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SUMMARY:National Small Business Week Virtual Summit
DESCRIPTION:Join us September 13 – September 15\, 2021\, for the National Small Business Week Virtual Summit hosted by the U.S. Small Business Administration. \nAttend this free\, online event to learn new business strategies\, meet other business owners\, and chat with industry experts! This 3-day\, action-packed event will include educational webinars\, updates on resources for small businesses\, and a networking chat room for business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs. \n“This year we’ll be spotlighting the resilience of our nation’s entrepreneurs and the renewal of our small business economy as we build back better from this once-in-a-generation economic crisis.” – Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman  
URL:https://archive.growbusiness.org/event/national-small-business-week-virtual-summit/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Small Business Training on SBA's Ascent Platform
DESCRIPTION:Register today for the opportunity to learn more about the SBA’s new learning platform\, Ascent\, created especially for women entrepreneurs!\n\n\nPlease note: this is a virtual session and log-in information will be sent to you by 11:00 AM the day of the event. \n“Women own or co-own 45% of all businesses in the United States. These businesses represent all types of industries and are owned by all types of women. The majority are small\, with great potential for growth in both revenues and job creation. That’s why we created Ascent and packed it with in-depth information to help you grow your business.”  \nJoin us on Tuesday\, September 14th to learn more about this amazing resource available to women entrepreneurs! \nSpots for this session are limited\, so register today! \n\nDue to registration requirements you may only register for one ticket per order.\n\n\nAny additional attendees will have to register separately.  \nAll registration questions are a requirement of the Small Business Administration and are used for funding reporting.
URL:https://archive.growbusiness.org/event/small-business-training-on-sbas-ascent-platform/
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SUMMARY:Interactive Workshop: Marketing 101
DESCRIPTION:Register today for an interactive session with Yelena Wells\, Vice President of Business Development at Elite One Media\n\n\nPlease note: this is a virtual class and a Zoom link will be sent to you by 2:00 PM the day of the event. \nJoin us for an interactive evening from 6:00-9:00 PM where we discuss all things Marketing 101!  \nAre you marketing your business effectively? This session will help you discover how to use your organization’s value proposition to target potential customers and develop a successful marketing campaign. \nThe virtual session will include time where participants are invited to work in real time and receive feedback from the facilitator as well as small group discussion to offer collaboration with other attendees.   \n*Please be prepared to join this interactive workshop with both video and audio.* \nYelena Wells is a Digital Marketing Strategist at Elite One Media. She has a passion for helping businesses develop and grow their marketing strategies. Through Elite One Media\, she offers a wide range of internet marketing services including graphic design\, web design\, social media marketing\, Google Street View virtual tours\, 360° marketing and Search Engine Optimization. The marketing strategies she implements keep businesses competitive\, credible\, and connected in the digital world.
URL:https://archive.growbusiness.org/event/interactive-workshop-marketing-101-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20210916T130000
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SUMMARY:Business $ense Boot Camp-Comerica Bank: Record Keeping as Managerial Tool
DESCRIPTION:This session will serve as an overview of record keeping to help participants understand how record keeping can benefit their business.\n\n\nPlease note: this is a virtual event and a Zoom link will be sent to you by 12:00 PM on the day of the event. \nJoin us for the second multi-part series in partnership with Comerica Bank. Michael Demartelaere\, Vice President\, External Affairs MKT Manager Comerica Bank at Comerica Bank along with Marci Chapin\, Vice President Business Banking will facilitate the discussion addressing the following topics: \nPart 1: Planning for a Health Business  \nPart 2: Recordkeeping as a Managerial Tool \nPart 3: Risk Management and How to Plan for What You Can and Cannot Control \nAfter completing this class\, participants will be able to: \n• Explain the concept of record keeping and why record keeping is important to a small business. \n• Identify record keeping practices\, rules\, and tools which are commonly available to a small business. \n• Explain how these record keeping practices\, rules\, and tools work. \n• Identify benefits a small business derives from proper record keeping. \n• Explain record keeping basics for a small business. \n• Identify software products available for small business record keeping \nSpots for Business $ense Boot Camp are limited\, so register today! \n\nPLEASE NOTE THAT YOU MUST REGISTER FOR EACH SESSION OF THE SERIES SEPARATELY\nDue to registration requirements you may only register for one ticket per order\nAny additional attendees will have to register separately.  \n\n\nAll registration questions are a requirement of the Small Business Administration (SBA) and are used for grant reporting
URL:https://archive.growbusiness.org/event/business-ense-boot-camp-comerica-bank-record-keeping-as-managerial-tool/
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SUMMARY:Financial Planning for Solopreneurs: Setting Yourself up to be Successful!
DESCRIPTION:Tara Jones-Williamson\, your workshop facilitator\, is a fellow business owner who is passionate about eradicating “entrepreneurial poverty.”\n\n\nPlease note: this is a virtual event and a Zoom link will be sent to you by 11:00 AM on the day of the event. \nEight out of ten sole proprietors and single-member LLCs throw in the towel on their businesses due to poor financial planning. The lack of money to sustain their business paired with the constant need to sacrifice their personal lives for business goals drives them to give up on their dream and often times an amazing product or service. Don’t let that be your story. \n Tara Jones-Williamson\, your workshop facilitator\, is a fellow business owner who is passionate about eradicating “entrepreneurial poverty” and teaching others how to manage their money in a way that keeps business profitable and life desirable. \n \n By the end of this workshop\, you will: \n•Receive the step-by-step process of properly separating business and personal finances \n• Discover how to set up your business to support and fund your desired lifestyle \n•Cultivate new ways to minimize your business overhead expenses and maximize profit \n•Understand how to set business revenue goals that directly supports your personal life and goals \n• Learn how to set your personal and business vision statements in a way that keeps you motivated and inspired \n• Acquire new daily\, weekly\, and monthly habits\, rituals\, and routines that makes accounting and bookkeeping easy and organized \n• Receive a comprehensive list of resources that aids in your ability to attain and maintain a profitable\, thriving business \n• Obtain financial templates and worksheets that are exclusive to this workshop yet paramount to business and lifestyle success  \nSpots for this session are limited\, so register today! \n\nDue to registration requirements you may only register for one ticket per order.\n\n\nAny additional attendees will have to register separately.  \nAll registration questions are a requirement of the Small Business Administration and are used for funding reporting.
URL:https://archive.growbusiness.org/event/financial-planning-for-solopreneurs-setting-yourself-up-to-be-successful/
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SUMMARY:SCORE Webinar: Boom! Take Your Business to the Next Level Using Webinars\, Podcasts\, Live Streaming\, and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:Does Amazon still sell only books? Does Starbucks still sell only coffee? Then why are you still doing the same old thing? In this rapidly changing world\, the time is ripe to take your business to the next level. And the good news is\, it’s not that hard to do! \nSteve Strauss\, USA TODAY senior columnist and bestselling author\, will show you the steps needed to boom your business\, using a variety of powerful\, affordable\, yet easy-to-use digital tools. \nFind out everything you need to know to: \n\nBuild your brand\, be seen as the expert\, and sell more with your own podcast\nReach thousands of new people with your own webinar (like this one!)\nUse video to build connections and capture people’s attention\nMaster Facebook Live and other similar streaming options\nAnd much more!\n\n​Based on Steve’s new book\, Your Small Business Boom!\, this webinar is sure to help you create your own small business boom.
URL:https://archive.growbusiness.org/event/score-webinar-boom-take-your-business-to-the-next-level-using-webinars-podcasts-live-streaming-and-beyond/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Incorporating 101 with Attorney Rose Coonen
DESCRIPTION:Have you ever found yourself asking: “How Should I Incorporate My Business?” If so\, register today for an engaging and informative session!\n\n\nPlease note: this is a virtual event and a Zoom link will be sent to you by 5:00 PM on the day of the event. \nFinally\, a Straight Answer to your question: “How Should I Incorporate My Business?”  \nIf you have not yet incorporated your business\, or you think you might want to shift how your business is incorporated\, you want to know the best way to approach this milestone so you can maximize your tax savings\, protect your business\, and keep on the right side of the IRS. \nIn the Incorporation 101 session\, you will receive straightforward clarity about: \n• The most common structure that works for most micro-business owners \n• The tax structure that can save you 15% or more on your taxes \n• How to simultaneously minimize your tax bill and keep the IRS happy \n• The number one factor to consider before selecting a tax structure for your business \n• How to determine whether incorporating out-of-state will work for you or against you \n• Whether incorporating is right for you at all\, based on your current situation \n \nSpots for this session are limited\, so register today! \n\nDue to registration requirements you may only register for one ticket per order.\nAny additional attendees will have to register separately. \nAll registration questions are a requirement of the Small Business Administration and are used for funding reporting.
URL:https://archive.growbusiness.org/event/incorporating-101-with-attorney-rose-coonen/
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