Mentor Program

Have additional resources for those interested in becoming a mentor or those in need of one? Please share in in the comments!

Welcome to Linking Triad!

Linking Triad is a networking group that is focused on helping you make great connections in the Piedmont-Triad of North Carolina and beyond.

We bring members together to discuss cutting edge business, economic, political, and social trends as well as the use of social media and technology.

If you know someone who would be a great speaker – please let us know who they are, what company they are with and why you would like to hear from them in the comments below.

We are pulling together a team of Triad professionals who are invested in growing our  community and helping you make great connections!

 

When posting to our Linkedin Group – remember your “groups etiquette,” – you are there to add value and expertise, so before you post ask yourself, “does this discussion add value to group members?”

Don’t shamelessly promote yourself or your business.

:: We ask members to limit their new Linkedin Group discussion posting to a maximum of one per week. ::

LinkedIn recently told group managers that they could only send out *one* general announcement to all members a week, and that this is a good guideline to keep for discussions postings.

If you have events that you would like to share with the Linkedin group – we have created the subgroup ‘Member Events’ to make it easy for everyone to find upcoming events in the Triad and NC region and to keep our discussion board open to current topics.

We will delete inappropriate posts and remove members from the group if these guidelines are not followed.

Linking Triad – Helping You Stay Connected!

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