The Enterprise and Economic Development Glossary

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business

... activities, undertakings, dealings in commercial, industrial, or professional environments or situations where trade occurs or where money changes hands; a business enterprise. The definition of a business organization or business concern factors in people by emphasizing that they constitute specific commercial, industrial, and profession enterprises. Wikipedia has additional comments. Risk takers heading up activities such as starting or expanding businesses are referred to as enterprise developers rather than business developers because the latter are typically marketing and/or sales people in business organizations who do promotional work to keep existing customers or clients interested and to, especially, bring in new ones. (see the definition of business development below).

business development

... an enterprise activity often referred to as new business development (precursor to a sale); a direct marketing activity which has networking as its most effective means of building and maintaining working relationships. The expression is sometimes used to refer to enterprise development which The Network addresses as an entirely separate activity. Wikipedia discusses business development; also, the Enterprise and Economic Development Library has resources including some for small business development.

The Network supports those engaged in the enterprise development process and interested in business development by offering its Global Registry of Contacts. Registration services and maintenance of their GRC records are free. Those who qualify as mission contacts are listed online for free. Mission contacts interested in expanding their Internet exposure and gaining business networking advantages can spring from the free GRC offering to take advantage of even more opportunities ... interested?

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