Are Swag Bags effective? Any tips for rebuilding my nonprofit’s Board of Directors? NCET’s panel of business and technology experts answer your questions in our monthly column.

Everyone knows you need a marketing plan, and it can seem like a daunting process - but if you are running a small business, it doesn’t need to be that complicated. It really just boils down to establishing goals and writing a to-do list that will help you achieve them.

Chrisie Yabu highlights the five lessons, and a ton of takeaways, on what marketing communications professionals have learned communicating through the pandemic, and how you can apply them beyond.

Now that we are emerging from the restrictions of pandemic life, we can look at what we’ve learned in the past year. What habits do we want to keep, and what do we want to change?

Bill Leonard has been elected to the board of directors of NCET, a member-supported non-profit that produces educational and networking events to help people explore businesses and technology. Matt Fisher, Andrea Quiruz, Toni Quiruz and Chuck Sweeney have been re-elected to the NCET board.

Should my nonprofit have a Pop-Up Store? What does the new mask guidance mean for Nevada employers– legally? NCET’s panel of business and technology experts answer your questions in our monthly column.

I have a strong marketing effort in place… Do I still need to sponsor and attend industry events? Can continuing educations courses help me be more competitive in the post-COVID job market? NCET’s panel of business and technology experts answer your questions in our monthly column.

Join us for a virtual tour of AUECC, which produces chemicals that meet seemingly impossible standards for purity — they measure contamination in parts per trillion — in batches that range from small bottles to big tanks for use by technology manufacturers.

The passage and signing of the American Rescue Plan Act in March kicked off another round of funding for COVID relief, which includes several assistance programs for small businesses. Here’s a list of several pandemic assistance programs for businesses, including those that provide financial assistance and forgivable loans for entrepreneurs impacted by COVID-19.

Wes McQuillen, Alana Ridge and Kyle Robertson have been re-elected to the board of directors of NCET, a member-supported non-profit that produces educational and networking events to help people explore businesses and technology.

It can’t do back flips like Atlas the humanoid robot, nor can it dance or open doors for its friends, like Spot the robotic dog can. Instead, Boston Dynamics’ new robot, named Stretch, is going straight to work in a warehouse. Rolling around on a wheeled base, it’s basically a large robotic arm that grabs boxes using vacuum power, and it’s designed for tasks like unloading trucks or stacking pallets.

Nevadans start several thousand new businesses each year. If you’d like to be one of them, NCET and the Reno Gazette-Journal are pleased to introduce a new monthly column designed to help you start your business.