Find and Create Targeted Connections Through LinkedIn and LinkedIn Groups
Online EventLinkedIn is a leading professional networking tool on the internet. Beyond building your personal portfolio, if utilized correctly, you can effectively grow contacts for your company. Tap into LinkedIn groups and learn how to grow sales by finding better connections and prospective customers.
West Des Moines Business Incubator Business Advice Series
Gravitate Valley Junction 318 5th St., Des Moines, IA, United StatesJoin the West Des Moines Business Incubator and Gravitate Coworking for a monthly series offering advice from experts in our community about a range of issues relevant for small businesses in Iowa. Past topics have included: types of financing, legal pitfalls to avoid, differentiating your brand and more.
Where: Gravitate Valley Junction
When: The second Tuesday of every month, over the lunch hour.
Des Moines Lyceum: Do We Have Culture?
Gravitate 500 Locus St., Des Moines, IA, United StatesWe use the word “Culture” in all kinds of ways. We talk about pop culture, workplace culture, political culture, culture war, and so much more. But what about the stories, artworks, songs, food, and more that make up our daily life? Do we feel like we have a rich local culture and identity? Why or why not? What is it like, and what defines it? This will be an opportunity to hear from local cultural producers and for the community to talk among itself about what our own local culture really is.
Small Business Essential: Copyright VS. Trademark
Online EventDo you know if your business needs a copyright or trademark? Join us on this webinar to understand how to effectively utilize trademarks and copyrights as important tools in protecting your intellectual property (IP). Having strong IP protections in place is important for not only large corporations, but also for small businesses and start-up companies as well. Understanding how to utilize and protect your IP provides leveraging power in business transactions and relationships. Particularly if you, or your company, is in the business of creating unique goods or services placed in the stream of commerce, this webinar will help in ensuring that listeners have the tools needed to understand trademarks and copyrights.
2023 Small Business Success Summit
FFA Enrichment Center at DMACC 1055 SW Prairie Trail Pkwy, Ankeny, IA, United StatesWe’re excited about the 6th Annual Small Business Success Summit. The purpose of the Small Business Success Summit is to inform, educate and inspire business owners in Greater Des Moines (DSM). This event will be the premier business conference of 2023. The summit will host keynote speakers and breakout sessions on a variety of timely topics that affect business owners, entrepreneurs and managers. In addition, there will be resource partners on site to answer specific questions related to your business. Attendees will also have time to network and establish strategic partnerships.
Registration check-in opens at 8:30 a.m.
Start Something Passive Income Series: Social Media & Video Marketing
Online EventDuring this installment of the Start Something Passive Income Series, video marketing expert Brandon Adams will share tips and tricks on how to leverage your social media accounts as a source of passive income.
Iowa Ag Trade Mission to the Philippines & Vietnam
The International Trade office will lead this trade mission that will focus on the Iowa livestock, grain, meat processors industries, and affiliated Iowa livestock and agriculture associations.
Vietnam and the Philippines are burgeoning markets with an appetite for US agricultural goods and services. The two countries have a combined population of nearly 200 million people, providing a large market potential for all Iowa agricultural interests, with continued export growth.
Vietnam has one of the faster growing middle classes, and the Philippines has a relatively high-income for the region. Agricultural exports across both grain and protein commodities have both countries as emerging opportunities to target, especially given global unrest in the commodity markets.
The IEDA team will develop a dynamic itinerary alongside industry partners, with meetings coordinated with government entities, commodity importers, and agricultural interest groups to engage in trade discussions. For more information, contact [email protected] or 515.348.6241.
Small Business Essential: Crossing The Bridge to Brick and Mortar
Online EventAre you ready to make the jump to a brick and mortar business? As a business owner, the decision to open your first physical store is an exciting and important one. Whether you’re expanding on current online or at-home operations or you’re starting a brick-and-mortar store from scratch, there are multiple factors to keep in mind.
Join The Iowa Center and Alyshea Gow, owner and interior designer of Feather Your Nest Interiors as she discusses her journey to owning a brick and mortar storefront.
Smart Start March
Online EventThinking of starting a business? This is a FREE 2-hour rapid fire course providing important steps in starting a business.
Start Something Passive Income Series: Drop-Shipping & Affiliate Links
Online EventDuring this installment of the Start Something Passive Income Series, Brady Trent will share tips and tricks on how to take advantage of the convenience of drop-shipping and learn how to earn a commission by promoting your favorite products using affiliate links.
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