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SUMMARY:Start Your Successful Small Business
DESCRIPTION:Ready to turn your business dreams into reality? Join us for an engaging and informative session designed specifically for new small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs. This workshop\, Start Your Successful Small Business\, will help you navigate today’s dynamic economic landscape with clarity and confidence. \nGain valuable insights on key topics such as business planning\, marketing strategies\, and financial readiness. Plus\, take advantage of free\, one-on-one\, confidential business counseling provided by the Small Business Development Center (SBDC). Our experienced counselors are dedicated to helping you at every stage of your entrepreneurial journey — from ideal to launch and beyond. \nWhether you’re just getting started or looking to sharpen your strategy’s\, this session is your first step toward building a successful small business. \nSpeaker: George Kimble \nRegister Here: \nhttps://bit.ly/3H6Kgd5 \n \n 
URL:https://www.maricopa-sbdc.com/event/start-your-successful-small-business-15/
LOCATION:GateWay Community College\, Small Business Development Center\, 108 N 40th Street\, South Building\, PHOENIX\, AZ\, 85034\, United States
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SUMMARY:Start Your Successful Small Business
DESCRIPTION:Ready to turn your business dreams into reality? Join us for an engaging and informative session designed specifically for new small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs. This workshop\, Start Your Successful Small Business\, will help you navigate today’s dynamic economic landscape with clarity and confidence. \nGain valuable insights on key topics such as business planning\, marketing strategies\, and financial readiness. Plus\, take advantage of free\, one-on-one\, confidential business counseling provided by the Small Business Development Center (SBDC). Our experienced counselors are dedicated to helping you at every stage of your entrepreneurial journey — from idea to launch and beyond. \nWhether you’re just getting started or looking to sharpen your strategy\, this session is your first step toward building a successful small business. \nSpeaker: George Kimble\n\nRegister Here: \nhttps://clients.arizonasbdc.com/workshop.aspx?ekey=10450044 \n 
URL:https://www.maricopa-sbdc.com/event/start-your-successful-small-business-16/
LOCATION:GateWay Community College\, Small Business Development Center\, 108 N 40th Street\, South Building\, PHOENIX\, AZ\, 85034\, United States
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SUMMARY:Start Your Successful Small Business Online
DESCRIPTION:Ready to turn your business dreams into reality? Join us for an engaging and informative session designed specifically for new small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs. This workshop\, Start Your Successful Small Business\, will help you navigate today’s dynamic economic landscape with clarity and confidence. \nGain valuable insights on key topics such as business planning\, marketing strategies\, and financial readiness. Plus\, take advantage of free\, one-on-one\, confidential business counseling provided by the Small Business Development Center (SBDC). Our experienced counselors are dedicated to helping you at every stage of your entrepreneurial journey — from idea to launch and beyond. \nWhether you’re just getting started or looking to sharpen your strategy\, this session is your first step toward building a successful small business. \n\nSpeaker(s): Carol Pool \nRegister Here: https://clients.arizonasbdc.com/workshop.aspx?ekey=10450045
URL:https://www.maricopa-sbdc.com/event/start-your-successful-small-business-online-2/
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SUMMARY:What Are My Funding Options? Alternatives For Financing An Early-stage Venture
DESCRIPTION:Securing funding as an early-stage company can be one of the most challenging parts of launching your venture. With so many paths to explore—and countless organizations\, individuals\, and resources out there—it can be hard to know where to begin. Which funding option fits your goals? How do you even get started? This program was created to give you a clear\, insightful overview of the different funding avenues available to help your venture grow. \nParticipants will hear about various funding options to expand (or start) their business. This program aims to offer a high-level overview of the funding landscape while focusing on the pros and cons of each topic. \nTopics include:  \n\nSelf-Funding\nGrants\nFriends & Family\nDebt\nCrowdfunding\nIncubators/Accelerators\nCompetitions\nSBIR/STTR\nAngel Investors\nStrategic Investors\nVenture Capital\nCorporate Ventures\n\nLou is a Small Business Analyst at the Maricopa SBDC specializing in technology commercialization.  He is a former technology executive with a corporate ventures background and had been involved in many new ventures\, mergers\, acquisitions\, turnarounds and divestures. He has led large scale corporate investments involving hundreds of millions of dollars in capital and revenue on a global scale.  Locally\, Lou has served as a strategic advisor\, consultant and angel investor. He reviews SBIR’s for the National Science Foundation \nRegister Here:\nhttps://clients.arizonasbdc.com/workshop.aspx?ekey=10450040 \n 
URL:https://www.maricopa-sbdc.com/event/what-are-my-funding-options-alternatives-for-financing-an-early-stage-venture-2/
LOCATION:Mesa Business Builder @ The Studios\, 59 East 1st Street\, Mesa\, AZ\, 85201\, United States
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SUMMARY:Start Your Successful Small Business Online Training
DESCRIPTION:Ready to turn your business dreams into reality? Join us for an engaging and informative session designed specifically for new small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs. This workshop\, Start Your Successful Small Business\, will help you navigate today’s dynamic economic landscape with clarity and confidence. \nGain valuable insights on key topics such as business planning\, marketing strategies\, and financial readiness. Plus\, take advantage of free\, one-on-one\, confidential business counseling provided by the Small Business Development Center (SBDC). Our experienced counselors are dedicated to helping you at every stage of your entrepreneurial journey — from idea to launch and beyond. \nWhether you’re just getting started or looking to sharpen your strategy\, this session is your first step toward building a successful small business. \nSpeaker: CJ Johnson \nRegister Here: \nhttps://clients.arizonasbdc.com/workshop.aspx?ekey=10450043 \nhttp://bit.ly/41zanAm \n 
URL:https://www.maricopa-sbdc.com/event/start-your-successful-small-business-online-training/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20251001T170000
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SUMMARY:SBIR Overview: How to Leverage America’s Seed Fund
DESCRIPTION:Fundraising can be extremely. The SBIR program is the nation’s largest source of early stage/high risk funding for start-ups and small businesses. The highly competitive SBIR program encourages domestic small businesses to engage in federal research and research development (R&D) that has the potential for commercialization. SBIR enables small businesses to explore technological potential and provides the incentive to profit from its commercialization \nIn-person Training Event Mesa Business Builder @ The Studios facility 59 E 1st St Floor 2\, Mesa\, AZ 85201 \nAfter this session\, you will be able to: \n\nIdentify if your company is a candidate for SBIR/STTR funding\nReview of the start capital landscape and how SBIR funding fits in\nUnderstand the basics of the SBIR/STTR programs.\nAppreciate the emphasis on commercialization.\n\nTopics include: \n\nThe startup capital landscape\nSBIR/STTR program goals\nIdentification of participating agencies\nThe differences between SBIR’s and STTR’s\nIdentification of the three-phase process\nArizona Fast Grant Initiatives\nAvailability community resources that can assist\n\nSpeakers: \n\nLou Farina is a Small Business Analyst at the Maricopa SBDC specializing in technology commercialization. Locally\, Lou has served as a strategic advisor\, consultant and angel investor. He has served as an official SBIR Reviewer for the National Science Foundation.\nWiley Larsen is Director of SBIR Programs and University Partnerships at the Arizona Commerce Authority. Wiley has been involved in entrepreneurship for over 15 years\, and has co-founded of two startups. He previously served as program manager for the Arizona State University Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation where he assisted ASU faculty and staff with commercialization. He has been an NSF I-Corps mentor and a Lean Startup instructor.\n\nNo Fee Workshop \nRegister Here
URL:https://www.maricopa-sbdc.com/event/sbir-overview-how-to-leverage-americas-seed-fund-7/
LOCATION:Mesa Business Builder @ The Studios\, 59 East 1st Street\, Mesa\, AZ\, 85201\, United States
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