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Learn from the experts with SCORE’s small business training workshops

Find low or no-cost, targeted training in both in-person and online formats on topics that matter to you and your small business. Join a business expert at an interactive in-person or virtual workshop or learn at your own pace with one of our recorded webinars.

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Amazon Seller Success Series 2024

Sponsored by Amazon

Unlock the secrets to Amazon selling success with our free webinar series. Learn everything from setting up your seller account to advanced growth strategies, directly from Amazon experts. Perfect for new & existing sellers aiming to boost their business on Amazon. 

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Personal Selling

Are you looking for ways to enhance your personal selling skills? Do you want to improve your sales performance and achieve your targets? If yes, then our upcoming workshop is a must-attend for you.

Startup Basics
Simple Steps for Starting Your Business - Class 1: Startup Basics

Considering starting your own business? Learn from experienced business professionals, both active and retired, who can provide individual assistance if desired. Presented by SCORE (volunteers from south metro communities) and a partner of the U.S. Small Business Administrations (SBA), this comprehensive series of four workshops will help you to make a smart start. 

Class 1:  Startup Basics: Test a business idea and identify the key factors that influence startup success. Gain an overview of the skills and tools needed when deciding to start a business, advantages and disadvantages of

Express Lending Solutions Vs. Conventional Underwriting

This webinar will delve into the differences between Express Lending Solutions and Conventional Underwriting. Join us as we explore the advantages, challenges, and best practices associated with these two approaches in the lending industry.

Business Concepts
Simple Steps for Starting Your Business - Class 2: Business Concepts

Considering starting your own business? Learn from experienced business professionals, both active and retired, who can provide individual assistance if desired. Presented by SCORE (volunteers from south metro communities) and a partner of the U.S. Small Business Administrations (SBA), this comprehensive series of four workshops will help you to make a smart start. 

Business Concepts: Review your understanding of business concepts and gain step-by-step guidance in researching your idea, market and competition. Identify your target markets, describe your products and services and collect key

Marketing Plan
Simple Steps for Starting Your Business - Class 3: Marketing Plan

Considering starting your own business? Learn from experienced business professionals, both active and retired, who can provide individual assistance if desired. Presented by SCORE (volunteers from south metro communities) and a partner of the U.S. Small Business Administrations (SBA), this comprehensive series of four workshops will help you to make a smart start.

Marketing Plan: Learn marketing, communication methods and tools to maximize customer reach. Understand pricing strategies, positioning, differences between features and benefits and how to choose the correct sales channel and

Funding Sources
Simple Steps for Starting Your Business - Class 4: Financial Projections and Funding Sources

Considering starting your own business? Learn from experienced business professionals, both active and retired, who can provide individual assistance if desired. Presented by SCORE (volunteers from south metro communities) and a partner of the U.S. Small Business Administrations (SBA), this comprehensive series of four workshops will help you to make a smart start.

Financial Projections and Funding Sources: Review sales and prices, financial risks and rewards, true startup costs, ongoing operating expenses, setting benchmarks for tracking progress and organization of all your financial

Tech Tools to Boost Business

As a busy entrepreneur, leveraging technology can help you save time and increase efficiency. In this workshop, you will learn about the digital tools that can boost your sales and take your business to the next level.

Navigating Your Cash Flow

Navigating Cash Flow will help you increase cash in, decrease cash out to maximize business success.

HR
HR Basics: When Growing from Start-Up to 20+ Employees

There’s No “I” in Team:
HR Basics: When Growing from Start-Up to 20+ Employees 

You’ve done all the work to get your business up and running, and you are starting to see the momentum build. Suddenly, you find yourself starting to overflow and feel the need to bring in your first employee. Or, maybe you’ve had 5 employees the last couple years, and now see your business ready to expand to the next level.   

How do you know when it’s time to expand your team? How do you grow from start-up to small business without losing that start-up adrenaline?  

Join us for a two-part series “There’s

Local SEO

This webinar will walk you through the key factors and strategies to increase the visibility of your website within Google search.

Hiring Better, Faster

In this workshop, you'll learn some best practices and marketing tips to hire better, faster in this competitive market.

The Lies You Believed When Starting Your Business

Designed for those who went on a limb to start their own business. We'll be talking about the real deal behind overnight success, the truth about going solo, and why failing isn't the end of the road.

The Basics of Contracts

In this presentation, business attorney Kimberly Hanlon will cover the most important things you need to know about contracts in plain-English.

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Franchising Basics

Learn what a franchise is and how it compares with starting your own business and get practical tips for how to navigate and contract with Franchisors in order to run a successful franchise business.

Simple Steps to Starting Your Business - Session 1: Startup Basics

 Is Starting a Business Right for You?

Our economy is powered by people like you - the bold who see a new way of building - the dreamers who see the world as it could be and want to do more for themselves, their family, and their community.

We don't need to tell you, making your dream come true takes a lot of planning and personal effort. Get the basics to making that dream a reality by attending this FREE five week series "Simple Steps to Start Your Business."
 

In this powerful series, you'll learn how to:

  • Define and evaluate your business idea
  • Develop a marketing strategy
Tax Basics 101

Business Taxes: Keep your business out of trouble with the IRS

No one wants a “friendly” letter from the IRS. Taxes are an important part of starting a business and it’s not as difficult as you think! But where do you start?

Simple Steps to Starting Your Business - Session 2: Business Concepts

Is Starting a Business Right for You?

Our economy is powered by people like you - the bold who see a new way of building - the dreamers who see the world as it could be and want to do more for themselves, their family, and their community.

We don't need to tell you, making your dream come true takes a lot of planning and personal effort. Get the basics to making that dream a reality by attending this FREE five week series "Simple Steps to Start Your Business."
 

In this powerful series, you'll learn how to:

  • Define and evaluate your business idea
  • Develop a marketing strategy
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Simple Steps to Starting Your Business - Session 3: Marketing

Is Starting a Business Right for You?

Our economy is powered by people like you - the bold who see a new way of building - the dreamers who see the world as it could be and want to do more for themselves, their family, and their community.

We don't need to tell you, making your dream come true takes a lot of planning and personal effort. Get the basics to making that dream a reality by attending this FREE five week series "Simple Steps to Start Your Business."
 

In this powerful series, you'll learn how to:

  • Define and evaluate your business idea
  • Develop a marketing strategy
  • U
Simple Steps to Starting Your Business - Session 4: Financial Matters

Is Starting a Business Right for You?

Our economy is powered by people like you - the bold who see a new way of building - the dreamers who see the world as it could be and want to do more for themselves, their family, and their community.

We don't need to tell you, making your dream come true takes a lot of planning and personal effort. Get the basics to making that dream a reality by attending this FREE five week series "Simple Steps to Start Your Business."
 

In this powerful series, you'll learn how to:

  • Define and evaluate your business idea
  • Develop a marketing strategy
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