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Is Starting a Business Right for You? SCORE Workshop Series #2 — #5
(Fee: $150 for Workshop Series)
Session 2: Business Concept (Tues July 9)
Focuses on your business concept with step-by-step guidance in researching your idea, your market, and your competition. By the end of this Workshop, you will be able to identify your target markets, describe your products and services, and collect key competitive information to support your feasibility plan.
Session 3: Marketing Plan (Tues July 16)
Introduces you to marketing communication methods and tools to maximize your customer reach. The discussion covers pricing strategies, positioning, the difference between features and benefits, and different marketing strategies. By the end of this session, you will know how to outline your marketing strategy, test your marketing message, choose the right sales channel, and exercise your marketing strategy.
Session 4: Financial Projections (Tues July 3)
Uses exercises to help you better understand financial concepts. Reviews sales and prices, financial risks and rewards, true start-up costs, ongoing operating expenses, setting benchmarks for tracking progress and the organization of all your financial information. Using a hands-on approach, you learn how to use our financial model to forecast sales revenue and build solid pro-forma financial forecasts.
Session 5: Funding Sources and Next Steps (Tues July 30)
Offers information on how to finance your small business. Discussions include sources of funds, accounting the six C’s of credit, banking relations, ratio analysis, and monthly preparation and review of financial statements. A bank loan officer will give an inside view of how a banker assesses the merit of business plans and loan application. At the end of this Workshop series, you have all the tools necessary to decide whether or not to launch your small business.
Attend all four sessions for $150.00 (A second person from the same company is an additional $50.00)
The Workshop Series is presented by SCORE Certified Mentors. Free one-on-one counseling is part of the workshop process.
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? SCORE Workshop Series #2 — #5
(Fee: $150 for Workshop Series)
Session 2: Business Concept (Tues July 9)
Focuses on your business concept with step-by-step guidance in researching your idea, your market, and your competition. By the end of this Workshop, you will be able to identify your target markets, describe your products and services, and collect key competitive information to support your feasibility plan.
Session 3: Marketing Plan (Tues July 16)
Introduces you to marketing communication methods and tools to maximize your customer reach. The discussion covers pricing strategies, positioning, the difference between features and benefits, and different marketing strategies. By the end of this session, you will know how to outline your marketing strategy, test your marketing message, choose the right sales channel, and exercise your marketing strategy.
Session 4: Financial Projections (Tues July 3)
Uses exercises to help you better understand financial concepts. Reviews sales and prices, financial risks and rewards, true start-up costs, ongoing operating expenses, setting benchmarks for tracking progress and the organization of all your financial information. Using a hands-on approach, you learn how to use our financial model to forecast sales revenue and build solid pro-forma financial forecasts.
Session 5: Funding Sources and Next Steps (Tues July 30)
Offers information on how to finance your small business. Discussions include sources of funds, accounting the six C’s of credit, banking relations, ratio analysis, and monthly preparation and review of financial statements. A bank loan officer will give an inside view of how a banker assesses the merit of business plans and loan application. At the end of this Workshop series, you have all the tools necessary to decide whether or not to launch your small business.
Attend all four sessions for $150.00 (A second person from the same company is an additional $50.00)
The Workshop Series is presented by SCORE Certified Mentors. Free one-on-one counseling is part of the workshop process.
Small Business Brand Expo
FREE Event & Breakfast, featuring
Gerry O’Brion will translate Big Brand Strategies into knowledge that any business can use to win in the marketplace. He will share with you the lessons he has learned about branding companies of all sizes, even companies like yours.
Spectrum Reach Ad Portal is the new TV Media Buying Tool that allows you to plan and purchase TV right from your computer, on your time and your budget. You can even create a READY-TO-AIR TV Commercial.
You will learn how to market your business and reach new customers affordably. Advisors will be onsite to consult on how to take your business to the next level.
RSVP at go2.spectrumreach.com/brand
This Small Business Brand Expo is sponsored by Spectrum Business, American Marketing Association and SCORE Charlotte.
Entrepreneurs Group – Saturdays, “Business Model Canvas” Workshop
Gary Byrd, SCORE Certified Mentor, will present “Business Model Canvas” Workshop to the Entrepreneurs Group on Sat, Aug 3 at 10 am.
Do you have a business plan model for your business? Join us and get one done. As a business owner, it is very important to have a plan for your current business with a forecast for the future. You will learn how to:
- Identify Customer Segments & Channels
- Identify Key Partners & Key Resources
- Answer that Nagging Question — What are your customers willing/ready to pay for?
Learn all you need to know from Gary Byrd, the SCORE Expert on this topic.
Contact Joan T. Randall, Campus Leader, Elevation Church University City Campus, at joantrandall@gmail.com.
This Workshop is co-sponsored by the Entrepreneurs Group Saturdays, Elevation Church University City Campus and SCORE Charlotte.
Understand the basics of starting a business in this seminar that takes you from idea to opportunity. Learn key strategies for start-up, financing and marketing as well as important information about legal issues, licensing, zoning, operations and more. Realize the importance of a self-assessment and how to evaluate the feasibility of your business idea. Discover the resources available to help you start and successfully operate your business.
Speaker(s): Tom Conroy
Pre-registration is required
Fee: No Cost
Understand the basics of starting a business in this seminar that takes you from idea to opportunity. Learn key strategies for start-up, financing and marketing as well as important information about legal issues, licensing, zoning, operations and more. Realize the importance of a self-assessment and how to evaluate the feasibility of your business idea. Discover the resources available to help you start and successfully operate your business.
Speaker(s): Tom Conroy
Pre-registration required.
Online Web Ex registrants will be emailed the access information 24 hours before the training seminar.
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
A business plan can be the most important tool a small business owner has. Learn how to turn your ideas into a solid plan for financing and long-term success. This seminar teaches you the important components of a business plan and helps you lay the foundation for a winning plan. Find out how marketing, operations, and finance are interrelated. Discover how a business plan is used by potential lenders, the dos and don’ts of writing a plan and steps for making the process easy. This seminar is designed for new and established business owners.
Speaker(s): Tom Conroy
Pre-registration is required.
Fee: No Cost
The Food Safety Modernization Act constitutes the largest change in the Food & Beverage regulatory environment in the past 80 years. Food and Beverage producers now have more stringent requirements for manufacturing their products. That includes alcoholic beverages. This presentation will focus on the Food & Drug Administration’s expectations for breweries, wineries, and distilleries under the Food Safety Modernization Act. A discussion of pertinent regulations will focus on training, Good Manufacturing Practices (Good Brewing Practices) and dealing with byproducts intended for Human or Animal foods. A discussion around best practices will also cover HACCP concepts, Preventive Control regulations, training and ingredient testing.
Co-Sponsor(s): AB Tech Small Business Center
Pre-registration required.
Online Web Ex registrants will be emailed the access information 24 hours before the training seminar.