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.
Iowa Rural Development Summit
Gateway Hotel 2100 Green Hills Dr, Ames, IA, United StatesThe Iowa Rural Development Summit brings rural residents and companies together to discuss the challenges and opportunities in their communities. In 2023, the summit will be held on April 11th-12th in Ames, Iowa. Registration opens soon! For more information, visit the Iowa Rural Development Council's event page with the button below.
Using SAM.gov
Online EventLanding government contracts requires knowing where to look for potential sales and understanding the landscape once you find a buyer who needs what you sell. Wouldn't it be nice to know where to find that kind of information?
This 60-minute webinar is designed to help Iowa businesses learn how to use the SAM.gov website in pursuit of federal government sales. We'll show you how to use the site to find potential bidding opportunities, how to generate email alerts when the government is preparing to purchase your item or service, and how to run some basic reports about past contract history.
Always Ready: Financials
Online EventRunning a small business requires more than having a passion and a vision. To be successful you need to have your financials in order. Unless you are familiar with bookkeeping basics, you might not know how crucial having the right financial documents are to your success.
Join The Iowa Center staff as we go over the most useful and important financial documents for your small business.
Start Something Passive Income Series: Crypto & NTFs
Online EventDuring this installment of the Start Something Passive Income Series, Scott Herren will share tips and tricks on leveraging your digital assets to bring in some extra cash.
Buyer Personas: A Key Element of a Great Marketing Strategy for More Customers
Online EventKnowing your customers, what is important to them, and their decision-making values when choosing to buy from you or a competitor is at the heart of an effective marketing strategy. Without a keen understanding of everything about your customers, your marketing will have a serious communication gap, causing them to go elsewhere. Learn the key questions to ask and choose from various approaches to get the answers.
How to Get a Small Business Loan: A Step-by-Step Guide
Online EventUnderstanding how to get a small business loan is essential for business owners at all stages of growth. However, finding business funding can be a daunting task if you’re new to the world of business financing. That’s why we have invited a financial expert to walk you through the basics of how to get a small business loan.
Start Something Passive Income Series: Digital Products & Evergreen Online Courses
Online EventDuring this installment of the Start Something Passive Income Series, Brighten Made founder Bri Summers will share tips and tricks on how to sell your creative digital products or online course on your website or Etsy shop.
Des Moines Lyceum: In the Time of the Metaverse, What Does It Mean to Live in the “Real World”?
Gravitate 500 Locus St., Des Moines, IA, United StatesWhile the Metaverse is an idea in its infancy, billions of dollars are being spent on developing virtual and augmented reality technology. What does the future hold in store for us in terms of virtual technology? What could it mean for our relationships to nature and to each other? What might we gain, what might we lose?
NAWBO Iowa Lunch Program
Monterey Training Center 7780 Office Plaza Drive Suite 140, West Des Moines, IA, United StatesThe April NAWBO Iowa lunch program will feature David J. Gion, who will talk about Better Ballot Iowa.
Learn more about the process in Iowa and how that affects small businesses.
*Also please bring your own lunch
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