Events/Workshops

Far too often, people are so eager to start a new business or product that they end up skipping some very important considerations. This is very likely one of the major reasons that so many new businesses fail within the first five years. This workshop will help you to ensure that you're really ready to start your new venture. This 3 hour workshop will help future entrepreneurs to plan for success. Business plans, market research, funding options, and resources available to assist individuals in starting a business will be discussed. You will also complete an assessment that will determine your stage of development and based on the assessment you will be aligned with the appropriate business resource partner that will provide assistance.

This three hour presentation by DSBDC staff provides an overview of the fundamentals of starting a business in Delaware. The seminar addresses issues one should consider before starting a business including the business plan, forms of business, and resources available to you.

English title: Start Your Business Right in Spanish – This three hour presentation by DSBDC staff provides an overview of the fundamentals of starting a business in Delaware. The seminar addresses issues one should consider before starting a business including the business plan, forms of business, and resources available to you. Spanish title: ¿Cómo empezar un negocio en Delaware? – En tres horas, este seminario presenta qué es lo que se necesita para abrir un negocio en Delaware. Presentado por Jose Somalo, un asesor de negocios del Centro de Desarrollo de Pequeños Negocios de Delaware (DSBDC), este seminario ofrece información a considerar antes de abrir un negocio, incluyendo un plan de negocio, formas legales de compañías y recursos que hay disponibles.

Speaker: Jose Somalo, Business Advisor ~ Delaware Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network

Far too often, people are so eager to start a new business or product that they end up skipping some very important considerations. This is very likely one of the major reasons that so many new businesses fail within the first five years. This workshop will help you to ensure that you're really ready to start your new venture.

Staying on task is essential to success, but if daily endeavor isn't linked to what's wildly important, employees will neither succeed professionally nor be fulfilled personally. The FranklinCovey LiveClicks webinar workshop Time Management for Microsoft Outlook: Increasing Your Productivity Through the Effective Use of Outlook teaches participants how to stop "living in their inbox" and start prioritizing tasks, messages, and appointments to achieve what's most important to the organization and themselves. The LiveClicks webinar workshop format is ideal when in-person training isn't possible because of distance, time, budget, or work responsibilities. IN THIS LIVECLICKS WEBINAR WORKSHOP, YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO: · Stay focused every day with a reliable planning system utilizing Microsoft Outlook. · Gain control of competing demands on time-email, voice mail, meetings, and interruptions. · Apply a planning process that gets better business results based on execution and priorities. · Reduce stress by recognizing and eliminating low-priority activities and distractions. · Learn effectiveness tips on how to plan and stay focused on your highest priorities. · Master a proven goal-setting process to help you become more focused.

The Procurement Technical Assistance Center of Delaware (PTAC), Delaware National Guard, and Delaware River and Bay Authority present information on the following topics: • How to do business with the State of Delaware • Gain knowledge about what the Delaware National Guard and the Delaware River and Bay Authority purchase from small businesses

Speaker: Jay Burks ~ Office of Minority & Women Business Enterprise, Richard Meier ~ Delaware Air National Guard, and Michael Schirmer ~ Delaware River and Bay Authority, Travis Crawford ~ DelDOT, and Gary Fullman ~ City of Wilmingrton

On-line training on a wide variety of topics. Free- available 24/7!