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Business Growth and Development Webinar
Business Growth and Development Webinar
Could you use a boost to keep your business going and growing? This webinar is designed to give business owners hope and options to survive and thrive in challenging and normal times. Topics include: Cashflow management, forecasting, breakeven, and contribution margin Funding & Capital Infusion including what you can do to prepare for a loan […]
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ScaleUp Training Series: The Rebuild Edition
ScaleUp Training Series: The Rebuild Edition
ScaleUp Business Training is provided through funding from the Washington State Department of Commerce. This training is focused on teaching proven strategies to small businesses that will increase resiliency and spur growth, even in the face of a global pandemic. The three-hour online courses are held weekly, allowing up to 100 businesses around the state […]
Intro to Business Live Webinar
Intro to Business Live Webinar
This class is designed for those who are thinking about starting a business or in the early planning stages. Learn the fundamental elements of what makes a business successful, the basics of business planning, and the steps to take to turn an idea into a reality! Meet staff from the Washington Center for Women in […]
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Instagram for Business
Instagram for Business
A great Instagram feed reinforces your brand, supports your marketing message, helps you engage directly and sincerely with your customers, and attracts new, loyal followers! Are you ready to Level Up your Instagram for your business? Join me in this webinar and you’ll learn how to: 1. Create an effective bio on your Instagram profile […]
Are you Ready to Start a Business?
Are you Ready to Start a Business?
Are you looking to start up a business but have no experience running one? Do you have an idea you are excited about and want insight into how to get started? Join Washington SBDC Certified Business Advisor, Mia Johnstone, to hear about the basics of starting a business. Topics that will be covered: Identify reasons […]
ScaleUp Training Series: The Rebuild Edition (Evening Cohort)
ScaleUp Training Series: The Rebuild Edition (Evening Cohort)
ScaleUp Business Training is provided through funding from the Washington State Department of Commerce. This training is focused on teaching proven strategies to small businesses that will increase resiliency and spur growth, even in the face of a global pandemic. The three-hour online courses are held weekly, allowing up to 100 businesses around the state […]
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Pathways to Business Startup through the Thurston EDC Center for Business & Innovation
Pathways to Business Startup through the Thurston EDC Center for Business & Innovation
The Thurston Economic Development Council Center for Business & Innovation has over a dozen programs to help entrepreneurs at any stage in their business journey. These programs offer different pathways for success for entrepreneurs in different types of businesses and industries. They include an online incubator, a MakerSpace, a local investment network, and no cost […]
Black-Owned Business Excellence: Stimulate Your Marketing Strategy
Black-Owned Business Excellence: Stimulate Your Marketing Strategy
Black-Owned Business Excellence is a collaboration of more than a dozen organizations coming together to support, promote, educate and elevate businesses that are owned by historically underserved business owners. We have organized a collective calendar of events focused on the advancement of BIPOC businesses. This quarterly event will focus on Upgrading your business entity. Nicole Damaris Green, Chief Marketing […]
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ScaleUp Training Series: The Rebuild Edition
ScaleUp Training Series: The Rebuild Edition
ScaleUp Business Training is provided through funding from the Washington State Department of Commerce. This training is focused on teaching proven strategies to small businesses that will increase resiliency and spur growth, even in the face of a global pandemic. The three-hour online courses are held weekly, allowing up to 100 businesses around the state […]
Stop Over Thinking and Start Making Confident Decisions!
Stop Over Thinking and Start Making Confident Decisions!
Do you tend to get trapped in a cycle of overthinking and delay or avoid important decisions? In next month’s Activate You workshop, learn the skills to move past these roadblocks and make more confident decisions that are aligned with what’s best for you in your life and work. Join us on November 10 at […]
ScaleUp Mastermind: November- The Art of Differentiation
ScaleUp Mastermind: November- The Art of Differentiation
On this month's ScaleUp Mastermind we will be talking with seasoned business expert Bennett Marks about how developing your differentiation strategy is essential to your business's success in the post pandemic landscape. Join us! -- When: November 10, 2021 Time: 4:30 - 5:30 pm Register Here! For more information, contact: James Davis
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QuickBooks Online Basics You Need to Know
QuickBooks Online Basics You Need to Know
Are you an aspiring or established business owner looking to get started with QuickBooks? Are you trying to figure out what you’re doing but keep getting lost? Do you like bagels? Well, then this is the workshop for you! Who You Are: Although anyone interested in QuickBooks is welcome to take this workshop, it is […]
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Tax Essentials for New and Existing Business Owners
Tax Essentials for New and Existing Business Owners
Paying taxes is inevitable. But reporting and paying the right taxes timely is the goal you want to achieve to give you peace of mind and allow you to focus on more important areas, like driving your business forward. This 2.5-hour workshop will help you learn about: • Federal taxes imposed on your business. • […]
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Buying an Existing Business Step by Step
Buying an Existing Business Step by Step
This 3-hour workshop is designed to give you plenty of practical exercises to give you real steps to take away, the future business owner, the skills and know-how that you’ll need for: Finding a business to buy Evaluating an offer to sell a business Performing the necessary review and due diligence on the business you […]
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What To Know Before You Hire or Fire Your First Employee
What To Know Before You Hire or Fire Your First Employee
This comprehensive workshop takes you through the lifecycle from hiring to firing, including what to beforehand and afterwards. This workshop presents the following: • What to Do Before Hiring • Process of Hiring an Employee • Being an Employer • Managing Effectively Employee Problems • Important Employment Laws This is a workshop not to miss […]
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Financial Basics for New Small Businesses
Financial Basics for New Small Businesses
This workshop is designed to give you, the business owner, the financial skills and know-how needed to perform key tasks like to: Determine how to accurately compute the amount of funding you’ll need to start your business. Learn how to project your future financial results realistically including: Projecting sales for a new business Understanding your […]
Intellectual Property as a Tool for Small Business Growth – Webinar
Intellectual Property as a Tool for Small Business Growth – Webinar
We invite small business owners to join us for a webinar addressing Intellectual Property (IP): copyright, trademark, and trade secret. Many of the products, technologies and creative works developed by small business owners are protected by IP therefore, having a sound understanding of IP and how it works has become an essential skill for starting […]
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ScaleUp Training Series: The Rebuild Edition
ScaleUp Training Series: The Rebuild Edition
ScaleUp Business Training is provided through funding from the Washington State Department of Commerce. This training is focused on teaching proven strategies to small businesses that will increase resiliency and spur growth, even in the face of a global pandemic. The three-hour online courses are held weekly, allowing up to 100 businesses around the state […]
Marketing 1: Developing and Promoting Your Product or Service to Sell More
Marketing 1: Developing and Promoting Your Product or Service to Sell More
You’ve developed a wonderful new product or service. Great! Now you need to find customers and get them to buy it. You do that by identifying your target market, creating your value proposition, then by creating a promotional plan. This interactive workshop helps you create draft versions of these for your business. In Part 1 […]
Marketing Part 2: Pricing Your Product or Service to Sell & Getting Online
Marketing Part 2: Pricing Your Product or Service to Sell & Getting Online
You’ve developed a wonderful new product or service but how should you price it? Nothing hurts the profitability of your business more than choosing the wrong price of your products or services. In this workshop we show you a process for pricing your products. Since pricing a service is very different than a product, we […]
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SE PTAC/SBDC Business Roundtable
SE PTAC/SBDC Business Roundtable
The SE Washington PTAC/SBDC Business Roundtable is an open forum discussion where you can learn from PTAC about government contracting, and SBDC Business Advisors about growing your business. PTAC Counsel can help you decide if you’re ready for government contracting opportunities. Paul Bowen with the Washington Small Business Development Center (SBDC) will be available to […]
How to Clarify Your Niche, Ideal Client Profile & Your Messaging
How to Clarify Your Niche, Ideal Client Profile & Your Messaging
Having trouble narrowing down your market to a particular niche? In this webinar, we’ll provide tools that you can use to clarify your avatar client/niche, and we’ll discuss what you need to know about them, and how to gather this intel. All of this information will help you to clarify who exactly you are marketing […]
Let’s Talk Business: eCommerce Readiness
Let’s Talk Business: eCommerce Readiness
With restricted occupancy rates, stay home stay healthy orders, political/social unrest, and rising COVID19 test results, it is harder to service clients face-to-face during this time. Additionally, some customers may not be in close proximity to your local business. Being online can increase your sales/revenues to customers you wouldn’t normally be attractive to. There are […]
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Laying the Groundwork: Basics of Government Contracting
Laying the Groundwork: Basics of Government Contracting
This class is for small business owners who are brand new to government procurement. This class will lay the ground work for you to decide if government contracting should be in your future. This class is fun and informal so bring your coffee and a doughnut and join us as we answer questions and discuss […]
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MAKE: Custom Engrave Your Own Cigar Box Gift Box!
MAKE: Custom Engrave Your Own Cigar Box Gift Box!
Come join us for this fun class and design your own custom engraving while being introduced to the basic principles of vector design and custom engraving using Corel Draw. We'll help you personalize and incorporate your own design or phrase into an assortment of festive designs to be laser engraved on a wood cigar box. […]
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Small Business Flex Fund Info Webinar
Small Business Flex Fund Info Webinar
The Washington State Small Business Flex Fund is a new loan program for the smallest Washington businesses and nonprofits affected by COVID-19. To be eligible to apply, small businesses and nonprofits must employ 50 or fewer full-time equivalent (FTE) employees, have annual revenues of less than $3 million per year, and experience a direct economic […]
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Create a Website that Engages
Create a Website that Engages
Most every business needs a website. But having a website that engages with visitors is key to helping you build your prospect base. In this webinar, you will learn: what is needed for easy navigation. techniques that will get your website to perform better. how to integrate video and testimonials to showcase your brand. how […]
Become a Small Business Owner Through Franchising
Become a Small Business Owner Through Franchising
Franchising is a great way to become what you always wanted to be: A Small Business Owner. But before you take that big step, it’s important to learn from those who have lived and breathed franchising for many years. This workshop allows you to hear from two experts and take away key learnings you’ll need […]
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Intro to Business Live Webinar
Intro to Business Live Webinar
This class is designed for those who are thinking about starting a business or in the early planning stages. Learn the fundamental elements of what makes a business successful, the basics of business planning, and the steps to take to turn an idea into a reality! Meet staff from the Washington Center for Women in […]
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Regional Economic Forecast & Innovation EXPO
Regional Economic Forecast & Innovation EXPO
Five County Economic Development Councils’ Regional Forecast & Innovation Expo in December to Focus on Workforce Development and Education as the future of Economic Development. The economic development organizations of five counties will focus on workforce development and education as the future of economic development —at this year’s Regional Economic Forecast & Innovation Expo, Thursday, […]
Let’s Talk Business: Planning YOUR Customer Experience
Let’s Talk Business: Planning YOUR Customer Experience
Today's most successful businesses use Customer Experience Plans to create a customer-first culture that guides all of their business decisions. They recognized that customers continually assess how well their needs were being met, how easy they were to do business with, and how enjoyable they were to do business with. These successful businesses have aligned their products […]
ScaleUp Training Series: The Rebuild Edition (Evening Cohort)
ScaleUp Training Series: The Rebuild Edition (Evening Cohort)
ScaleUp Business Training is provided through funding from the Washington State Department of Commerce. This training is focused on teaching proven strategies to small businesses that will increase resiliency and spur growth, even in the face of a global pandemic. The three-hour online courses are held weekly, allowing up to 100 businesses around the state […]
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MAKE: Stained Glass Snowflake Suncatcher
MAKE: Stained Glass Snowflake Suncatcher
Class: Using glass bevels, jewels and stained glass, you’ll learn to cut, grind, and solder glass pieces, turning them into a beautiful snowflake of your own design. This four-hour class is a fun introduction to working with glass and will give you a chance to see how this medium fits with your creative interests. Class […]
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