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Please check each individual seminar to see its location and registration information. Attend any 5 seminars with the Core Business Seminar (CBS) designation, and you will receive an Entrepreneurial Foundation Certificate.
Call 919-718-7544 to pre-register or for more information about Online seminars.
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ABC's of Starting a Small Business on a Limited Budget - Online
Sep26These are the ABCs of how to start a small business combined with winning strategies from low-cost startups. ABCs Starting a Small Business on a Limited Budget is easier now than it has ever been. In these challenging times everyone from the government to your local banker is trying to help you succeed.
- Start • End Date: 09/26/2024 • 09/26/2024
- Day: Th
- Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
- Cost: Free
- Instructor: Mike Collins
- Location Code: ONLINE (Class is held online)
- Building Location:
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ABC's of Starting a Small Business on a Limited Budget - Online
Sep26These are the ABCs of how to start a small business combined with winning strategies from low-cost startups. ABCs Starting a Small Business on a Limited Budget is easier now than it has ever been. In these challenging times everyone from the government to your local banker is trying to help you succeed.
- Start • End Date: 09/26/2024 • 09/26/2024
- Day: Th
- Time: 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
- Cost: Free
- Instructor: Mike Collins
- Location Code: ONLINE (Class is held online)
- Building Location:
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Foodservice Bootcamp: Mise en Place Your Business for Success (Part 1) Online
Oct02Navigating Food Entrepreneurship (Part 1) Self-Assessment For Food Business and Industry Overview Anyone can cook, but NOT everyone is cut out for entrepreneurship. Are you ready to move from notebook or home production to legit business? How do you know if it's for you, and what the next steps should be? This class will help clarify your focus, articulate your purpose and concept, and connect you with resources to build a strong foundation.
- Start • End Date: 10/02/2024 • 10/02/2024
- Day: W
- Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
- Cost: Free
- Instructor: Dani Black
- Location Code: ONLINE (Class is held online)
- Building Location:
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Finding Your Perfect Customer and Creating a Market Plan - Online
Oct03Just because you have an idea doesn’t mean anyone will buy it. In Finding Your Perfect Customer and Creating a Marketing Plan there are 4 ways to describe your customer and sources to find out how many there are in your market area. The program features 5 ways to create a winning plan to target them. Speaker(s): Mike Collins Co-Sponsor(s):
- Start • End Date: 10/03/2024 • 10/03/2024
- Day: Th
- Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
- Cost: Free
- Instructor: Mike Collins
- Location Code: ONLINE (Class is held online)
- Building Location:
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Finding Your Perfect Customer and Creating a Marketing Plan - Online
Oct03Just because you have an idea doesn’t mean anyone will buy it. In Finding Your Perfect Customer and Creating a Marketing Plan there are 4 ways to describe your customer and sources to find out how many there are in your market area. The program features 5 ways to create a winning plan to target them.
- Start • End Date: 10/03/2024 • 10/03/2024
- Day: Th
- Time: 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
- Cost: Free
- Instructor: Mike Collins
- Location Code: ONLINE (Class is held online)
- Building Location:
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Foodservice Bootcamp: Mise en Place Your Business for Success (Part 2) - Online
Oct09Food is the Product for Sale (Part 2) What’s Unique About Business Planning For Food Business? Business planning is a practice, not a report with a deadline. You’re probably already great at your food and menu, but that’s not the most important part of this work. What needs your attention are things like rules and regs, food safety, financial forecasts and other operational realities, and that can feel overwhelming. Planning for a safe, legal, profitable food business means having good basic knowledge about how these parts work together. This builds a strong foundation, and the planning process will make you a stronger, smarter, entrepreneur, more confident in your business model.
- Start • End Date: 10/09/2024 • 10/09/2024
- Day: W
- Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
- Cost: Free
- Instructor: Dani Black
- Location Code: ONLINE (Class is held online)
- Building Location:
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Dynamite Marketing On a Firecracker Budget for Small Businesses - Online
Oct10There has never been a time that is as easy and economical to do great marketing! In Dynamite Marketing On a Firecracker Budget for Small Businesses you will discover 50+ successful ways to market your business and easily reach customers at low cost.
- Start • End Date: 10/10/2024 • 10/10/2024
- Day: Th
- Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
- Cost: Free
- Instructor: Mike Collins
- Location Code: ONLINE (Class is held online)
- Building Location:
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Dynamite Marketing On a Firecracker Budget for Small Businesses - Online
Oct10There has never been a time that is as easy and economical to do great marketing! In Dynamite Marketing On a Firecracker Budget for Small Businesses you will discover 50+ successful ways to market your business and easily reach customers at low cost.
- Start • End Date: 10/10/2024 • 10/10/2024
- Day: Th
- Time: 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
- Cost: Free
- Instructor: Mike Collins
- Location Code: ONLINE (Class is held online)
- Building Location:
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Foodservice Bootcamp: Mise en Place Your Business for Success (Part 3) - Online
Oct16Penny Ballgame - Part 3 Costs, Prices and Profits in Food Business Now can you know whether you'll make money in food business? Do the math! Sometimes smart, talented people who are very good at food might plan or start businesses without the basic “food math” needed to get profitable. Gaps show up over time, not overnight. Don't let fear of the unknown (or of math) hold you back. Come learn the fundamentals of how food becomes revenue, and revenue becomes profit in a restaurant, food truck, bakery or catering business. You'll get great basic skills and tools to make smart money decisions, to base your creative venture on a solid business foundation. Even if math is ‘not your thing', you'll learn what the most vital metrics are, and how to achieve them.
- Start • End Date: 10/16/2024 • 10/16/2024
- Day: W
- Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
- Cost: Free
- Instructor: Dani Black
- Location Code: ONLINE (Class is held online)
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The Treasure Hunt: Finding the Funds to Finance Your Small Business - Online
Oct17How to find the funds to create your business. If you have a great idea the money is out there somewhere. From coins-in-the-couch to loans, grants and Go Fund Me pages, The Treasure Hunt: Finding the Funds to Finance Your Small Business shows the rainbow of funding sources.
- Start • End Date: 10/17/2024 • 10/17/2024
- Day: Th
- Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
- Cost: Free
- Instructor: Mike Collins
- Location Code: ONLINE (Class is held online)
- Building Location:
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The Treasure Hunt: Finding the Funds to Finance Your Small Business - Online
Oct17How to find the funds to create your business. If you have a great idea the money is out there somewhere. From coins-in-the-couch to loans, grants and Go Fund Me pages, The Treasure Hunt: Finding the Funds to Finance Your Small Business shows the rainbow of funding sources.
- Start • End Date: 10/17/2024 • 10/17/2024
- Day: Th
- Time: 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
- Cost: Free
- Instructor: Mike Collins
- Location Code: ONLINE (Class is held online)
- Building Location:
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Foodservice Bootcamp: Mise en Place Your Business for Success (Part 4) - Online
Oct23Food Manufacturing - Part 4 This webinar provides solutions and resources to address the changing environment of food manufacturing. Understand the regulatory requirements from agencies like the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (NCDA&CS), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). These regulations cover food safety, labeling, facility standards, and more.
- Start • End Date: 10/23/2024 • 10/23/2024
- Day: W
- Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
- Cost: Free
- Instructor: Chris Reedy
- Location Code: ONLINE (Class is held online)
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