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SUMMARY:10 Things to Know Before Starting a Business
DESCRIPTION:10 Things to Know Before Starting a Business\n\n\n\nIf you are considering starting a new business this year\, join us to learn more about what it is required of business owners. It’s not just about having the startup money or having a product that all your friends and family love. Do you have a plan and do you have what it takes to be an owner/entrepreneur? \nThis class is part of the Startup Track\, an SBDC webinar series that begins with idea validation and ends with strategic business planning and next steps for profitability and growth. \nIf you do not intend to show up to the live version of this class and are signing up in order to receive the recording afterwards\, please register for the On-Demand version of this class instead: 10 Things to Know Before Starting a Business (on-demand) \n  \nMeet Our Facilitator: Callie Koch\nCallie is program manager of the West Central SBDC. \n  \n\nSpeaker(s): Callie Koch – West Central SBDC\, Ashley Pynes – Northwest SBDC\, Danise Cardona – Northwest SBDC \nCo-Sponsor(s): Region 10\, The Business Cultivator\, Northwest SBDC\, West Central SBDC \n\n\nFee: No Cost \n\n10 Things to Know Before Starting a Business\nwith Callie Koch\nTuesday\, May 6th\, 12:00-1:00PM\nOnline\, no cost \nREGISTER TODAY!
URL:https://region10.net/event/10-things-to-know-before-starting-a-business-3/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:for business
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SUMMARY:Grow with Google: Site Tweaks to Increase Reach
DESCRIPTION:Grow with Google: Site Tweaks to Increase Reach\n\nThis training provides ecommerce businesses with the strategies and tools to increase revenue and expand their reach. Topics covered include website optimization\, effective marketing campaigns\, social media engagement\, customer service and retention\, and data analytics. This training is designed to help ecommerce businesses thrive and succeed in a competitive online marketplace. \nMeet Our Facilitator: Maria Elena Duron\nMaria is a speaker for the Grow with Google partner program. She helps businesses profitably harness their personal brand\, content\, and referral marketing. Her wide range of clients includes hotels\, restaurants\, inventors\, authors\, and web series creators. \nMaria is a guest lecturer at the University of Texas SBDC\, editor-in-chief of the award winning Personal Branding Blog\, and a contributing columnist for publications like Business Insider\, American Business Journal\, Fox Business\, US News & World Report\, Entrepreneur\, The Huffington Post\, and The Young Entrepreneurs Council. Maria was awarded the Texas Governor’s Excellence in Small Business Award and is the founder of #brandchat\, a recognized online chat focused on marketing and branding. She earned her B.B.A. in marketing from Texas Tech University and graduate work at Cornell University\, University of California in Davis\, and University of Phoenix. \n  \n\nCo-Sponsor(s): Region 10\, The Business Cultivator \nAdditional post-registration required via link provided. \n  \nFee: No Cost \nGrow with Google: Site Tweaks to Increase Reach\nwith Maria Elena Duron\nWednesday\, May 7th\, 10:00 – 11:00AM\nOnline\, no cost \nREGISTER TODAY!
URL:https://region10.net/event/grow-with-google-site-tweaks-to-increase-reach-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:for business
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SUMMARY:Six MORE Things Everyone Should Know About Contracts
DESCRIPTION:Six MORE Things Everyone Should Know About Contracts\n\n\nThis class is a follow up from our March class and will explore 6 additional things everyone should know when entering a contract. A recording of the first part can be found here \nAre you a small business owner who’s ever felt overwhelmed or confused by contracts? Do you sign agreements without fully understanding the implications? \nContracts are vital for businesses to interact with employees\, outside contractors\, and to provide services. This class will explore 6 additional things everyone should know when entering a contract such as termination\, modification\, and assignment. This class will demystify the world of contracts and equip you with the essential knowledge you need to protect your business. \nAt some point in the life of your business\, you will probably be faced with having to create or review a contract that will play a role in the operations of your business. Colorado attorney\, Will Edwards\, is going to help understand best practices for handling contracts as a small business owner. \nMeet Our Facilitator: William Edwards\nWe will be joined by Colorado attorney\, William Edwards\, to discuss what every business owner should know about contracts. Will is a business attorney with offices in Carbondale and Gunnison\, Colorado. Will advises a wide range of business in his practice\, including startups\, family-owned businesses\, and privately held\, mid-market businesses operating in multiple states. His practice focuses on business formation\, contracts\, M&A/transactions\, real estate\, and fractional general counsel services. \n  \nSpeaker(s): William Edwards \nCallie Koch\, West Central SBDC Program Manager \nCo-Sponsor(s): Region 10\, The Business Cultivator\, West Central SBDC \n\nFee: No Cost \n\nSix MORE Things Everyone Should Know About Contracts\nwith William Edwards\nWednesday\, May 7th\, 12:30-1:30PM\nOnline\, no cost \nREGISTER TODAY!
URL:https://region10.net/event/six-more-things-everyone-should-know-about-contracts/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:for business
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SUMMARY:Grow with Google: Get Found on Search and Thrive Online
DESCRIPTION:Grow with Google: Get Found on Search and Thrive Online\n\nGet Found\, Get Growth is a training program designed to help businesses improve their online presence and increase their visibility on search engines. Led by expert trainer Maria Elena Duron\, the program offers practical strategies to optimize your online presence and attract more customers. By attending this program\, businesses can learn how to improve their search rankings\, increase their online visibility\, and thrive online \nMeet Our Facilitator: Maria Elena Duron\nMaria is a speaker for the Grow with Google partner program. She helps businesses profitably harness their personal brand\, content\, and referral marketing. Her wide range of clients includes hotels\, restaurants\, inventors\, authors\, and web series creators. \nMaria is a guest lecturer at the University of Texas SBDC\, editor-in-chief of the award winning Personal Branding Blog\, and a contributing columnist for publications like Business Insider\, American Business Journal\, Fox Business\, US News & World Report\, Entrepreneur\, The Huffington Post\, and The Young Entrepreneurs Council. Maria was awarded the Texas Governor’s Excellence in Small Business Award and is the founder of #brandchat\, a recognized online chat focused on marketing and branding. She earned her B.B.A. in marketing from Texas Tech University and graduate work at Cornell University\, University of California in Davis\, and University of Phoenix. \n  \n\nCo-Sponsor(s): Region 10\, The Business Cultivator \nAdditional post-registration required via link provided. \n  \nFee: No Cost \nGrow with Google: Get Found on Search and Thrive Online\nwith Maria Elena Duron\nWednesday\, May 14th\, 10:00 – 11:00AM\nOnline\, no cost \nREGISTER TODAY!
URL:https://region10.net/event/grow-with-google-get-found-on-search-and-thrive-online-2/
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SUMMARY:Grow with Google: Make Better Decisions with Analytics
DESCRIPTION:Grow with Google: Make Better Decisions with Analytics\n\nGain mastery over best practices for interpreting online customer engagement data\, and learn how to discern key trends. This workshop will empower you to transform these valuable insights into informed\, actionable strategies that drive your business forward. By understanding the deeper narratives behind the numbers\, you’ll be equipped to make decisions that optimize your online presence and maximize results. In this session we’ll cover: \n*An introduction to Google Analytics \n*Creating and understanding reports \n*Making goals \n*Using Analytics with other Google tools \nMeet Our Facilitator: Maria Elena Duron\nMaria is a speaker for the Grow with Google partner program. She helps businesses profitably harness their personal brand\, content\, and referral marketing. Her wide range of clients includes hotels\, restaurants\, inventors\, authors\, and web series creators. \nMaria is a guest lecturer at the University of Texas SBDC\, editor-in-chief of the award winning Personal Branding Blog\, and a contributing columnist for publications like Business Insider\, American Business Journal\, Fox Business\, US News & World Report\, Entrepreneur\, The Huffington Post\, and The Young Entrepreneurs Council. Maria was awarded the Texas Governor’s Excellence in Small Business Award and is the founder of #brandchat\, a recognized online chat focused on marketing and branding. She earned her B.B.A. in marketing from Texas Tech University and graduate work at Cornell University\, University of California in Davis\, and University of Phoenix. \n  \n\nCo-Sponsor(s): Region 10\, The Business Cultivator \nAdditional post-registration required via link provided. \n  \nFee: No Cost \nGrow with Google: Make Better Decisions with Analytics\nwith Maria Elena Duron\nWednesday\, May 21st\, 10:00 – 11:00AM\nOnline\, no cost \nREGISTER TODAY!
URL:https://region10.net/event/grow-with-google-make-better-decisions-with-analytics-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:for business
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SUMMARY:Common Legal Mistakes New Businesses Make & How to Avoid Them
DESCRIPTION:Common Legal Mistakes New Businesses Make & How to Avoid Them\n\n\n\nFrom operating agreements to record keeping\, new businesses have a lot to manage and can easily fall behind without protocols in place. In this class\, attorney\, Will Edwards\, will discuss common legal mistakes in the startup phase and how to avoid them with best practices. \nMeet Our Facilitator: William Edwards\nWe will be joined by Colorado attorney\, William Edwards\, to discuss what to know about the legal aspects of starting a business. Will is a business attorney with offices in Carbondale and Gunnison\, Colorado. Will advises a wide range of business in his practice\, including startups\, family-owned businesses\, and privately-held\, mid-market businesses operating in multiple states. His practice focuses on business formation\, contracts\, M&A/transactions\, real estate\, and fractional general counsel services. \n  \n\nSpeaker(s): William Edwards \nCallie Koch – West Central SBDC \nCo-Sponsor(s): Region 10\, The Business Cultivator\, West Central SBDC \n\n\nFee: No Cost \n\nCommon Legal Mistakes New Businesses Make & How to Avoid Them\nwith William Edwards\nWednesday\, May 21st\, 12:30-1:30PM\nOnline\, no cost \nREGISTER TODAY!
URL:https://region10.net/event/common-legal-mistakes-new-businesses-make-how-to-avoid-them/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:for business
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SUMMARY:How to Launch Your Business: A Comprehensive Checklist
DESCRIPTION:How to Launch Your Business: A Comprehensive Checklist\n\n\nThinking about starting a business in Colorado? Join us to learn what is required by state and local officials to get started. This class is for those who have already decided that entrepreneurship is right for them as well as determined their business idea and the feasibility of it. We will work our way through a concrete and concise checklist for the logistics of how to get your business up and running and where to go from there! \n  \nTopics include: \n* Trade name search \n* Legal structure selection \n* State registration \n* Licensing requirements \n* Business plan over view \n* Enterprise Zone Tax Credits \n* Human Resources \n  \nThis class is part of the Startup Track\, an SBDC webinar series that begins with idea validation and ends with strategic business planning and next steps for profitability and growth. \n  \nThis webinar will be presented on Zoom. Please register to receive the link to join. \n  \nIf you do not intend to show up to the live version of this class and are signing up in order to receive the recording afterwards\, please register for the On-Demand version of this class instead: How to Launch Your Business (on-demand) \n  \nSpeaker(s): Callie Koch\, West Central SBDC Program Manager \nCo-Sponsor(s): Region 10\, City of Montrose\, Town of Telluride CCAASE \n\nFee: No Cost \n\nHow to Launch Your Business: A Comprehensive Checklist\nwith Callie Koch\nThursday\, May 22nd\, 12:00-1:00PM\nOnline\, no cost \nREGISTER TODAY!
URL:https://region10.net/event/how-to-launch-your-business-a-comprehensive-checklist-7/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:for business
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ORGANIZER;CN="West Central SBDC":MAILTO:nancy@region10.net
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SUMMARY:Money Smart: Banking for Small Businesses
DESCRIPTION:Money Smart: Banking for Small Businesses\n\n\nBanking services change at the fast pace of technological advances. Therefore\, entrepreneurs need to consider building relationships with their financial institutions to ensure that they can keep up with these changes and understand how to choose the right products and services for their business. A good relationship with your banker can help them better understand your business operations and needs. This can help your banker better advise you about obtaining and building credit\, maximizing the bank’s benefits and resources\, and leveraging the banker’s extensive knowledge and contacts. \nInformation will include: \n*The benefts of building effective long-term relationships with bankers (branch managers and lenders) and business advisors \n*Factors to consider when selecting a financial institution \n*Features\, advantages\, and risks associated with the financial services and products under consideration \n*Types of small business financing options and lenders \n*Factors to consider when evaluating financing options \n*Ways to improve their chances of getting a loan\, including building a strong personal and business credit history\, keeping accurate business records\, and understanding the Five C’s of Credit \n*Ways to recognize and avoid small business fraud\, scams\, and cybersecurity risks \nThe SBDC cannot provide legal\, financial\, or taxation advice for your business specifically and this webinar will be focused on general information that is applicable to most small businesses. For specific taxation guidance\, please work with individually with an accountant who will be able to provide instruction and advice for your business. \nThis webinar will be presented on Zoom. Please register to receive the link to join. \n  \nSpeaker(s): Callie Koch\, West Central SBDC Program Manager \nCo-Sponsor(s): Region 10\, City of Montrose \n\nFee: No Cost \n\nMoney Smart: Banking for Small Businesses\nwith Callie Koch\nWednesday\, May 28th\, 12:00-1:00PM\nOnline\, no cost \nREGISTER TODAY!
URL:https://region10.net/event/money-smart-banking-for-small-businesses/
LOCATION:Online\, 145 S Cascade Avenue\, Montrose\, CO 81401\, Montrose\, CO\, 81401
CATEGORIES:for business
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SUMMARY:Finance Friday: Pricing Your Products
DESCRIPTION:Finance Friday: Pricing Your Products\n\n\nAre you ignoring the money side of your business? Don’t leave this important area of your business for someone else to manage. Take control! Knowledge is power! Learn about all aspects of your business’s account\, from micro to macro\, to stay on top of your finances. Every month\, we discuss a different topic related to small business accounting that will help you with everything from managing your day-to-day bookkeeping to scaling your company and everything in between. \n\nMeet Our Facilitator: Kelly Johnston\n\nKelly is a valued member of the West Central SBDC workshop facilitator team\, teaching bookkeeping\, cash flow\, and accounting boot camps. She also serves as a West Central SBDC consultant. She graduated from the Leading Edge business planning series five years ago and her business has grown exponentially ever since. She is experienced in both the public accounting and private industry accounting fields. Her background includes a bachelor’s in finance and a master’s in accounting\, with experience in the healthcare industry with critical access hospitals and physician offices\, audit and tax preparation. Her education and experience add value to new start up organizations\, developing businesses\, and healthcare entities by creating a strong financial reporting set up and assisting in new financial reports. \n  \n\nSpeaker(s): Kelly Johnston \nCo-Sponsor(s): Region 10 Small Business Resources \nFee: No Cost \n\nFinance Friday: Pricing Your Products\nwith Kelly Johnston\nFriday\, May 30th\, 2:30-3:30PM\nOnline\, no cost \nREGISTER TODAY!
URL:https://region10.net/event/finance-friday-pricing-your-products/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:for business
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