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2010-2011 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 being updated now, so return for details.
Topics will include the following and many others:
Business planning
eCommerce and Social Media
Financinga new business
Are you ready to be an entrepreneur
Networking
Becoming and Independent Consultant
Selling Skills
Buy/Sell a business
Etc.
Download our workshop schedule
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| Should You Start Your Own Business? A self-assessment workshop
| | The Benjamin Franklin Center 165 Flax Hill Road 3rd Floor; Room 305 Norwalk, CT
Tuesday, June 29th 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
| This Workshop Wil Help You:
• Define and evaluate your ideas
• Develop a marketing strategy
• Identify the best ways to fund your start-up
• Turn your idea into action with tools and templates
• Get useful and helpful mentoring sessions
• Connect with other entrepreneurs
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| Strategies for Buying/Selling a Business - $25
| | UCONN Stamford MBA Campus
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
| If you're a buyer:
• Find a profitable business
• Find money to buy a going business
• Determine a purchase price
• Complete due diligence
If you're a seller:
• Prepare your business for sale
• Set the purchase price
• Market the business to find buyers
• Structure the deal
Buying or Selling a Business Click to download flyer
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| Business & Bagels — The Power of Blogs for Business: Blog Marketing
| | Rowayton Library, Rowayton, CT
Thursday, July 22, 2010 — 7:30AM to 8:30AM. Light Breakfast Served
| Blog Marketing:
• What is a Blog?
• How can Blogging help my business?
• Five easy steps to starting a blog.
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| Human Resources for Start Ups and Small Businesses
| | UCONN Stamford Campus, Room 135 in the MBA Quadrant
Tuesday, August 17, 2010, from 7 - 9 pm
| Laura Jacob presents an overview of what you need to know to:
· Attract, hire and retain the best
· Have you written job descriptions, handbooks & other HR fundamentals
· How to handle payroll and payroll taxes
· Who is an employee, who an independent consultant
· What Federal and State laws apply and where to find resources
· What HR basics you need to help your business succeed
Human Resources Workshop Flyer -Click to download
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| The Core 5 Series Workshops--Is Starting a Business Right for You?
| | Norwalk Police Station, 1 Monroe Street, S. Norwalk from 6 - 8:30 pm.
| This workshop series will help you:
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
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| The Core 5 Series Workshops--Is Starting a Business Right for You? Topics and Dates:
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| SELF ASSESSMENT Wed., August 11
BUSINESS PLAN Wed., August 18
MARKETING PLAN Wed., August 25
FINANCIAL PLAN Wed., September 1
FUNDING SOURCES Tue., September 7
| Download our workshop schedule
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