The Loudoun SBDC is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. All opinions, conclusions and recommendations expressed by the authors and contributors to this website are theirs and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SBA. Additional Loudoun SBDC funding sources include George Mason University-Mason Enterprise Center at the School of Public Policy, the County of Loudoun, Loudoun County Industrial Development Authority and Town of Leesburg. All SBDC programs and services are offered to the public on a non-discriminatory basis.
Presenters: Robin Suomi, Executive Director Loudoun Small Business Development Center
Kelly Keyser Thompson, Owner Keyser Thompson Insurance Agency, Inc.
Robin Suomi, a small business specialist, will lead participants through the essential steps for successfully starting a small business. Kelly Keyser Thompson, an insurance specialist, will discuss the types of insurance needed for small businesses. Highlights of the seminar will include:
Taxes and licensing
Business plan development
Sources of financing
Marketing
Insurance
Thursday, March 11, 2010 11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Comfort Suites 80 Prosperity Avenue Leesburg, VA 20175
Fee: $10 if pre-registered; $15 at the door. Pre-register HERE. Payments online are by credit card; payments at the door may be by cash or check (payable to Loudoun SBDC). Those who do not pre-register are not guaranteed seating or handouts. For registration questions, please phone 703-430-7222.
03/16/10
Start Your Business
6:00 PM
Start Your Business
Presenters: Robin Suomi, Executive Director Loudoun Small Business Development Center
Arthur Thompson, Principal Keyser Thompson Insurance Agency, Inc.
Robin Suomi, a small business specialist, will lead participants through the essential steps for successfully starting a small business. Arthur Thompson, an insurance specialist, will discuss the types of insurance needed for small businesses. Highlights of the seminar will include:
Taxes and licensing
Business plan development
Sources of financing
Marketing
Insurance
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 6:00 – 8:30 p.m.
The George Washington University, Virginia Science & Technology Campus 20101 Academic Way, Room 101 Ashburn, VA 20147
Fee: $10 if pre-registered; $15 at the door. Pre-register HERE. Payments online are by credit card; payments at the door may be by cash or check (payable to Loudoun SBDC). Those who do not pre-register are not guaranteed seating or handouts. For registration questions, please phone 703-430-7222.
03/23/10
Home-based Bizs
11:00 AM
A HOME RUN for Home-based Businesses!
------- FREE Seminar/Get-Together -------
Moderator: Robin Suomi, Executive Director - Loudoun Small Business Development Center
Presenter: Rabiya Jilani, Counselor – Loudoun Small Business Development Center
For all the advantages of operating a home-based business, it’s also nice to step up to the bat energized by team camaraderie—especially when the economy is pitching some hard-to-hit curveballs. The Loudoun SBDC wants to offer training which will help you score some business home runs. We just need your input to tailor that training to your interests. Do you want to learn more about online collaborative tools, creating a website (including a mobile one), managing your finances, virtual assistant services, using skype, hiring your first employee, cooperative advertising…? Get out of your dugout and join other home-based business owners for:
A light lunch
Lots of networking (Be sure to bring a supply of business cards!)
An exchange on topics of interest to you for our future offerings
BONUS—a seminar on that hot topic: LOW–COST MARKETING VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Comfort Suites 80 Prosperity Avenue Leesburg, VA 20175
FREE, but please pre-register HERE. Those who do not pre-register are not guaranteed seating or handouts. For registration questions, please phone 703-430-7222.
03/25/10
Ask, Don't Sell
6:00 PM
Ask, Don’t Sell
Presenter: Leslie Boucher, Managing Director– Pensare Group
Achieving consistent success in sales requires careful planning, an understanding of the buying/selling process, and an awareness of each prospect’s—as well as your own—attitudes, emotions and motivations. For a sale to be “completed”, you must first put all of these pieces together. And to do that, you need to master the ability to ask the right questions. Lesley Boucher of Pensare Group, a management consulting firm, brings to her present position more than 20 years of experience as a senior executive working internationally. Among other roles, she has been “executive on loan” to the World Bank and senior policy advisor to the Prime Minister’s office in Canada. She is also the Chair-Elect for Success in the City and the Strategic Alliances Co-Chair for the NAWBO Greater DC Board of Directors. In this interactive seminar, you will learn:
Critical steps in the buying/selling process
Power questions and techniques which help prospects buy from you
Common sales practices which lose more sales than they win
Thursday, March 25, 2010 6:00 – 8:30 p.m.
The George Washington University, Virginia Science & Technology Campus 20101 Academic Way, Room 101 Ashburn, VA 20147
Fee: $25 if pre-registered; $30 at the door. Pre-register HERE. Payments online are by credit card; payments at the door may be by cash or check (payable to Loudoun SBDC). Those who do not pre-register are not guaranteed seating or handouts. For registration questions, please phone 703-430-7222.
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