Events/Workshops

Free Seminar Just for Veterans: Learn how to take advantage of federal contracting opportunities plus other business benefits to which you are entitled. Sessions: · New Regulations and Business Benefits for Veterans ~ Scott Denniston · U.S. Army Reserve Business Benefits ~ Captain Christian Miller · SBA Business Loan Opportunities for Veterans ~ Nathaniel Robinson · Bank Loan Preparation Services for Veterans ~ Delaware SBDC · Panel of Successful Veteran Business Owners ~ K-Lak Corp, Leah Cole - Countermeasures Assessment & Security Experts, Ernest R. Frazier, Sr. ESQ - and others.

Speaker: U. S. Senator-Thomas Carper, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs OSDBU-Scott F. Denniston, DE Department of Veterans Affairs-Charles Peck, and SBA District Director-Jayne Armstrong

Co-Sponsor: Senator Thomas Carper, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, and Pepco Holdings, Inc.

Location: Delmarva Power Conference Center, Newark

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.

Location: Georgetown SBDC, Sussex County Center, University Of Delaware, Georgetown

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.

Location: Newark Free Library, Newark

Location: Georgetown SBDC, Sussex County Center, University Of Delaware, Georgetown

businessKillers® is a totally unique, 90-minute educational presentation, designed by industry experts and business owners like yourself. It allows you to assess how well you have protected your company from the six biggest mistakes that can "kill" a business. The workshop is interactive with video vignette, outcomes & solutions, consultant videos, and risk barometers. The exciting new format will help you to learn, retain, and apply critically important information to help safeguard your business and enhance your personal wealth.

Co-Sponsor: Swarthmore Financial Services

Location: Delaware Biotechnology Institute, Newark

This workshop provides eligible small disadvantaged business owners with a solid foundation of cost accounting principles for federal government contracting. The workshop instructs the small disadvantaged business owners on how to design an adequate accounting system for tracking and recording information properly. Additionally, the workshop will provide information on the importance of indirect cost and indirect rates and how to utilize them in a structured accounting system. Other topics will include; labor and timekeeping, auditor guidelines, DCAA audit concerns, retention of records guidelines, profit limits, key resources and defining allowable and un-allowable cost and delivery material. All designed to prepare the small disadvantaged business owner with the basic knowledge and foundation needed for seeking federal government contracting opportunities.

Speaker: Paul Gunn ~ PGBC, Inc.

Co-Sponsor: SBA

Location: Delmarva Power Conference Center, Newark

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.

Location: Dover SBDC, DSU MBNA Building, Suite 108, Dover

This three hour workshop gives details of writing an effective realistic business plan and covers the 4 c's of credit for borrowing money to start your business. The topics include: Business Plan components such as Executive Summary, Marketing Plan, Operations/Management Team, and Financials, along with how to approach a bank for lending.

Location: Newark SBDC, New Castle County Center, Univ of Delaware, Newark