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Emerging Leaders Q&A: Bill Hillis, Social Pet Hotel & Daycare
Social Pet specializes in grooming, lodging, and enrichment daycare for dogs. We exist to enrich the lives of each dog and the people who love them. We recognize that all dogs, their parents, and our people are each unique in their own way and should be communicated with, supported, and cared for individually. | View all
Business Rumors, Debunked: “I have to quit my current job to be taken seriously as a startup”
Quitting your job before getting your start-up off the ground may seem like the best way to prioritize your time, but that’s not always the case. Oftentimes, the most optimal way for you to get your business running in a secure and profitable way is to develop your company while you’re still employed. | View all
Win FREE Tickets to Women’s Networking Summit
CBR is proud to present this amazing opportunity for career women in the Charlotte area! Nikki Pounds, Owner of HR Unequivocally,... | View all
Emerging Leaders Q&A: Jarod Latch, Spiracle Media
Spiracle Media is a video content agency focused on video production and storytelling. Since 2011, we've been creating content that supports the voice of our partners by using our journalistic background. Our award-winning team provides services in the areas of strategy, creation, aerial video and photography, and education. We're built to tell stories. | View allUPCOMING EVENTS
Four Strategic Secrets — Grow You Business During a Booming Economy, SCORE Workshop with Waxhaw Business Association
Introduction: In today’s growing market, local business and non-profit leaders are forced to face the reality of a very competitive landscape while also managing rising internal pressures. These challenges compel business owners to be strategic, more than ever, in order to grow their businesses in a boom market!
Whether a small business, medium, large or non-profit, FOUR STRATEGIC SECRETS to growing your business will be revealed during this interactive presentation.
The Problem: It is easy to believe that during good economic times and rapid local growth that running or expanding a business might be easy. That is certainly not the case. Pressures on finding good employees, creating effective process, and developing a solid foundation to grow a business becomes even harder during times of growth due to rising competition, internal challenges and additional market pressures.
Overview: In today’s session we will discuss and share examples of reframing and articulating presenting problems so leaders can: 1) declutter issues, 2) establish system-solutions, 3) optimize the business culture, and 4) set meaningful goals.
Workshop Presenter: Jason T. Collett, entrepreneur, global leader, and President, Adaptability Development, LLC.
Jason, a SCORE Certified Mentor, is a global business and HR speaker. He has simultaneously built, operated and sold small businesses while also holding global HR leadership positions in several Fortune 500 companies. He is also a Co-Owner/Brew-Master of Rock Hill Brewing Company.
When not high altitude ice climbing, sailing, skiing, snowboarding and surfing around the world, he is the very active father of three, devoted husband and active community volunteer.
Creating financial projections is an important part of your startup’s business plan. If you’re seeking financing, financial projections help convince prospective lenders and investors that your business will be profitable by offering them a good return on their investment. If you’re not seeking financing, you may think you don’t need financial projections and can just “wing it.” Big mistake!!! Financial projections are vital because they enable you to plan and budget for your new business and serve as a yardstick. In this session we will review Sales Forecast and Expense Budget to make up your financial statements: Income Statement and Balance Sheet.
LACCC Luncheon
March is
NOVANT Healthcare Month
Keynote Speaker
Jesse Cureton
Executive VP and Chief Consumer Officer, Novant Health
Sponsored by
Hosted by
The Value of Your Business and Why It’s Important
If you’re a business owner wondering what your exit strategy could look like, this seminar is for you.
Join Charlotte SCORE and Mass Mutual on Wednesday, March 20th in South Park as a panel of experts share valuable information for business owners and entrepreneurs around business valuation, exit strategies, succession planning and more.
Preregistration is required and lunch will be provided.
The 2018 MassMutual Business Owner Perspectives Study reveals that business owners spend the majority of their time working in their businesses instead of on their businesses. The reality is that long-term planning is not always top of mind, yet your business planning is inextricably linked to your personal financial future.
Every business owner will exit their business at some time, let it be on your terms.
Learn how understanding the value of your business is key to effective succession, retirement and estate planning. With a keen focus on value growth, you can help ensure that the business you worked so hard to build continues in your vision and the financial future of those who depend on you most is secured.
Workshop is free. Lunch is free. REGISTER NOW.
Is Starting a Business Right for You?
Session 1: Start-Up Basics – FREE SCORE Charlotte Workshop
This introductory workshop focuses on the basics of testing your business idea and identifying the key factors that influence start-up success. The Start-Up Basics Workshop provides you with an overview of the skills and tools you need when deciding to start a business.
In this session, you learn about the advantages and disadvantages of owning a business, the most profitable form for your business, and the fundamentals of formation, organization, marketing, cash flow and funding sources.
Presented by SCORE Charlotte Certified Mentors at no cost to you.
TO REGISTER, GO TO https://charlotte.score.org/local-workshops-4
Is Starting a Business Right for You?
Session 1: Start-Up Basics – FREE SCORE Charlotte Workshop
This introductory workshop focuses on the basics of testing your business idea and identifying the key factors that influence start-up success. The Start-Up Basics Workshop provides you with an overview of the skills and tools you need when deciding to start a business.
In this session, you learn about the advantages and disadvantages of owning a business, the most profitable form for your business, and the fundamentals of formation, organization, marketing, cash flow and funding sources.
Presented by SCORE Charlotte Certified Mentors at no cost to you.
TO REGISTER, GO TO https://charlotte.score.org/local-workshops-4
En esta sesión gratis y en español usted recibirá información sobre cómo comenzar un negocio basado desde su casa. Se cubrirá información como licencias, requisitos del estado de Carolina del Norte, financiamiento y ayudas locales y oficiales que puede recibir.
Description
If you have always wanted your own business website, it doesn’t get any easier than this. This interactive course will guide you through setting up your own website using WordPress. Learn how to customize the look and feel of the site, add widgets, drive traffic, and more.
Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:
- Understand the basics of website design
- Build and maintain a WordPress website for their small business
- Edit and upload images and content to their website
Strong businesses build their brand to be authentic, cohesive and compelling. While your logo is the visual cornerstone of your brand, your brand is much bigger than your logo. In this session, we’ll cover the ins and outs of branding and what to consider as you brand (or re brand) your business.
Speaker(s): Lisa Speer
Pre-registration is required
Strong businesses build their brand to be authentic, cohesive and compelling. While your logo is the visual cornerstone of your brand, your brand is much bigger than your logo. In this session, we’ll cover the ins and outs of branding and what to consider as you brand (or re brand) your business.
Speaker(s): Lisa Speer
Online WebEx registrants will be emailed the access information 24 hours before the training session.
Meeting number 648 647 311
Meeting password: sbcn2019
Pre-registration is required
Fee: No Cost
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OUR PARTNERS
BEFCOR is a non-profit corporation providing business owners with long-term, fixed-rate financing for owner-occupied real estate and other fixed assets.
Carolina Business Capital (formerly Centralina Development Corporation) partners with banks to finance real estate and heavy equipment for small businesses across North Carolina.
CMSDCs mission is to expand business opportunities for Minority Business Enterprises.
Charlotte Business INClusion is a City of Charlotte program that seeks to increase utilization of Minority, Women and Small Business Enterprises in local contracting opportunities.
The Charlotte Regional Business Alliance is a membership, volunteer-led organization that creates competitive advantage by growing the economy, advocating pro-business public policies and delivering innovative programs and services.
We are a non-profit organization serving black-owned businesses in the Charlotte Mecklenburg region.
The Charlotte Mecklenburg Library offers a wide variety of resources for businesses and non-profit organizations.
The workforce development board offers services and programs to support your business’s growth potential: customized recruiting assistance, training grants for new and incumbent workers, labor market information and more.
The City of Charlotte provides business development support through a variety of services and programs.
City Startup Labs (CSL) has a mission of reimaging of African American millennials (Black Adults 18-34 yrs.) as a new class of entrepreneurs and innovators.
The Small Business Center at CPCC provides expert assistance and valuable resources to prospective and existing small business owners and non-profit organizations.
The purpose of the Latin American Chamber of Commerce of Charlotte (LACCC) is to offer a sustainable bilingual platform of programs, events and services that engages, empowers and supports both Latino and non-Latino businesses, entrepreneurs and professionals.
Mecklenburg County oversees many business license and permit processes and seeks to increase participation of MWSBE firms in the business community.
The National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA), Charlotte Chapter, a non-profit organization established in 1985, is a professional development organization serving the Charlotte community at large.
NAWBO Charlotte is a professional organization specifically designed to fuel the success of the 42,000 women-owned businesses in the greater Charlotte area.
About our Partner Prospera is an economic development, non-profit organization specialized in providing bilingual assistance… Read More
SCORE counselors and mentors are dedicated to helping entrepreneurs and small business owners start and grow successful businesses.
The nonprofit Center for Community Self-Help and its financing affiliates provide business loans and technical support to businesses throughout the Charlotte region.
The SBTDC is here to help small business owners meet the challenges of today’s business environment – manage their ever-changing world, and plan for the future of their business…
The SBA provides a variety of assistance to small businesses including loans and loan guarantees as well as counseling and training workshops – bond guarantees and business advocacy.
About our Partner The Center for Private Business at Wake Forest University is a membership… Read More
The Employers Association is Charlotte’s premier partner for human resource solutions, helping employers build successful workplaces.
Ventureprise is a broad-based hands-on strategic effort to help high growth startups and early stage companies grow.
The Women’s Business Center provides tools and support to help women-owned businesses start and grow.
