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SUMMARY:BUSINESS SMART WORKSHOP
DESCRIPTION:Topic: Business Basics\n\nBusiness Smart workshop will focus on successful ways for starting and operating a business. Topics to be covered include business planning\, marketing\, budgeting and financing options. After the seminar attendees will continue to receive counseling on an individual basis to address specific needs. \nSpeaker(s): OKSBDC \nCo-Sponsor(s): OKSBDC \nFor questions or inquiries\, contact James Arati – Tel: 405 321 4774 \n\n  \nFee: No Cost
URL:https://cpcdc.org/event/business-smart-workshop-4
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: Understand SBA's 8(a) Certification
DESCRIPTION:If you’re interested in selling supplies or services to federal agencies and think you might qualify as a small disadvantaged business\, this session is for you.  The federal government’s goal is to award at least five percent of all federal contracting dollars to small disadvantaged businesses each year as part of the SBA’s 8(a) Business Development Program.  Joining the 8(a) program makes your business eligible to compete for the program’s set-aside contracts and helps provide a level playing field for small businesses owned by socially and economically disadvantaged people or entities. \nIn this online session\, presenter Lesa Steele with REI Native American Business Center will discuss: \n\n    Benefits of SBA’s 8(a) Business Development Program\n    Qualifications and Eligibility\n    How to begin the certification process\n\nWe’ll have plenty of time for Q&A with the presenter at the end of the session\, so come ready with your questions! \nPresenter: Lesa Steel\, REI Native American Business Center Coordinator \nWorkshop Provided by: REI Women’s Business Center \nFunded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. WBC and 7j programs and services are provided on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities and language assistance services for clients with limited English proficiency will be provided if requested at least two weeks in advance. Contact Lori Smith\, WBC Assistant at PO Box 1335\, Durant\, OK 74702 or call 800-658-2823.
URL:https://cpcdc.org/event/virtual-event-understand-sbas-8a-certification
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SUMMARY:What's New with PPP and Other Relief Options for Small Businesses
DESCRIPTION:After months of waiting for much-needed relief\, small businesses are finally getting renewed support from the federal government. The new stimulus package approved by Congress comprises $900 billion in virus relief funds\, including $284.5 billion to reopen and strengthen the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) for first time and second time borrowers. \nJoin this webinar\, presented by Small Business Majority’s Brian Pifer\, to learn more about what’s in the new relief package and ask questions about what this could mean for your small business. \nTopics include: \n\nPPP reauthorization and important changes\nAdvance grants through the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Program\nSBA Debt Relief Program\nAdditional policies and resources for small businesses\n\nPresented by: Brian Pifer \n\n \n\n\nBrian oversees Small Business Majority’s Entrepreneurship Program and Venturize.org platform\, which deliver key education and resources to entrepreneurs seeking to start and grow their business. \nHe builds partnerships with organizations that serve small business owners\, evaluates the program’s activities and impact\, and oversees the development of Venturize to ensure it is the one-stop hub for the nation’s entrepreneurs. He manages the website’s MatchFinder tool\, which connects entrepreneurs to mission-driven lending partners.
URL:https://cpcdc.org/event/whats-new-with-ppp-and-other-relief-options-for-small-businesses
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CATEGORIES:SCORE
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SUMMARY:How to Raise Money to Grow Your Business
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an interactive online Q&A session that’ll teach you how to raise money\, whether you should\, and how to do so effectively.\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\nFuture Proof is a program that assists businesses with identifying new markets\, pivoting their business model\, and developing and implementing a deep digital transformation plan. Join via Zoom link below. \n  \nIn order to scale\, your business needs money. Whether it’s for equipment\, personnel\, or marketing\, the path to real growth is sometimes paved with capital your business just doesn’t have. \n  \nGetting the money\, you need to grow your business isn’t an easy process or decision. How to convince people to give you money\, who you should and shouldn’t take money from\, and the terms of the loan or investment are all big and important questions that have massive implications on your business’ ability to thrive and survive. \n  \nJoin us for an interactive online Q&A session that’ll teach you how to raise money\, whether you should\, and how to do so effectively. \n  \nJoin us for a short presentation on \n● How to raise money for your business \n● Sources of money to look for and avoid \n● How to calculate how much money you need \n  \nFollowed by a Q&A session where: \n● We’ll discuss some of the unique challenges small business owners are facing and how to deal with them \n● You will get the opportunity to have your cash flow questions answered by entrepreneurs who understand the challenges you’re going through \n  \nPresented by Andrew Patricio\, Owner at Bizlaunch \n  \nSign up today to secure your spot and start growing your business. \nPlease register and complete the survey questions upon checkout. Please note that this session will be recorded. Join via Zoom here at 2pm.
URL:https://cpcdc.org/event/how-to-raise-money-to-grow-your-business
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