Small Businesses are vulnerable and, like consumers, must keep a vigilant eye over their data.
Join us to learn the most common threats during the holiday season.
A confirmation email with the Zoom login information will be sent after registration, please be on the lookout for it.
Programa: Emprende VA – Pequeña Empresa de Construcción
Todo empresario tiene que saber cuales son los costos de proveer su servicio o producto. Al conocer cuales son los gastos de una empresa, usted tendra una mejor manera para evaluar cuanto usted debe cobrar por su servicio o producto.
Todas las capacitaciones se entregarán en Español a través de zoom. (All trainings will be delivered in Spanish via zoom.)
Por favor regístrese para el seminario y recibirá su confirmación para acceder a la sesión por medio de Zoom.
Para más información enviar un texto a Cely Argueta, Consultora de Negocios al 301-401-7317.
Does your business need a mobile app?
In this bootcamp you will learn if your small business will benefit from having a mobile app, and the steps to successfully deploy and market your app on the app stores. Areas covered include:
- Market Research
- App Scoping
- Finding a Developer and Budget
- App Business Planning
- Marketing Approach
- Building a Prototype
- Launching an App
- Promoting App
Presented by Cameron Nelson, CV SBDC and Virginia SBDC Chief Digital Advisor
Please be on the lookout for a Zoom registration link a few days prior to the event.
Do you reside in the Shenandoah Valley area of Virginia and are thinking about starting a new business?
Do you have questions about how to move forward? Are you considering moving your hobby into a more structured business form? Have you already started your small business and now realize you may have missed a few things?
Your Shenandoah Valley SBDC has answers, information, and resources to help!
In our Start Smart Workshops, we discuss the path to good decisions and a successful start. You’ll learn to take a thorough 360° approach to your business and all its components – from product development to target marketing to financial projections and bookkeeping. We also cover the regulations and registrations you need to know.
Follow-up appointments are then available with SBDC business advisors to focus on your individual business growth needs.
Note that this is a live, on-line Webinar.
Fee: No Cost
nformación para personas que desean ser vendedores de comida, futuros chefs que deseen establecer o mejorar sus propios negocios y sus operaciones, vendedores de negocios de comida desde casa.
Enfoque especial: Cuales son las obligaciones como dueño de su negocio al nivel local, estatal y Federal. Cuales son los impuestos a pagar de la licencia de negocio, impuestos sobre bienes de la propiedad, impuestos sobre las ventas.
Todas las capacitaciones se entregarán en Español a través de zoom. (All trainings will be delivered in Spanish via Zoom.)
Por favor regístrese para el seminario y recibirá su confirmación para acceder a la sesión por medio de Zoom.
Para más información enviar un texto a Cely Argueta, Consultora de Negocios al 301-401-7317.
This session will present some common sense tips on how to write an effective state or federal contract proposal.
Topics covered include:
- Understand Uniform Contract Format – RFP
- Things to consider before writing
- Proposal writing tips
- Typical evaluation criteria
- Win Theme development
- Keys to proposal success
- Typical elements of successful proposals
- Why proposals lose points
Funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration
Presented by Lisa Wood, Statewide Director, Virginia Procurement Technical Assistance Center
Duration: 1.5 Hours
COST: Virginia based companies/Va. University FREE; All Others $15
Jumpstart your New Year with these essential tools and tips to help your small business succeed next year.
A confirmation email with the Zoom login information will be sent after registration, please be on the lookout for it.
Join us as we discuss and analyze trends about how customers engage with your business online, then turn these insights into well-informed, actionable decisions. We will discuss using Google Analytics to help you collect and interpret real-time information, review some of the reports and terms used so you can learn more about your target audience and how to achieve your business goals. During this session, we will:
– Identify business goals (and how you plan to use your online presence to achieve them)
– Incorporating data into your plan
– A focus on introducing Google Analytics and how to use this tool to make better business decisions
– Introducing Primary and Secondary Dimensions
Presented by Grow with Google speaker, Randi Penfil
Thanks to Shenandoah Valley SBDC, Capital Region SBDC, Central Virginia SBDC, Laurel Ridge SBDC, SBDC Lynchburg Region, and Virginia State SBDC for hosting this webinar along with Grow with Google.
Programa: Emprende VA – Pequeña Empresa de Construcción
Para el desarrollo de un estimado para su cliente, es importante que usted conozco como puede desarrollar un sistema que le ayude a determinar costos laborales, materiales y generales de su compania.
Todas las capacitaciones se entregarán en Español a través de zoom. (All trainings will be delivered in Spanish via zoom.)
Por favor regístrese para el seminario y recibirá su confirmación para acceder a la sesión por medio de Zoom.
Para más información enviar un texto a Cely Argueta, Consultora de Negocios al 301-401-7317.
Do you reside in the Shenandoah Valley area of Virginia and are thinking about starting a new business?
Do you have questions about how to move forward? Are you considering moving your hobby into a more structured business form? Have you already started your small business and now realize you may have missed a few things?
Your Shenandoah Valley SBDC has answers, information, and resources to help!
In our Start Smart Workshops, we discuss the path to good decisions and a successful start. You’ll learn to take a thorough 360° approach to your business and all its components – from product development to target marketing to financial projections and bookkeeping. We also cover the regulations and registrations you need to know.
Follow-up appointments are then available with SBDC business advisors to focus on your individual business growth needs.
Note that this is a live, on-line Webinar.
Fee: No Cost
Are you interested in Federal Government Contracting?
Join us and learn strategies and tips for securing federal business.
Join Lisa Wood, Director of the Virginia Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC), for this informative presentation – a “must” for those who are considering the Federal Government contracting market and want to learn how to prepare for/navigate this huge potential market. This “beginners” class offers tips and tricks on how to win Federal business.
Lisa Wood is the Statewide Director of the Virginia Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) hosted by George Mason University. Prior to that, she served as the Statewide Director with the Connecticut and Ohio PTAC programs and was also Director for the Northwest Commission PTAC in Pennsylvania. Before joining the PTAC community, Lisa was a Procurement Specialist for Bechtel Plant Machinery, Inc. in the Greater Pittsburgh Area.
Presented as a hybrid event – online via Zoom and in person at Central Virginia SBDC
Cohosted by Central Virginia SBDC and Capital Region SBDC
Updated for 2023
Join us if you’re interested in pivoting more of your efforts to ONLINE SALES
This session will cover:
- The variety of websites available, the possibilities for upgrading yours to better accommodate online sales and the estimated costs to accomplish this!
- The various e-commerce platforms available and how to select the best based on your specific business needs.
- How to setup and manage your online storefront or service portal and how to use data and marketing to maximize returns.
A confirmation email with the Zoom login information will be sent after registration, please be on the lookout for it.
Instructor: Cameron Nelson, Chief Digital Advisor, Virginia SBDC
Mr. Nelson has over 18 years experience in technology, and as a senior tech consultant in Silicon Valley helping Fortune 500 companies improve their digital marketing and eCommerce. At the same time he founded several tech companies, including a SaaS website for tree preservation and a blockchain platform for nonprofits. Cameron is accomplished in language, culture, has an MBA and MA and believes new technology products have the ability to help shape our world for the better.
Do you reside in the Shenandoah Valley area of Virginia and are thinking about starting a new business?
Do you have questions about how to move forward? Are you considering moving your hobby into a more structured business form? Have you already started your small business and now realize you may have missed a few things?
Your Shenandoah Valley SBDC has answers, information, and resources to help!
In our Start Smart Workshops, we discuss the path to good decisions and a successful start. You’ll learn to take a thorough 360° approach to your business and all its components – from product development to target marketing to financial projections and bookkeeping. We also cover the regulations and registrations you need to know.
Follow-up appointments are then available with SBDC business advisors to focus on your individual business growth needs.
Note that this is a live, on-line Webinar.
Fee: No Cost