This is the second event in our summer seminar series covering the legal stuff startups and small businesses should know from day one.

For this workshop, we’re focusing on intellectual property, and specifically trademarks and copyrights. This is a scary topic for many business owners, but we’ll dive right in and make this a fun and digestible topic – scouts honor!

What we’re really talking about here is your Brand: your business name, logo, and the unique content your business creates. These things together make up your intellectual property, and we’ll talk about how you can protect your intellectual property and prevent others from profiting off your hard work. We’ll discuss what trademarks and copyrights are, what kind of creations they protect, and how they differ.

It’s going to be fun and informative – so pull up a chair and join in!

JULY 16 TOPIC:

Loan Readiness: The Value of Viewing your Business through a Banker’s Lens
Presenter: Shannon Mitchell, Vice President – Business Banking Team Lead – Banner Bank

Recognizing the role and contributions of small businesses, this presentation aims to help business owner and entrepreneurs understand the financial resources available to them as well as how to make the most of their relationships with financial partners. Topics covered include:

• What business owners can and should expect from their bankers.
• Forms of housing and how they work
• How best to prepare to seek financing

LOCATION:

July’s session will be held virtually. Other monthly sessions will be held at a location that is to be determined pending the status of the COVID-19 pandemic.

FEES/ADMISSION:

There is no cost to participate. We thank Banner Bank and a grant from Metro’s Community Enhancement Program for making this educational series possible.

REGISTRATION AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Please register to receive login instructions:

https://bit.ly/SmallBusiness-Entrepreneurs

This link will also provide you with more information about future monthly sessions.

This course is designed for business recovery and building. Develop, Start, and Grow your business with confidence.
Are you uncertain about how to develop, start and grow your business during the current economic climate? At the same time do you feel overwhelmed AND excited about your new business?
Business Builders gives you the training, resources and support you need to develop, start and grow a business towards adaptability, resilience, and profitability. Need more information? Sign up using the form on this page to schedule a guided interview for the program.
Through the 10 week program, you will:
Learn how to develop a business model able to innovate and adapt during changing economic conditions
Network with other small business owners and learn solutions to navigating these times
Hear from experts to ensure your company is compliant
Ensure consideration of safety measures for your staff, customers and community are in place
Gain clarity about your business within current market conditions
Learn how to work on your business in an efficient manner
Work and plan one-on-one with a business advisor
Learn from subject-matter experts

Each week we’ll bring in subject-matter experts to teach on important areas. Sessions meet weekly for 10-weeks and are 3-hours long. Business Builders is more than just a class. It includes:
-Group learning and networking to discuss challenges, exchange resources, and find solutions with peers
-30 hours of classroom business education with 10 weekly, 3-hour sessions taught by subject-matter experts. Subjects include:

Defining mission, vision, goals
The Business Model Canvas
The Pillars of Marketing
Building Your Brand
Marketing in the age of COVID-19
Understanding Legal Concepts
Bookkeeping and Finance
Pricing is an Art
E-Commerce Sales: Virtual Business Model
Financing Your Business

no cost one-on-one forcused advising sessions during the 10-month period following Business Builders
-Access to specialty business advisors with a wide range of expertise

A crisis always offers you the chance to learn something about yourself.

Join six-time New York Times Bestselling author Jon Acuff as he explores four change moments that each of us experiences during a crisis and shares practical steps and inspiring insights to help you navigate this brave new world.

We all get to make a choice. Every day our loved ones and our communities are counting on us to make the right one.

Pivot, don’t panic.

Catch this LIVE program from the comfort and safety of your home on your computer or mobile device. For questions, contact us at tmn.northwest@thrivent.com.

No products will be sold. For more information visit Thrivent.com/social.
Thrivent is a membership-owned fraternal organization, as well as a holistic financial services organization, providing financial advice, investments, insurance, banking and generosity programs to help people make the most of all they’ve been given.

Covid-19 has irreparably changed the landscape of the workplace. Learn to lean into your existing skills and gifts for future success!
About this Event
LinkedIn Local PDX is excited to share support of this interactive event with Bridge City Entrepreneurs!

The outbreak of Covid-19 has irreparably changed the landscape of the workplace. Millions of people learned what it means to work remotely turning our home offices and living rooms in global meeting spaces. In addition, organizations have had to rethink how they do business, including both removing and revising some positions to make room for the new economy.

Now, more than ever, it’s imperative for everyone from new graduates to seasoned professionals, to lean into not only their existing skills but their strengths and gifts, so they can market themselves successfully in the new age of work.

Dr. Carol Parker Walsh is a TEDx speaker, two-time best selling author, international keynote and award winning consultant and has been the “go to” coach for Grammy Award Winners, Paralympic Gold Medalists, Fortune 500 executives, and 6-7 figure successful driven professionals and entrepreneurs. She helps her clients to stop hiding in the shadows of their brilliance and step into the power of who they are, their vision, purpose and their life’s work.
Co-promoted by Bridge City Media. Free, donations welcome for local community organizations

This course is designed for business recovery and building. Develop, Start, and Grow your business with confidence.
Are you uncertain about how to develop, start and grow your business during the current economic climate? At the same time do you feel overwhelmed AND excited about your new business?
Business Builders gives you the training, resources and support you need to develop, start and grow a business towards adaptability, resilience, and profitability. Need more information? Sign up using the form on this page to schedule a guided interview for the program.
Through the 10 week program, you will:
Learn how to develop a business model able to innovate and adapt during changing economic conditions
Network with other small business owners and learn solutions to navigating these times
Hear from experts to ensure your company is compliant
Ensure consideration of safety measures for your staff, customers and community are in place
Gain clarity about your business within current market conditions
Learn how to work on your business in an efficient manner
Work and plan one-on-one with a business advisor
Learn from subject-matter experts

Each week we’ll bring in subject-matter experts to teach on important areas. Sessions meet weekly for 10-weeks and are 3-hours long. Business Builders is more than just a class. It includes:
-Group learning and networking to discuss challenges, exchange resources, and find solutions with peers
-30 hours of classroom business education with 10 weekly, 3-hour sessions taught by subject-matter experts. Subjects include:

Defining mission, vision, goals
The Business Model Canvas
The Pillars of Marketing
Building Your Brand
Marketing in the age of COVID-19
Understanding Legal Concepts
Bookkeeping and Finance
Pricing is an Art
E-Commerce Sales: Virtual Business Model
Financing Your Business

no cost one-on-one forcused advising sessions during the 10-month period following Business Builders
-Access to specialty business advisors with a wide range of expertise

This is a challenging time for brick and mortar retailers. It’s difficult to know how to continue to operate, or if to continue to operate, without the normal flow of physical customers. Now is a good opportunity to use creativity, drive, innovation, and alternative resources to support your business during these times of adversity. What other sales channels are available and which are other retailers finding success with? Is now the time to launch or invest in e-commerce? What are the advantages/disadvantages of the various platforms? And how difficult is it to do on your own?

This week we are going to have a very exciting guest, Emily Katz! For those of you who don’t know Emily, she is the founder/owner of Modern Macrame https://modernmacrame.com/ a very successful D2C ecommerce and lifestyle brand. She has built a a very cohesive brand across different platforms, developed/sourced products, and published a book. Both her business and personal IG accounts are extremely popular: https://www.instagram.com/modernmacrame/ https://www.instagram.com/emily_katz/
We’ll talk about building and maintaining strong brand identity, developing and capitalizing on social media, and how she does it all. I’m really thrilled to have Emily join us, she’s a hope to see you there!

Please Use the zoom link from this page you see after you RSVP. I will message it out again the day of!