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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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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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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 […]
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DESIGN: 3D Modeling with Fusion 360
DESIGN: 3D Modeling with Fusion 360
Learn the process of 3D Modeling and how it connects to 3D Printing and CNC Milling in this 8-week evening course! This eight week in-person class will go in depth on using Fusion 360 to create 3D Models for 3D printing and CNC milling. Students will leave the course with the confidence to tackle their […]
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 […]
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 Panel
MAKE: Stained Glass Panel
Learn the art of stained glass and make your own decorative panel in this nine-week evening course! Using stained glass, you’ll learn to cut, grind, and solder glass pieces, turning them into a beautiful stained glass panel. The class provides two hours of instructional time for eight weeks and one week of non-instructional studio time […]
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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 […]
Let’s Talk Business: Follow Up Strategies That Will Get More Clients and Close More Sales
Let’s Talk Business: Follow Up Strategies That Will Get More Clients and Close More Sales
If follow up is a hard heavy "to do" then the Follow Up Sales Strategies Presentation is for you. You'll learn that follow up is merely a matter of having effective habits and good systems in place. If you struggle getting your follow up work done, it's not because you don't have time, you're not organized or […]
Instagram for Business
Instagram for Business
Small business owners want to know: how can I use IG for my business? This class will take you through all of the basics of Instagram, and help you understand what the Instagram algorithm values, so that you can best optimize your content for this platform. If you are marketing to Millennials and Gen Z’s, […]
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Growing A Consulting Business
Growing A Consulting Business
Turn your professional expertise into a profitable consulting business and become your own boss! Learn how to work smart, have clients come to you, generate business through word-of-mouth referrals and get paid what you're worth. In this 3-hour workshop, the following topics are covered: The Who, What, Where, When, Why and How of consulting 9 […]
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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ScaleUp Mastermind: Dollars & $ense with LaVonne Shields
ScaleUp Mastermind: Dollars & $ense with LaVonne Shields
On this month's ScaleUp Mastermind, we will be talking with Accounting Strategist LaVonne Shields, about 3 major challenges most business owners face and what they can do to change liabilities into opportunities. LaVonne will be showing us how to avoid many of the catastrophic pitfalls that businesses fall into and provide the tools to not […]
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IRS Employee Retention Tax Credit & Filing Season Readiness for Business
IRS Employee Retention Tax Credit & Filing Season Readiness for Business
The Employee Retention Credit (ERC) has been extended and/or amended three times since it was originally enacted as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) in March of 2020. Who can keep up with all of that? Join us for a webinar on January 27th as we walk through some of this: […]
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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 possibilities and next steps. Summary We will […]
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Buying an Existing Business Step by Step
Buying an Existing Business Step by Step
You want to buy a business and become a small business owner. Great! But you don’t know where to start. This workshop will help you find one to buy, avoid paying too much for the business, how you can get financing, and how do you finalize the deal. This 3-hour workshop is designed to give […]
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Third Annual Black-Owned Business Excellence
The Black-Owned Business Excellence Symposium is an all-day virtual conference to celebrate, educate and inspire Black business owners. This event is being planned by Black-Owned Business Excellence (BOBE); which is a collaboration of different organizations and individuals coming together to support, educate, inspire and elevate businesses that are owned by underserved business owners in Washington State. […]
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. You will also learn how to project your future financial results realistically including: Projecting sales for a new business […]
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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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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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Social Media Essentials for Business
Social Media Essentials for Business
This workshop will cover the following topics, plus a lot more: How to create a content calendar to sync all your marketing efforts (Participants will receive a complimentary digital copy of a digital calendar - $27 value) The platforms to choose that make the most sense for your business The right days and times to […]