April 4: Financial Analysis: Building Your Financial Muscle with the Expert (Part of Jumpstart Series)
Dig deeper into understanding the financial pieces of running your business with insight from a WBDC finance specialist. Learn how to determine cash flow projections, create revenue assumptions and sales projections prior to listing business expenses, develop sales projections utilizing a variety of strategies, utilize financial ratios and what is essential in managing business banking relationships.
April 5: Wisdom, Wine and Cheese (Introduction to WBDC Services)
A session that helps prospective and established business owners clarify their needs and learn more about WBDC resources.
April 10: Webinar: Joint Business Counseling: How to Find Contract Opportunities
Are you an established business owner seeking to grow your business through government and corporate contracting? Don't miss this opportunity to learn from WBDC business counselors how to find contract opportunities in an interactive, small group format. Each session is limited to 5 participants.
April 11: Guiding Your Success Through Building a Business Plan (Part of Jumpstart Series)
Do you have a written business plan? This workshop is designed for both new business owners and owners of emerging or established businesses to learn all the parts of an effective plan and why it's important to get it on paper. You will write a draft of your executive summary as an outline for creating your full business plan and your planning process.
April 12: How to Get on a GSA Schedule: A Tool to Win Government Contracts (Part 1)
The GSA (U.S. General Services Administration) buys over 11 million items and spends more than $17 billion each year for goods and services! If you want to sell to the federal government, getting on the GSA Schedule is key as it is the preferred purchasing method for many federal agencies. This two-part workshop series will take the mystery out of the application process and provide guidelines to help you to start or complete your GSA Schedule application.
April 17: Is Certification Right for You?
Learn about certification from one of our WBDC experts. Local, state and federal certifications will be covered, along with the private WBE certification offered through the Women's Business Development Center.
April 17: Take the Mystery out of Finance
Learn the Five C's: cash flow, collateral, capital, character and conditions, as well as detailed information about financing through equity, debt, receivables, purchase order and leasing. This workshop will provide real world examples and help you determine what financing options are available to you.
April 18: Webinar: Joint Business Counseling: How to Write Winning Proposals
Are you an established business owner seeking to grow your business through government and corporate contracting? Don't miss this opportunity to learn from WBDC business counselors how to write winning proposals in an interactive, small group format. Each session is limited to 5 participants.
April 24: Media and Marketing Strategies to Grow Your Business
Learn how to leverage the media to build your brand and get free publicity. Monique Caradine, TV and radio personality and entrepreneur, will reveal why a media and marketing strategy is the most important aspect of your business and the basics of how you can position yourself as a trusted media source and expert in your field.
April 25: Retirement Plan Options for Women Business Owners & Employees
This presentation will cover the basics of saving for retirement and putting yourself on the right track towards a healthy financial future. Representatives from the U.S. Department of Labor will provide information about available choices for retirement savings programs for you as a small business owner and your employees.
April 26: Webinar: Joint Business Counseling: Teaming for Contracts: Peer Partnerships
Are you an established business owner seeking to grow your business through government and corporate contracting? Don't miss this opportunity to learn from WBDC business counselors about peer partnerships in an interactive, small group format. Each session is limited to 5 participants.
April 26: How to Get on a GSA Schedule: A Tool to Win Government Contracts (Part 2)
Part 2 of this two-part series is for GSA Schedule holders who want to improve their chances of success. Learn how to market effectively, know your competitors and discover other opportunities to do business with GSA.
