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How To Start a New Business
Step-by-step consideration
of legal, tax, insurance, accounting, business planning and funding topics which need to be addressed to successfully start a business. Are you really ready?
Cost: $35 per person with advance registration; $45 at the door. |
Wednesday-July 7th, or August 4th
Registration: 8:00 am
Class: 8:30am -12:30pm
Location: SRBC
SAVE $15 - Pre-Register for 4 of the Wkshops starting in July for only $125.
SAVE $15 on Wkshps starting in August |
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How To Write a
Business Plan
Discover why successful businesses operate with a plan. Learn how to write a comprehensive business plan. Get assistance of a SCORE counselor to review and help you refine your plan.
Cost: $35 with advance registration, $45 at the door. |
Wednesday: July 14, 2010 or August 11th
Registration: 8:00 am
Class: 8:30am -12:30pm
Location: SRBC
SAVE $15 - Pre-Register for 4 of the Workshops in the Series for only $125.
SAVE $15 on Wkshps starting in August |
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Small Business Marketing and Sales
Gain insights into how to identify your prospective customers, attract them to your business and and sell your products.
Cost: $35 per person with advance registration; $45 at the door. |
Wednesday: July 21, 2010, or August 18th
Registration: 8:00am Class: 8:30am -12:30pm
Location: SRBC
SAVE $15 - Pre-Register for 4 of the Workshops in the Series for only $125.
SAVE $15 on Wkshps starting in August |
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Financial Record Keeping
Know how and why you need to keep good business
records and how to understand and use your financial statements as business management tools.
Cost: $35 with advance registration, $45 at the door. |
Wednesday: July 28th
or August 25th
Registration: 8:00 am Class: 8:30am -12:30pm
Location: SRBC
SAVE $15 - Pre-Register for 4 of the Workshops in the Series for only $125.
SAVE $15 on Wkshps starting in August |
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Protecting Your
Intellectual Property
WWhat is intellectual property? Why is it so important? How do you protect it? How can you make money from it? This workshop will discuss trade secrets, copyrights, trademarks, and patents, and how they affect your small business.
Cost: $35 with advance registration, $45 at the door. |
Wednesday: June 30, 2010
Registration: 8:00 am Class: 8:30am -12:30pm
Location: SRBC
SAVE $15 - Pre-Register for 4 of the Workshops in the Series for only $125. |
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Free Roundtables with
Spokane Co. Library: |
July & August 2010 |
Starting a Small Business Learn how to get started with a small business, the importance of a business plan, and the resources available to you for funding and business assistance. Topics covered include business licensing, legal forms of ownership, and financial projections. Presented by SNAP/SCORE. Registration required; please sign up at the library. Offered free of charge.
July 13, 6-8 pm Cheney Library, 610 1st St. Cheney, Phone: (509) 893-8280.
July 28, 6-8pm Moran Prairie Library, 6004 S. Regal St., Spokane, Phone (509) 893-8340.
Understanding Credit & Credit Reports Get tips on the best ways to use credit, including how credit works and how to get it, ways to get your free credit report/ what your report tells you, your consumer rights and new credit laws and their affect on your wallet. Presented by SNAP/SCORE. Registration required; please sign up at the library. Offered free of charge.
July 21, 6-8 pm Spokane Valley Library, 12004 E. Main Ave., Spokane Valley Phone (509) 893-8400.
August 3, 6-8pm Airway Heights Library, 1213 S. Lundstrom St. Airway Hghts. Phone (509) 893-8250.
Marketing for Success in Print & Online You have identified your target market, now reach them. Marketing specialists with SCORE discuss ways to get the word out. At the N. Spokane branch, a web designer will explain different types of websites and what to consider when setting up your image for the Internet. At the Spokane Valley session, a graphic designer will review your marketing materials, make suggestions, and discuss what makes a winning brochure or business card. Registration required; please sign up at the library. Free of charge.
August 19, 7-8:30pm, Spokane Valley Library, 12004 E. Main Ave., Spokane Valley, Phone (509) 893-8400.
August 26, 7-8:30pm, N. Spokane Library, 44 E. Hawthrone Rd, Spokane. Phone (509) 893-8350. |
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Additional Workshops offered periodically: |
Dates & Locations to be determined | Protecting Your Intellectual Property
What is intellectual property? Why is it so important? How do you protect it? How can you make money from it? This workshop will discuss trade secrets, copyrights, trademarks, and patents, and how they affect your small business. |
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Cash Flow Management Sept. 29, 2010
Take the mystery out of the accounting process. Learn how to use balance sheets, income statements, to improve cash flow. Develop your cash management plan -- control expenses, cost of sales, accounts receivable, and inventory, and more.
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All-Day Starting a Business Workshop
Registration: 7:45 to 8:00 AM,
Workshop from 8:00 AM to 4:15 PM
| Social Networking/Web Marketing 101 Get an overview of social media and how it can be used to promote your business. The presenters will show several types of social media sites and resources, including: LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, LaunchpadINW, NetworkIN CDA, YouTube, and various blogging platforms.
In addition, you’ll learn the 4 phases of marketing your business on the Internet: Determining whether people will buy your product or service, the three strategies of attracting visitors to your website, the single most important factor when designing your website, and maximizing your profit on the Internet
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Twitter 101 includes: What is Twitter? - Why do I need Twitter for my business? - How do I find people? - How do I use it with Facebook, LinkedIn, Launchpad, etc. - What do I say? - How do I find the time? FREE |
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For evening or offsite workshops, payment must be received no later than the day prior to the workshop.
To receive the discounted price for workshop series, full payment of $125 must be made no later than the day of the first workshop. Dates can be flexible as to when taken, as long as the date is reserved.
Payment can be made online, by credit card on the phone, mailing a check or money order, or in person at the SCORE office.
Visa and MasterCard accepted, unless otherwise noted.
To register or pre-pay: call 353-2821; Mon--Fri from 9am--4pm or register from this website. | |
 SCORE offers low-cost business training workshops and seminars for both start-up and in-business entrepreneurs. Workshops and seminars are open to all adults over the age of 13. Training topics range from: writing a business plan, record keeping basics, principles of marketing, and understanding business financials—depending on the current needs of our business community. Workshops also offer an opportunity to interact with other local small business owners.
Many workshop presenters are practicing professionals including accountants, lawyers, Internet and technology experts, bankers and business managers from diverse businesses and industries. Other facilitators are SCORE counselors who have years of industry and business experience.
To register, contact SCORE Spokane Chapter 180 at 509.353.2821.or click here to register for a SCORE workshop in July.
Library Roundtables - register by calling the library (listed on the left)
On paid workshops, your place is not confirmed until payment is received. To secure a seat at a workshop, register online by clicking the date of the workshop or the series. You will be taken to a secure server. You can also fill out the completed form and mail it along with your check, to our office.
SCORE Spokane Chapter 180
801 W. Riverside Avenue, Suite 444
Spokane, WA 99201
Please note:
Our new space on the 4th floor is limited, so it is important to register PRIOR to the workshop if you want to be guaranteed a space!
The charge for late registration has been raised to $10. Advance registration cost is the same. If you register at the door, it will cost you $45.
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