From financing your startup, increasing profits, marketing to your ideal clients, hiring your first employees, there’s a lot to learn when you’re running a startup. Nobody knows it all so having educational resources available to learn along the way can help make your job a little easier. Fortunately, here in the Sacramento area, our local Small Business Development Center (SBDC) has a robust set of workshops each month to help out startups. Here’s a rundown of what the SBDC has lined up for May.

Financing for Your Startup

Date: 5/1/2019
Time: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM (PDT)
Location: Placer Business Resource Center 1000 Sunset Blvd, Suite 105, Rocklin CA 95765

Businesses that are under 2 years in business struggle the most to access the capital they need to start and grow. Norcal SBDC Finance Center consultants are passionate about educating early stage businesses about the lending landscape and how to navigate to meet your needs. There are several different ways for a business to access capital, and the Finance Center will cover all traditional and non-traditional lending platforms that exist and how to apply them to each unique business situation. If you have been turned down by a lender, the Finance Center will be able to give you new options to get funded. Please come prepare to challenge the Finance Center with your tough business loan questions.

Link to RSVP: https://nc.ecenterdirect.com/events/45023

 

6 Steps to Growing Your Business

Date: 5/6/2019
Time: 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM (PDT)
Location: Placer Business Resource Center 1000 Sunset Blvd, Suite 105, Rocklin CA 95765

Business owners will learn the 6 areas needed to build a “Commercial Profitable Enterprise that works w/o you there”. Is running your business more than you bargained for? Too many hours? Too little profit? Too little personal life? Is finding the right team a challenge? You are not alone. You, your partners and your key team members are invited to attend this powerful and insightful workshop. You will have fun and enjoy learning the fundamental steps that every business must climb in order to achieve success. Prepare yourself for major breakthroughs around key areas in your professional life. We guarantee that your time will be rewarded with many new ideas, tips and strategies that you can implement immediately in your business. If you are ready to make a difference in your business today, then you need to attend this workshop.

Link to RSVP: https://nc.ecenterdirect.com/events/45002

 

5 Way to Achieve Increase Profits

Date: 5/13/2019
Time: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM (PDT)
Location: Placer Business Resource Center 1000 Sunset Blvd, Suite 105 , Rocklin CA 95765

Do you know the formula for business? If you want to learn how to increase your profits by at least 61% you need to attend this workshop. It is simple but not easy, come find out how. You can’t change what you don’t know! Do know how many leads you receive? Do you know have many converted to customers? Do you know how many times your customers buy from you in a year? Do you track what they buy? What about your profit margins? Learn how making even Minor adjustments to “to your numbers” can lead to MAJOR change in your PROFIT. We test and measure over 350 strategies to be sure we know what works and what doesn’t. Is it possible you don’t know what you don’t know

Link to RSVP: https://nc.ecenterdirect.com/events/45003

 

Agribusiness Lending

Date: 5/14/2019
Time: 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM (PDT)
Location: Placer Business Resource Center 1000 Sunset Blvd, Suite 105, Rocklin CA 95765

Agricultural SBDC Consultant Don Rose will cover the following:
Sources of ag financing, tailored to the local area.
a. General
b. Young, small, and beginning farmers.
c. Banks, Farm Credit, FSA, other.
2. What ag lenders look for (underwriting process.)
a. 5 C’s of lending
b. Information needed in a loan package
3. Ag loan structure

Link to RSVP: https://nc.ecenterdirect.com/events/45024

 

Target Marketing for Your IDEAL CLIENT

Date: 5/20/2019
Time: 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM (PDT)
Location: Placer Business Resource Center 1000 Sunset Blvd, Suite 105, Rocklin CA 95765

Create a profile of your ideal customer so you can design your marketing to specifically attract them to your business. If you were trying to attract mothers of infant children, your marketing effort would be designed quite differently than if you were trying to attract retired widows. Identify where to find them and Target your marketing to them. Who is your ideal customer? Imagine that you could hand pick 100 people that would become customers of yours. Chances are that you would want them to be similar to your very best current customers.

Link to RSVP: https://nc.ecenterdirect.com/events/45004

 

Hiring Your 1st Employee – What Business Owners Need To Know

Date: 5/29/2019
Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (PDT)
Location: Placer Business Resource Center 1000 Sunset Blvd, Unit 105, Rocklin CA 95765

Are you ready to take your business to the next level and hire your first employee? Do you know how to get started or what paperwork is legally required? Understanding and navigating the maze of employment laws is challenging. This workshop will teach you the essentials of hiring an employee, including workers’ compensation, payroll systems, how to determine pay, key legal paperwork, policies and much more. Join SBDC human resources expert Chana Anderson to learn about the new test, how to navigate the requirements and ensure your business success.

Link to RSVP: https://nc.ecenterdirect.com/events/44792