Type of Event: Education

Have you created an incredible business? Are you looking for the tools to help turn a business idea into reality?

Entrepreneur’s Build Like a Woman contest gives aspiring/current female business owners the chance to share with our audience the inspiration behind the business they have built or intend to build.

One lucky visionary who inspires us the most will win an incredible $1,500+ prize package consisting of:

• 8 Sudara causal statement tees made by women (value $300)
• 8 Sudara everyday go-to pants to wear when relaxing or practicing self-care (value $400)
• 1 Build Like a Woman digital course which gives you all the business and marketing tools you need to start or grow your business (value $499)
• 1 Sixty-minute mentor session with Kathleen Griffith, Build Like a Woman founder, with personalized advice on growing your brand (value $250)
• 1 Social media editorial shout out to the winner by Women Entrepreneur (36K followers)

Complete this form for a chance to win this exclusive prize set from Entrepreneur.

Details

Join us for a lunchtime session with guest speaker Deepa Seshan, Founder & Owner of Kindle Consulting LLC, who will cover issues related to scaling a startup business. Deepa has over 18 years’ experience with big-name hi-tech brands and at small and mid-sized companies. An entrepreneur at heart, she’s incubated and launched new B2B and B2C businesses, managed and grown global multi-billion dollar businesses, and developed and deployed disruptive global products and services.

Deepa understands what startups need to scale up, how to communicate that to potential investors, and the potential pitfalls to avoid when scaling. She will discuss:
• How to plan for scaling
• Different modes of scaling
• How to present your scaling plans to investors
• Mistakes to avoid when scaling after funding
Bring your questions and your appetite for an interactive and nourishing midday break. Lunch will be provided, so please RSVP to help us with the headcount!

This workshop series includes instruction, discussion, resource referrals and templates that will help you develop, communicate, and execute your existing business or new business idea.

Five week series (once a week). Open to the community.

Sessions include:

Intro to the PSU Business Outreach Program and the roles of an entrepreneur
Understanding your target market, market research and advertising
Building a new or revised business plan
Budgeting, recordkeeping and financing your business
Legal issues, entity selection, employment overview and local resource referrals
To register:

Step 1: Complete our Inquiry Questionnaire
Step 2: Submit payment of $175 (Non Refundable)

Note: If your income does not support the full fee, please complete Step 1, then contact us.

Questions: Contact us at psubop@pdx.edu or (503) 725-9820

A HOLISTIC HEALTH BRUNCH FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND MANAGERS

Start the new year by taking care of your health and managing your stress. Do you spend too much time taking care of your clients, your family, and your friends, but not taking care of yourself? Does this leave you feeling burned out and depleted? Join us and learn new tools to make your life and business run more smoothly. We will look at your health holistically and check in to see what areas you need the most support in.

Network with other small business owners and managers

Yummy healthy brunch

Goal setting & time management

Breathing techniques

Looking at your health holistically

Getting business processes in order

Minimizing conflict-conflict resolution/creative problem solving*

Taking care of legal formalities for better piece of mind

Prioritize your health and self-care to continue to thrive in your business for years to come.

PRESENTED/SPONSORED BY:

Kerry Mann Wellness www.kerrymannwellness.com

Rational Unicorn Legal Services www.rationalunicornlegalservices.com

Are you ready to export?

Exporting doesn’t have to be difficult… if you’re prepared.

We’re inviting entrepreneurs from throughout the region — particularly women, people of color and veterans — to expand into international markets. Greater Portland Inc has gathered the region’s export partners together to provide customized training for entrepreneurs who are ready to expand their customer base through international sales.

Entrepreneurs interested in reaching new customers through international sales with an existing business in the Greater Portland region should complete the scholarship form. Sign up here.

This workshop series includes instruction, discussion, resource referrals and templates that will help you develop, communicate, and execute your existing business or new business idea.

Five week series (once a week). Open to the community.

Sessions include:

Intro to the PSU Business Outreach Program and the roles of an entrepreneur
Understanding your target market, market research and advertising
Building a new or revised business plan
Budgeting, recordkeeping and financing your business
Legal issues, entity selection, employment overview and local resource referrals
To register:

Step 1: Complete our Inquiry Questionnaire
Step 2: Submit payment of $175 (Non Refundable)

Note: If your income does not support the full fee, please complete Step 1, then contact us.

Questions: Contact us at psubop@pdx.edu or (503) 725-9820

Growing Farms: Successful Whole Farm Management provides farmers with the tools and knowledge needed to develop and manage a successful farm business. This course is intended for people who are considering starting a farm business, those within their first five years of farming and others who may be considering major changes to their farm business.

The core Growing Farms course is a series of six online modules that lead you through the basics of managing a successful farm business. The combined online/on-site course option includes the six online modules PLUS several face-to-face classes and one full-day field trip. Classroom times are from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. Meet with other students in an instructor-facilitated learning experience. There will be three evening classes (2-3 hours each), plus a full day of farm tours.

Schedule:

January 22 – 6:00-8:30pm

February 5 – 6:00-8:30pm

February 19 – All-day field trip

February 23 – Small Farms Conference (included)

March 5 – 6:00-8:30pm

The course was developed by OSU Small Farms Program faculty and other farm management experts, and is presented in an interactive and graphically rich format. Modules include more than four hours of video created specifically for the Growing Farms course, and feature six Oregon farmers who share their experience and insights about farming (see Featured Farmers). Although the course draws on examples from Oregon’s robust farming communities, its innovative examples, models and insights are highly relevant to farmers nationwide.

This workshop series includes instruction, discussion, resource referrals and templates that will help you develop, communicate, and execute your existing business or new business idea.

Five week series (once a week). Open to the community.

Sessions include:

Intro to the PSU Business Outreach Program and the roles of an entrepreneur
Understanding your target market, market research and advertising
Building a new or revised business plan
Budgeting, recordkeeping and financing your business
Legal issues, entity selection, employment overview and local resource referrals
To register:

Step 1: Complete our Inquiry Questionnaire
Step 2: Submit payment of $175 (Non Refundable)

Note: If your income does not support the full fee, please complete Step 1, then contact us.

Questions: Contact us at psubop@pdx.edu or (503) 725-9820

This workshop series includes instruction, discussion, resource referrals and templates that will help you develop, communicate, and execute your existing business or new business idea.

Five week series (once a week). Open to the community.

Sessions include:

Intro to the PSU Business Outreach Program and the roles of an entrepreneur
Understanding your target market, market research and advertising
Building a new or revised business plan
Budgeting, recordkeeping and financing your business
Legal issues, entity selection, employment overview and local resource referrals
To register:

Step 1: Complete our Inquiry Questionnaire
Step 2: Submit payment of $175 (Non Refundable)

Note: If your income does not support the full fee, please complete Step 1, then contact us.

Questions: Contact us at psubop@pdx.edu or (503) 725-9820

Growing Farms: Successful Whole Farm Management provides farmers with the tools and knowledge needed to develop and manage a successful farm business. This course is intended for people who are considering starting a farm business, those within their first five years of farming and others who may be considering major changes to their farm business.

The core Growing Farms course is a series of six online modules that lead you through the basics of managing a successful farm business. The combined online/on-site course option includes the six online modules PLUS several face-to-face classes and one full-day field trip. Classroom times are from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. Meet with other students in an instructor-facilitated learning experience. There will be three evening classes (2-3 hours each), plus a full day of farm tours.

Schedule:

January 22 – 6:00-8:30pm

February 5 – 6:00-8:30pm

February 19 – All-day field trip

February 23 – Small Farms Conference (included)

March 5 – 6:00-8:30pm

The course was developed by OSU Small Farms Program faculty and other farm management experts, and is presented in an interactive and graphically rich format. Modules include more than four hours of video created specifically for the Growing Farms course, and feature six Oregon farmers who share their experience and insights about farming (see Featured Farmers). Although the course draws on examples from Oregon’s robust farming communities, its innovative examples, models and insights are highly relevant to farmers nationwide.

This workshop series includes instruction, discussion, resource referrals and templates that will help you develop, communicate, and execute your existing business or new business idea.

Five week series (once a week). Open to the community.

Sessions include:

Intro to the PSU Business Outreach Program and the roles of an entrepreneur
Understanding your target market, market research and advertising
Building a new or revised business plan
Budgeting, recordkeeping and financing your business
Legal issues, entity selection, employment overview and local resource referrals
To register:

Step 1: Complete our Inquiry Questionnaire
Step 2: Submit payment of $175 (Non Refundable)

Note: If your income does not support the full fee, please complete Step 1, then contact us.

Questions: Contact us at psubop@pdx.edu or (503) 725-9820

This workshop series includes instruction, discussion, resource referrals and templates that will help you develop, communicate, and execute your existing business or new business idea.

Five week series (once a week). Open to the community.

Sessions include:

Intro to the PSU Business Outreach Program and the roles of an entrepreneur
Understanding your target market, market research and advertising
Building a new or revised business plan
Budgeting, recordkeeping and financing your business
Legal issues, entity selection, employment overview and local resource referrals
To register:

Step 1: Complete our Inquiry Questionnaire
Step 2: Submit payment of $175 (Non Refundable)

Note: If your income does not support the full fee, please complete Step 1, then contact us.

Questions: Contact us at psubop@pdx.edu or (503) 725-9820

Middle School students in Beaverton, OR will present their business plans to a panel of mentors, teachers, board members and community investors. Students are part of a one year Entrepreneurship program that helps them create business and non-profit ideas. They spend 36 weeks writing business plans, seeking investors and executing sales at community events, retail outlets and online. INVESTOR SPOTS STILL OPEN: Six investor opportunities are available to “judge” students in a “Shark Tank” style event on February 28th, 2019. After reviewing their Business plans and hearing a 3 minute Elevator Pitch, the “Sharks” will determine how much investment each Young Entrepreneur receives. Investments can be as little as $250 and qualify as a tax deductible donation into our schools Global Education Initiative which provides learning tools for students in Korea, Haiti & The Philippines.

Growing Farms: Successful Whole Farm Management provides farmers with the tools and knowledge needed to develop and manage a successful farm business. This course is intended for people who are considering starting a farm business, those within their first five years of farming and others who may be considering major changes to their farm business.

The core Growing Farms course is a series of six online modules that lead you through the basics of managing a successful farm business. The combined online/on-site course option includes the six online modules PLUS several face-to-face classes and one full-day field trip. Classroom times are from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. Meet with other students in an instructor-facilitated learning experience. There will be three evening classes (2-3 hours each), plus a full day of farm tours.

Schedule:

January 22 – 6:00-8:30pm

February 5 – 6:00-8:30pm

February 19 – All-day field trip

February 23 – Small Farms Conference (included)

March 5 – 6:00-8:30pm

The course was developed by OSU Small Farms Program faculty and other farm management experts, and is presented in an interactive and graphically rich format. Modules include more than four hours of video created specifically for the Growing Farms course, and feature six Oregon farmers who share their experience and insights about farming (see Featured Farmers). Although the course draws on examples from Oregon’s robust farming communities, its innovative examples, models and insights are highly relevant to farmers nationwide.