News and Events in September

CALENDAR OF EVENTS
September 2011

Early Bird Registration

Rates have Been

Extended Through
August 31, 2011

WBDC's 25th

Entrepreneurial

Woman's Conference and Women's Business & Buyers Mart

September 14, 2011

McCormick Place-West

Chicago, IL

WBDC's 25th Entrepreneurial Woman's Conference offers women business owners solutions to the current problems they are facing and the opportunity to increase the profitability of their businesses by building relationships with corporate and government buyers, business experts, and other women business owners.

For more information and to register, click here.

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Partner Events

September 19: Looking Ahead: Healthcare Policy, Trends and Business Opportunities

Please join us as we explore what lies ahead- we will hear from experts about healthcare policy, new trends in healthcare and ways for businesses to capitalize on this vastly growing sector.

September 21: American Society of Women Accountants (ASWA)'s Generation @work.

Location: Franklin Center 227 West Monroe 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60606

Time: 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Cost: 35.00 members, 30.00 for retired members and students 40.00 non members.

Click here to RSVP.

October 3 - 7: Crain's Small Business Week

October 4, 2011: Crain's Small Business Forum - NetMarketing Mapping Marketing Strategies

October 5: Business Accelerator Chicago Symposium

October 11-13, 2011: Vision 2020's Second Annual Congress - Vision + Action = Equality in Motion

Greetings!

WBDC WORKSHOPS

September 2011

September 1: Wisdom, Wine and Cheese (Introduction to the WBDC Services)

A session that helps prospective and established business owners clarify their needs and learn more about WBDC resources.

September 14: 25th Entrepreneurial Woman's Conference, Women's Business & Buyers Mart

This year's conference offers women business owners solutions to the current problems they are facing and the opportunity to increase the profitability of their businesses by building relationships with corporate and government buyers, business experts, and other women business owners.

September 19: Wisdom, Wine and Cheese (Introduction to the WBDC Services)

A session that helps prospective and established business owners clarify their needs and learn more about WBDC resources.

September 20: Are You Ready for a Government Contract?

This workshop focuses on determining if your business is at the right stage to pursue opportunities with government agencies, and how to market your business to them. Learn the steps to identify contract opportunities, including which website to visit to find bid opportunities.

September 20: Developing Your Child Care Business

This comprehensive series of 10 workshops will provide you the tools to launch and sustain your business. Participants will follow a step by step process to develop a business and marketing plan, policies and procedures for their child care business, a parent handbook and a sound understanding of business financials.

September 21: Starting a Business in Illinois

Are you considering starting a business In Illinois? Put yourself ahead of the curve by attending this workshop to gain the knowledge you need to assist with a successful launch. This workshop will address: whether business ownership is right for you, exploring personal feasibility and how owning a business will impact your life; the transition of moving from employee, volunteer, homemaker and/or independent contractor to business owner; how to determine which legal entity is right for you; and other practical start up steps you need to know to be successful.

September 22: Free Webinar: Crowd Funding & Other Alternative Sources of Funding

Are you thinking about starting a creative project such as a new business or offshoot of your current business that needs creative funding? This webinar will discuss non-traditional sources of funding including crowd funding and other sources of micro-capital.

September 26: Grow Your Business with Innovative Online Tools

Presenter - Microsoft
Cloud Technology - it's all you hear about, but it can be confusing. This session is designed to help you make sense of it all. We will have dialogue about how small and mid- sized businesses are leveraging the Cloud and becoming more scalable.

September 26: FastTrac Planning :Maximizing the Potential for Your Business

Whether starting your business or exploring expansion, FastTrac Planning will take you where you want to go. You will leave this 12 week program with a vision for success and an in-depth action-oriented business plan to use for raising capital and to steer business growth.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER FOR WORKSHOPS ONLINE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.WBDC.ORG OR CALL US AT (312) 853-3477 X. 0

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