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5 WEEKLY SESSIONS
NEXT SERIES BEGINS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2020 | 4-6PM (PST)

OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY
Whether you are developing a new business idea or looking to build your business skills to take your existing business to the next level, this workshop series will help you get there. Taught by professional business advisors, this series balances instruction with discussion, resource referrals, tools and templates that will help you develop, communicate, and execute your existing business or new business idea.

SESSIONS INCLUDE
Week/Session 1: Discussion on the many roles of an entrepreneur/small business owner

Week/Session 2: Understanding your target market, market research, and advertising

Week/Session 3: Building a new or revised business plan

Week/Session 4: Budgeting, record keeping, and financing your business

Week/Session 5: Legal issues, entity selection, employment overview, and local resource referrals

A commercial lease is an enforceable contract between tenant and landlord, but it takes a two-way discussion to get it right for both parties. That sounds intimidating, but both sides look for a long-term, stable agreement. Your circumstances and your leasing negotiations are unique to you. Assume nothing when it comes to leasing questions, if “it’s not in writing, it has not been said.”

In this webinar:

Learn how to be fully prepared before entering into lease negotiations.
Learn to ask for what you want and what you will settle for before you sign anything. If you don’t ask, you won’t get it.
Hear about the different stages of negotiations.
You will get the opportunity to ask questions, and you will also learn how to request a meeting with a SCORE certified mentor to help you navigate your specific case.

Make Your Social Media Work Harder For You!

Overview:

Leverage FREE online marketing opportunities for your small business.
Establish a professional and engaging online presence for your brand.
Enhance SEO and improve online visibility with social media and local business listings.
We’ll review the unique strengths and weaknesses of each social media channel, compare and contrast audience size and demographics, and review when/why/how each channel is used.

We’ll examine the business value of social media and how it can benefit your bottom line. Further discussion points include: Growing your social media audience and creating greater reach & engagement with free online productivity tools (ie: graphic design, animation, scheduling, etc.).

With a little online marketing savvy, even small businesses can make a big impression!

Social Media is a huge topic and Stacey will pace this workshop to include the most essential elements within three hours.

Learn how to become a great manager by setting your team up for success. Optimize your team’s strengths while minimizing their weaknesses and foster the growth of their talent.

Your job as a manager is to optimize your team’s strengths and help each team member grow. You will learn the five key attributes of a great manager: hire fewer people and pay them more; be proactive with recognizing team members and showing appreciation; set clear expectation sand help them know how their efforts contribute to the organization as a whole; take away hassles, not motivation; and, discover and leverage strengths of each individual.

Maximize your business’ profit in 2021: Ensure you have the cash you need to fuel your growth! We show you how to optimize the cash conversion cycle and take advantage of the power of one (1%) to improve your cash position.

Running a business is just like playing Monopoly: When you run out of cash, it makes it nearly impossible to continue to operate your company. Game over!

Let’s talk about the importance of cash and ways to improve your cash position because cash is like oxygen is to your body, without it you cease to exist.

Learn how to optimize the cash conversion cycle. There are 4 elements to the cash conversion cycle: Sales, Make/Production & Inventory, Delivery, and Billing & Payment. What we want to do is start thinking about ways to accelerate cash in all of these areas. Everyone has ways to improve cash by working through a cash conversion cycle by eliminating mistakes, reducing cycle times and improving your business model.

Take advantage of the power of one (1%) is a principle that can have a significant impact on your cash flow. Learn how your cash flow could improve if price, volume, and/or accounts payable increased by 1%, and cost of goods sold, inventory, accounts receivable, and/or overhead decreased by 1%.

Join us for a virtual wine tasting on March 25th at 4:00 PM. James Falvey of Stoller Wine Group will guide us through a curated flight of fine wines from the Stoller Wine Group (Stoller Family Estate, Chehalem and History). Please register by March 11th to allow time for delivery of your at-home wine tasting kit. Bonus: Participants will receive a discount on bottles purchased after the event.

IMPORTANT: If you’d like your wine shipped to your home, please email us at acgportland@acg.org with your home address by March 11th at 5pm. Otherwise it will be shipped to the address listed in your online profile.

Cost to register is $25 per person (members and non-members).

Whether you are developing a new business idea or looking to build your business skills to take your existing business to the next level, this workshop series will help you get there. Taught by professional business advisors, this series balances instruction with discussion, resource referrals, tools and templates that will help you develop, communicate, and execute your existing business or new business idea.

Week/Session 1: Discussion on the many roles of an entrepreneur/small business owner

Week/Session 2: Understanding your target market, market research, and advertising

Week/Session 3: Building a new or revised business plan

Week/Session 4: Budgeting, record keeping, and financing your business

Week/Session 5: Legal issues, entity selection, employment overview, and local resource referrals

Whether you are developing a new business idea or looking to build your business skills to take your existing business to the next level, this workshop series will help you get there. Taught by professional business advisors, this series balances instruction with discussion, resource referrals, tools and templates that will help you develop, communicate, and execute your existing business or new business idea.

Week/Session 1: Discussion on the many roles of an entrepreneur/small business owner

Week/Session 2: Understanding your target market, market research, and advertising

Week/Session 3: Building a new or revised business plan

Week/Session 4: Budgeting, record keeping, and financing your business

Week/Session 5: Legal issues, entity selection, employment overview, and local resource referrals

Whether you are developing a new business idea or looking to build your business skills to take your existing business to the next level, this workshop series will help you get there. Taught by professional business advisors, this series balances instruction with discussion, resource referrals, tools and templates that will help you develop, communicate, and execute your existing business or new business idea.

Week/Session 1: Discussion on the many roles of an entrepreneur/small business owner

Week/Session 2: Understanding your target market, market research, and advertising

Week/Session 3: Building a new or revised business plan

Week/Session 4: Budgeting, record keeping, and financing your business

Week/Session 5: Legal issues, entity selection, employment overview, and local resource referrals

5 WEEKLY SESSIONS
NEXT SERIES BEGINS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2020 | 4-6PM (PST)

OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY
Whether you are developing a new business idea or looking to build your business skills to take your existing business to the next level, this workshop series will help you get there. Taught by professional business advisors, this series balances instruction with discussion, resource referrals, tools and templates that will help you develop, communicate, and execute your existing business or new business idea.

SESSIONS INCLUDE
Week/Session 1: Discussion on the many roles of an entrepreneur/small business owner

Week/Session 2: Understanding your target market, market research, and advertising

Week/Session 3: Building a new or revised business plan

Week/Session 4: Budgeting, record keeping, and financing your business

Week/Session 5: Legal issues, entity selection, employment overview, and local resource referrals

Whether you are developing a new business idea or looking to build your business skills to take your existing business to the next level, this workshop series will help you get there. Taught by professional business advisors, this series balances instruction with discussion, resource referrals, tools and templates that will help you develop, communicate, and execute your existing business or new business idea.

Week/Session 1: Discussion on the many roles of an entrepreneur/small business owner

Week/Session 2: Understanding your target market, market research, and advertising

Week/Session 3: Building a new or revised business plan

Week/Session 4: Budgeting, record keeping, and financing your business

Week/Session 5: Legal issues, entity selection, employment overview, and local resource referrals

Whether you are developing a new business idea or looking to build your business skills to take your existing business to the next level, this workshop series will help you get there. Taught by professional business advisors, this series balances instruction with discussion, resource referrals, tools and templates that will help you develop, communicate, and execute your existing business or new business idea.

Week/Session 1: Discussion on the many roles of an entrepreneur/small business owner

Week/Session 2: Understanding your target market, market research, and advertising

Week/Session 3: Building a new or revised business plan

Week/Session 4: Budgeting, record keeping, and financing your business

Week/Session 5: Legal issues, entity selection, employment overview, and local resource referrals

Whether you are developing a new business idea or looking to build your business skills to take your existing business to the next level, this workshop series will help you get there. Taught by professional business advisors, this series balances instruction with discussion, resource referrals, tools and templates that will help you develop, communicate, and execute your existing business or new business idea.

Week/Session 1: Discussion on the many roles of an entrepreneur/small business owner

Week/Session 2: Understanding your target market, market research, and advertising

Week/Session 3: Building a new or revised business plan

Week/Session 4: Budgeting, record keeping, and financing your business

Week/Session 5: Legal issues, entity selection, employment overview, and local resource referrals

5 WEEKLY SESSIONS
NEXT SERIES BEGINS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2020 | 4-6PM (PST)

OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY
Whether you are developing a new business idea or looking to build your business skills to take your existing business to the next level, this workshop series will help you get there. Taught by professional business advisors, this series balances instruction with discussion, resource referrals, tools and templates that will help you develop, communicate, and execute your existing business or new business idea.

SESSIONS INCLUDE
Week/Session 1: Discussion on the many roles of an entrepreneur/small business owner

Week/Session 2: Understanding your target market, market research, and advertising

Week/Session 3: Building a new or revised business plan

Week/Session 4: Budgeting, record keeping, and financing your business

Week/Session 5: Legal issues, entity selection, employment overview, and local resource referrals