Topic: Start-up Assistance This seminar will provide entrepreneurs with a comprehensive overview of the steps to be taken to start a business, the essentials of business planning, and how to determine funding needs for the start-up. Seminar covers: • Items you want to know before starting a business • Preparing for business...
Topic: Marketing and Sales Marketing is a complex topic, and it’s critical for small business owners to be clear on exactly how to market their products and services to their well-defined segment of the marketplace. Simply stated, marketing is everything done to make selling your product or service easier. For...
Topic: Start-up Assistance En este taller aprenderás: - Cómo crear un listado de las entidades que regulan la industria en donde operará la nueva empresa. - Qué tipo de entidad le conviene. - Qué licencias o permisos que se necesitarán. - Qué requisitos legales se tendrán que cumplir por motivos de impuestos. ¡La reunión en persona...
Here’s a sobering thought: The odds against small business success are substantial. For every 100 small businesses entering the marketplace, only 9 of them will succeed and thrive after 10 years. This powerful and valuable business development session will identify the critical small business hurdles to overcome, and exactly what...
There are no guarantees for business success. Yet success can be achieved when astute business owners know what to do, when to do it, and how to do it. Regardless of the state the economy is in, the global pandemic, or even dismal local market conditions, there is a path...
If you’re planning or in the process of hiring your first employee, congratulations! You are taking the first step to improve the productivity of your new enterprise. Becoming an employer is exciting and requires many tasks which must be followed to avoid compliance and legal issues. Finding, hiring, and processing...
How do you onboard, engage, and retain valuable employees transforming them into loyal, human resources…human resources that produce real value within the business? This session will show attendees how to do it, and how to grow the value of the enterprise at the same time. You’ll acquire the “need to...
There are positive measures that can be taken to sustain mental well-being regardless of the pressures resulting from operating the business. The first step is a mental fitness assessment. The assessment identifies the challenges that must be overcome, and the mental toughness necessary to meet those challenges.
Come and learn how your business can benefit from the Louisiana Economic Development’s Small Business Certifications and Initiatives. This training provides an overview of LED's Small Emerging Business Development Program (SEBD), Hudson Initiative and Veteran Initiative. Louisiana Economic Development is committed to connecting small businesses with the services and resources...
During this training small businesses will learn how to market their business on a shoestring budget. Speaker(s): Stephen Waters
