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2013 Season
Our low cost or free workshops and seminars provide useful, practical small business information on a variety of topics important to your business. The schedule is always being updated, so come back to our website for details.
Topics will include the following and many others:
Business planning
eCommerce and Social Media
Financing a new business
Are you ready to be an entrepreneur
Networking
Becoming and Independent Consultant
Selling Skills
Buy/Sell a business
Etc.
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| Are you an existing business? Then try one of the SCORE Select™ workshops with topics that are relevant to existing businesses.
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To learn more, see a list of workshops and register for one click below.
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| Simple Steps for Starting Your Business
| | Norwalk City Hall 125 East Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06851
To Register for this FREE Workshop Series, Click below or phone 203-831-0065
5:30pm registration 6:00pm-8:30pm:
NOTE: this is a new location for the series.
| This workshop series will help you:
• Define and evaluate your ideas
• Develop a marketing strategy
• Identify the best ways to fund your startup
• Turn your idea into action with tools and templates
• Get useful and helpful mentoring sessions
• Connect with other entrepreneurs
Each of the following sessions go from 6:00pm - 8:30 pm.
Topics and Dates for This Cycle of Entrepreneurial Training
Module 1 SELF ASSESSMENT Tues. May 29
Module 2 BUSINESS PLAN Tues. June 5
Module 3 MARKETING PLAN Tues. June 12
Module 4 FINANCIAL PLAN Tues. June 19
Module 5 Funding & Next steps Tues. June 26
To register:
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| THE SEVEN WONDERS OF WEB MARKETING — A series of workshops
| | Stamford Innovation Center 175 Atlantic St. Stamford, CT 06901
Each session goes from 6:00pm - 8:00pm Check-in starts at 5:30pm
Free Workshop
| This FREE workshop series on internet marketing will be held on the fourth Tuesday of each month. A direct, hands-on approach using attendee participation.
Each session goes from 6:00pm - 8:00pm Check-in starts at 5:30pm
Topics and Dates are as follows:
Session 1 Making Websites Work Tuesday, Jan. 22 (done)
Session 2 Making Social Media Work Tuesday, Feb. 19 (done)
Session 3 Making LinkedIn Work Tuesday, Apr. 2 (done)
Session 4 Making Search (SEO) Work Tuesday, Apr. 23 (done)
Session 5 Making Email Marketing Work Tuesday, May 28
Session 6 Making PR Work Tuesday, June 25
Session 7 Making Online Advertising Work Tuesday, July 23
To Register for current session
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| Financing Small Businesses: Available Options and Proper Preparation
| | Norwalk City Hall 125 East Avenue Norwalk, CT 06851
Thursday, May 30, 2013 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Registration and Networking at 5:30 pm
This is a FREE workshop
| Lending Institutions: What Do They Look For? What Do They Want?
You will learn:
• About the lending criteria of banks and other credit providers
• What information they look for in loan applications
• About the lending agencies in Connecticut and their different lending criteria:
• Regional vs. national banks
• Small Business Investment Companies (CEDF, CTCIC)
• SBA Loans
• State grants and loans
• Some strategies in seeking loans
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To Register
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| Cold Calls Shouldn't Make You Sweat
| | Stamford Innovation Center 175 Atlantic St. Stamford, CT 06901
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm | check-in starts at 5:30 pm
This is a FREE workshop
| You will learn some of the most successful telephone techniques available today - techniques you can implement to see real results - FAST!
You will learn:
• Why traditional cold calling methods simply do not work.
• How to get invited to meet with your prospects instead of fighting for appointments.
• How to avoid the "call me later" or "send me literature" trap.
• How to get the gatekeeper to work for you and not against you.
• How to get your voicemail returned.
• How to stop sounding like your competition.
• How to get a referral from someone who has abolutely no interest in what you do.
To Register
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| Strategies for Buying or Selling a Business
| | St. Luke’s Parish Hall, 1864 Post Road, Darien, CT 06820
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
6:00pm - 7:30 pm, Registration at 5:30pm
This is a FREE workshop
| If You’re a Buyer….learn how to:
• Find a profitable business and negotiate the purchase price
• Determine the purchase price and find money to buy a going business
• Complete due diligence and conduct pre-takeover planning
If You’re a Seller….learn how to:
• Set the purchase price
• Find qualified buyers and market the business
• Structure the deal, prepare your business for sale and get the most money
Download Flyer
To Register
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| How To Develop a Business Plan in Six Easy Steps
| | Greenwich Library 101 W. Putnam Ave • Greenwich, CT 06830
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
6:00pm - 7:30 pm, Registration at 5:30pm
This is a FREE workshop
| A Business Plan is an essential roadmap for business success. But few small businesses ever complete a plan due to over-complicated approaches with too much theory, writing and detail. You need straightforward tools for setting goals, developing action plans, measuring how you are doing — and evolving the plan based on “real world” market feedback
In this “Business Plan Express” workshop you will quickly complete your 2013 plan by learning how to:
• Research the market – your industry, customers, and competitors
• Define/refine your business niche
• Set business objectives
• Create a simple action plan to achieve those objectives
• Monitor your progress against your goals
To Register
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| The Process of Securing a Loan
| | Wilton Library 137 Ridgefield Road, Wilton, CT 06897
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm | check-in starts at 5:30 pm
FEE: $10
| Lending Institutions: What Do They Look For? What Do They Want?
You will learn:
• About the lending criteria of banks and other credit providers
• What information they look for in loan applications
• About the lending agencies in Connecticut: CDEF, CTCIC, the SBA and the State of Connecticut as lending partners
• Strategies in seeking loans
To Register
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| Google Analytics: Actionable Insights & Custom Reporting
| | Stamford Innovation Center 175 Atlantic St. Stamford, CT 06901
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm | check-in starts at 5:30 pm
This is a FREE workshop
| Google Analytics is the most widely used web analytics platform currently available. Used by local businesses and Fortune 500 companies, it provides a wealth of information. Learn how to translate that data into actionable business insights by leveraging advanced features in an up-to-the-minute review of Google Analytics latest capabilities including real time data reporting.
• How to Measure Marketing Initiatives
• Setup Conversion Funnels
• Track Visitor Flows
• Create Advanced Segments
• Analyze Multi-Channel Attribution
• Use Real-Time Events & Widgets
• Layout Customized Reports
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| Networking for REAL Results!
| | Community Room, Rowayton Library 33 Highland Avenue Rowayton, CT 06853
Thursday, July 25, 2013
7:30 am to 8:30 am
| Another in the Business and Bagels Quarterly series. A light breakfast will be served courtesy of the library. Our speaker, Stan Witkow will return to explore the most practical aspects for your networking activities.
• Understand the whys and wherefores of networking
• Learn what works and what doesn’t work for successful networking
• Learn how to get the most out of every networking encounter
• Find out how to make networking fun!
To Register
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