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Business Quick Start

Business Quick Start

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.

Workshop Agenda

11:00 – 12:00 – Walk through the official steps to become a legitimate business
12:00 – 1:00 – Introduction to the Business Model Canvas
1:00 – 2:00 – Introduction to creating a marketing plan & budget

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): Gabby Lopez Morning Tea Coaching Larimer SBDC Consultant & Instructor

Gabby Lopez

Morning Tea Coaching Larimer SBDC Consultant & Instructor

Thank you to our sponsors!

REEly amp up your digital marketing with Instagram Reels/Short Form Video

REEly amp up your digital marketing with Instagram Reels/Short Form Video

Short-form video is quickly growing in popularity; think Reels/Tik Tok. 

In this class, Jade will discuss the basics of what short-form video is and how to implement it into your business’s digital marketing plan.

The last half of the class will be hands-on!

  • Please bring three, 20-30 second videos saved to your phone or tablet on which you use your social media
  • Together we will create and post one short-form video to your business feed before you leave the class

Jade Shebelski

Maven & Muse Media

Thank You to Our Sponsors!

Lunch & Learn: Retirement Strategies for Business Owners

Lunch & Learn: Retirement Strategies for Business Owners

In this 1 hour Lunch & Learn, Greg Dellinger with Raymond James & Associates will discuss the various plans that are available to business owners now that will set them up for retirement. How much can you contribute? What are the tax benefits? How can you increase employee retention and more!

Lunch provided by Raymond James & Associates

Greg Dellinger

Senior Vice President-Investments Raymond James & Associates, Inc.

Thank You to Our Sponsors!

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