Big Bang! is the annual UC Davis Business Plan Competition organized by MBA students of the Graduate School of Management. The goal of the contest is to promote entrepreneurship at UC Davis and the region supported by the University.

You’ve read them all before: the how-to books and magazine articles telling you that staying afloat in the current marketplace takes tremendous effort. That it takes visibility and connections. How do you do that when your budget is limited? Or nonexistent? Take Kim Silvers, for example…

Silvers HR Management acquires JV Associates, expands resources for clients -Press Release  Granite Bay, CA – Dec 21 2007 — Silvers HR Management has acquired Sacramento HR firm JV Associates. President Kim Silvers will run all the day-to-day operations with her staff.  Jacqueline Vance of JV Associates has retired from the business after almost 40 [...]

Silvers HR Management, a small human relations shop in Granite Bay, announced Wednesday it has acquired JV Associates in Cameron Park. Jacqueline Vance of JV Associates has retired from the business after almost 40 years of human resources consulting. The deal sends one staff member and about 100 clients over to Silvers HR president Kim [...]

From the obvious to the subtle, here are some good pointers to give you a leg up in that next interview. One, leave Grandpa at home…

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS SELECTS KIM SILVERS AS 2006 “WISE WOMAN OF THE YEAR” SACRAMENTO, CA: The National Association of Women Business Owners®, Sacramento Valley Chapter, selected Kim Silvers of Silvers HR Management for the 2006 “Wise Woman of the Year” award at the organization’s “9th Annual Outstanding Women Leaders of the Year” [...]