Events

What You Will Learn
 •   All the steps to becoming an official business – registering with the state,         legal entity understanding, local registrations, license requirements
   •   The Business Model Canvas – a one page business plan outline to think             through all the elements of running a business
   •   Marketing Plan considerations
   •   Budget fundamentals
   •   How the SBDC can support your on your journey

This workshop is full of information, hands-on activities to get those ideas out of your head and into a tangible format, and a stepping stone to further resources. Optional follow up activities include meeting with a SBDC consultant, signing up for a class, accessing On Demand videos, or finding a meetup group with other small business founders, owners and entrepreneurs.

Beverages and light refreshments provided.

Prerequisites: Make It Official On Demand video (fee waived with registration for this workshop)

You will walk away with:
   •   A one page business plan outline
   •   A marketing plan checklist
   •   A budget checklist
   •   SBDC network of resources and services
   •   New small business acquaintances and friends!

Speaker(s):

Josef Canaria (he/him) Program Manager at Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence

Patrice Palmer (They/Them) – CSU Director of Social and Cultural Inclusion in the College of Business

Alicia “Lisa” Young (She/Her) – Founder, ShEO, actorvist of IDEA Stages

Ben Raanan (He/Him) – Artistic Director at Phamaly Theatre 

Karen Wong Brown (She/Her) – Founder of Unified Workforce

Breakout Moderator: Andrew Magaña (He/Him) – Odell Brewery

Panel Moderator: Maya Jairam (she/her) – owner/founder/consultant at Equity Works, LLC, JEDI Director at Full Expression! A Dance Collective, Creative District Steering committee member, IDEA Stages board member

Co-Sponsor(s): Presented by: Full Expression!, Larimer SBDC, The Downtown Fort Collins Creative District, in partnership with Fort Collins Museum of Discovery.

This is a FREE event and will be hosted at the Museum of Discovery. We do have limited capacity and ask that you pre-register to reserve your FREE spot today!

Both buyers and sellers will benefit from understanding what lies ahead in the transaction of a business.  While each sale has its unique twists and turns, most transactions will follow a similar 9 stage path, from initial exploration to final closing. This program will identify and outline those 9 stages for both buyer and seller to provide an understanding of, and confidence in, the upcoming experience. 

While buyers and sellers have very different needs which must be aligned, the more that they share in an understanding of the process, the greater the chance for success in closing the transaction. To that end, the 9 steps of a business sale that we will cover are:

1. Initial Exploration
2. Listing & Market Prep
3. In the Market
4. Initial Due Diligence & Qualify
5. Receiving / Managing Offers
6. Extended Due Diligence
7. Purchase Agreement
8. Closing the Transaction
9. Post Closing

If you’re curious about bringing your existing business online, or you’re just starting a business and want to know where to begin, it all starts with a domain: your online address and home on the web.

In this pre-recorded Grow with Google session we’ll cover:

• The benefits of owning a domain

• Helpful web terms to know

• How to get the most out of your domain

In our foundational overview seminar, The 9 Stages of Buying or Selling A Business, we covered all stages of buying or selling a business from start to finish so that the participants can gain a clear sense of what to expect as they move through the buying and selling process.

In this 90 minute virtual seminar we focus specifically on how to determine what the value of a business is.

Designed to educate both buyers and sellers, we will focus on the best practice methodologies that are most commonly used in small business sales (under $10 million).

In addition, we will look at how SBA lenders will evaluate a deal since their participation is almost always required for a successful transaction.