Tag: business development

Startup425 Foundations: Understanding How Marketing Can Help You Launch Your Small Business

Have a great idea for a product or business? Not sure how to get started? Join Startup425, the King County Library System, and seasoned professionals from SCORE for a series of online seminars focused on bringing your ideas to reality, from business plan preparation to financing, marketing, and networking. Making adaptations to address the economic conditions created by COVID-19 will be highlighted.

Each session will focus on a different aspect of the startup process, and participants may choose to attend one, multiple, or all sessions, depending on individual needs and interests.

Participants will exit the series with the skills and tools necessary to start or grow a business. They will be furnished with information on the resources available to assist in further refining business plans and strategies, pitching to financing partners, marketing a product or service, and building a support system of peers and mentors.

Grow with Google: Get Your Local Business on Google Search and Maps

Showing up when customers are searching online is more important than ever. Ensure customers can find accurate, updated information about your local business on Google Search and Google Maps, no matter which device they use.
In this workshop, you will learn how to create and manage a Google business profile from start to finish.
In this session we’ll show you how to:

Create or claim your Business Profile on Google
Manage your business info across Google Search and Maps
Use Google My Business to connect with potential customers.

Small Business Resources for Veteran & Disabled Entrepreneurs

During this webinar, you will:

•Learn more about COVID EIDL and how you can take advantage before December 31, 2021
•Discover tools and resources you can use to start and grow your business
•Have your questions answered by SBA leadership and small business experts
•Learn how you can become a vaccine leader in your community
•Get an update regarding programs and recent policy announcements made by the Biden-Harris Administration

Amazon Accelerate 2021 Virtual Conference

Amazon Accelerate is coming up fast – and you’re invited. Join us October 20-21, 2021 for a free two-day seller event hosted virtually. Register today!

This year’s event is packed with the kind of how-to information and expert advice you told Amazon you wanted. It features:

• Four general sessions

• More than 30 interactive breakout sessions

• An exceptional lineup of leading experts

• A variety of product and thought leadership panels

• And live Q&A.

You’ll hear directly from Amazon executives, sellers, and specialists, including Amazon CEO, Andy Jassy, Worldwide Consumer CEO, Dave Clark, and Customer Trust & Partner Support VP, Dharmesh Mehta.

Amazon Accelerate 2021 has a lot to offer – no matter where you are in the selling process, whether you are starting your business, building your brand, or scaling and growing.

Registration is open! Mark your calendars and make your plans to join us in October as we accelerate to the next level, together!

Equitable Economic Development: Embracing Opportunities for Our Region

Join Eastside For All, our Eastside cities, Enterprise Welcoming Group, King County Library System & OneEastside for a Welcoming Week event

About this event

Equitable Economic Development: Embracing Opportunities for Our Region

Join Eastside For All, the cities of Bellevue, Issaquah, Kirkland, Redmond, Sammamish, King County Library System, Enterprise Welcoming Group, and OneEastside for a virtual Welcoming Week event for community leaders, elected officials, business owners, nonprofit organizations, and others interested in advancing racial equity and inclusion in our local economy. This event is intended to share information and spark action within participants’ circles of interest and influence.

Local Efforts To Date:

Community-based organizations leading initiatives for small businesses owned by people of color and immigrants
OneEastside SPARK: recovery and resiliency building efforts in collaboration with East King County’s 23 cities and towns; chambers of commerce; non-profits, and state and county government
City of Kirkland’s Welcoming Economy pilot project

Join Us to Explore:

Ways to support businesses owned by people of color and immigrants
Resources to advance racial equity and inclusion in local economic development efforts

September Grant Writing Clinic

A joint venture between Communities Rise and the Puget Sound Grantwriters Association (PSGA) brings you a free service to increase your chances of receiving grant funding!

This grant writing assistance program from Communities Rise is designed to support community-based organizations that serve communities impacted by systemic oppression and do not have the internal capacity to hire a grant writer or have staff dedicated to grant writing.

Up to 2 members from an organization may bring a request for proposal (RFP), application guidelines, draft proposal, a proposal not funded, or questions about grant searching, and an experienced grant writer will give you individualized guidance. Preference is given to orgs led by communities of color or other communities impacted by systemic oppression.

These services are free of charge and available by appointment only. Email grantwriting@communities-rise.org questions or to schedule!

Can’t make this one? Grant writing consultation happens at CR on the first Monday of each month (except holidays), contact us today to schedule for a future date.

*Please note that all clinics have been moved online until future notice*

National Small Business Week Virtual Summit

Celebrating resilience and renewal

Meet other business owners and get expert advice at this free 3-day conference

About National Small Business Week

For more than 50 years, the U.S. Small Business Administration has celebrated National Small Business Week (NSBW), which recognizes the critical contributions of America’s entrepreneurs and small business owners. This year is one unlike the half-century that has come before.

We are facing unique challenges together. However, American small businesses continue to play a central role in building a strong country, prepared for any obstacles in the future.

More than half of Americans either own or work for a small business, and they create nearly two out of every three new jobs in the U.S. each year. As part of NSBW, the SBA takes the opportunity to highlight the impact of outstanding entrepreneurs, small business owners, and others who support entrepreneurship from all 50 states, Washington, D.C. and U.S. territories. Additionally, this year’s NSBW will recognize the small businesses who have navigated the coronavirus pandemic while supporting their employees and communities. There will be a number of presenters providing retooling and innovative practices for entrepreneurs as our nation’s small businesses look to pivot and recover towards a stronger economy.

Every day, they’re working to grow small businesses, create 21st-century jobs, drive innovation, and increase America’s global competitiveness.

Executive Speaker Series: Commercial Real Estate and Development

The coronavirus pandemic has had far reaching impacts on almost every sector, including commercial real estate and development. With many employees continuing to work from home and some restaurants and small businesses having to close during COVID, uncertainty will continue for the coming months.

Join us to hear how remote work and an increased demand for flexible work spaces is changing office leasing, what is expected to happen with the new construction downtown, and where our speakers are expecting to see future growth.

How to Optimize Your Pricing Strategy to Maximize Profits

Small business owners continue to navigate many challenges. Now more than ever, it is important to maximize your business’s pricing strategies to drive profit and help ensure sustainability. From gross margin per item (al a carte strategy) and quantity/size combinations (component pricing strategy) to the applicability in both product- and service-based businesses, every business owner can realize valuable takeaways from this innovative webinar.

In this webinar you will learn:

The two functions of price and their effects on customers
The different pricing strategies and how to leverage those which work best for your business and industry
How to increase revenue, maximize profit, and build customer loyalty through effective pricing strategies

Speaker Shawn Palmer, is the Business Advisor for the Washington Small Business Development Center located at OneRedmond. A decorated Navy veteran accredited small business consultant and professional mentor; Palmer will share his expertise on pricing strategies based on his 21 years of entrepreneurial experience. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Central Washington University with his BS in Business Administration, and from WGU with his Masters in Management and Leadership.

We will host a Q&A session as time allows – feel free to submit your questions in advance when registering. If you are unable to attend the live webinar, please register to receive an email link to the recording.

How to Write a Business Plan

Do you want to start your own business? Are you wondering what steps you need for a successful start? Join us in this webinar to learn all about writing a business plan. Business plans are the blueprints of your business. Whether you need a loan or plan to self-finance, business plans should be on every start up’s list to do. We will review topics included in standard business plans such as executive summary, business structure, management, marketing, and financials. You will come away from the webinar with solid ideas of how to get started on your business plan.

You will learn:

The information needed for a solid business plan
Why business plans are integral for a business loan
How a business plan will serve you no matter your industry

Instructors:

Mia Johnstone is a Washington Small Business Development Center Advisor. She loves copywriting, customer relationships, solid branding, and beautiful photography. She has an MBA and serves Mason, Pacific, and Grays Harbor County small businesses with Washington SBDC advising services.

Julia Lara is a Washington SBDC Certified Business Advisor and an experienced retail business owner. She graduated from the University of Washington where she studied American History and Political Science, with an emphasis is Economics. She has an MBA from EWU.

Instructions:

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