Business Planning
Getting Ready: Starting Your Business
Online EventGetting started in your small business journey can be daunting…let us help you make the process and little easier as we outline some basic steps to Getting Ready!
What are the first steps needed to business ownership?
What’s a business plan and why do you need one?
What are the various types of legal business entities?
How do you register your business?
ILC Managing Change from the Middle
Online EventThe ILC is pleased to offer a series of virtual events to help those implementing lean thinking and methodologies in a non-manufacturing setting. The series will focus on leadership, leading process improvements when things are unclear or uncertain, and leading and influencing change in a non-manufacturing setting.
6 Steps to a Better Business for Owners
Waterloo Workspace JSA Building 215 E. 4th St., Waterloo, IA, United StatesDo you want to make more money? Do you want control of your time? Do you want to find and keep good people on your team?
Don’t you owe it to yourself to invest some of your time learning how your business can reach its full potential? Of course, you do!
Join me as I introduce 6 Steps to a Better Business to learn how to:
-Work ON your business instead of IN your business
-Turn your advertising and marketing into an investment instead of an expense
-Leverage your time to maximize efficiency and profits
-Recruit, motivate, educate, and retain exceptional employees
During this seminar, you will gain a look into what 6 Steps to a Better Business can do for you and your business, including simple, fast, and easy ways to increase sales and profits, free up your time, and create an amazing team! Are you ready to make your business WORK FOR YOU? Register for 6 Steps to a Better Business TODAY !
Always Ready: Business Plan
Online EventTurn your dream into a plan with this small group, one-hour business planning class. The Iowa Center staff will help you kickstart your business plan by providing you with a road map for completing your plan and taking the next steps toward business ownership. Also, connect with other aspiring small business owners to refine your business ideas as you put them into real plans.
The Journey to Your Vision Hosted by Renew Rural Iowa
Waverly Civio Cener 200 1st St NE, Waverly, IA, United StatesEvery business faces peaks and valleys as they progress through stages of growth. Do you know what stage your business is in and how you can reach the next level?
Attend this valuable half-day seminar to help stack the odds in your favor by understanding the stages of business growth, their unique challenges, and methods to overcome them.
Led by Mike Kleis, President - Renaissance Executive Forums of Iowa and Joel Bennett, Lead Consultant - Veel Hoeden Consulting, this "hands-on" event will provide an opportunity to discuss your challenges with other business owners and utilize the collective power of their experience to help you address these barriers head on.
Pitch Workshop
Student Innovation Center 606 Bissell Rd, Ames, Iowa, United StatesCraft your 90-second elevator pitch for the upcoming pitch competitions at Iowa State & beyond! Throughout the workshop, you’ll learn how to quickly and effectively tell your story to any audience.
Always Ready: Credit
Online EventUnderstanding your Personal Credit and How to Establish Business Credit. Did you know that when you apply for a small business loan odds are that you will have to apply […]
Fall Startup Pitch Competition
Student Innovation Center 606 Bissell Rd, Ames, Iowa, United StatesThe Fall Startup Pitch Competition is hosted each fall by the Iowa State Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship. Students from every college are invited to deliver a 90-second pitch about an idea or business they are working on to a panel of judges to potentially win cash prizes! In addition to a cash prize, the top three winners in […]
Venture School – Mason City Cohort
NIACC - Activity Center #101 500 College Dr, Mason City, IA, United StatesThe NIACC John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center is now accepting applications for the Fall 2023 cohort of the University of Iowa Venture School program. The Fall 2023 program will be held as a hybrid in-person/online on Thursday evenings and will begin with an in-person orientation session on Thursday, September 28, 2023. U of I Venture School […]
Construction Diversity Accelerator
Bioventures Center 2500 Crosspark Rd, Coralville, IA, United StatesTurner Construction & ISU CIRAS will host its 2nd Construction Diversity Accelerator (CDA) program in person for the 2023 season. For the last 50 years, Turner has engaged minority-owned, women-owned, […]
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