SBDC Anniversary Celebration | Exporting to Cuba Conference Call | National Preparedness Month Webinar

America's SBDCs are celebrating 35 years. Learn more about what SBDCs can do for your small business.   >>Read More      Making Women Equal in Business - SBA Recognizes Women's Equality Day It was in 1920 when women in the United States were granted the right to vote, and women have continued to move in an upward direction ever since.  Women's Equality Day is a chance to reflect on how far women have come and on the glass ceilings we have yet to break. There has been a significant cultural change the past half-century, and the SBA has helped many women overcome the barriers to successful business ownership in many ways.     >>Read More      SBA Partners with Library of Congress to Analyze SBIC's Economic Impact Created by Congress in 1958, the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program was established as a public–private partnership in order to generate long-term capital for small businesses within the United States. To continue effectively serving this mission, the Office of Investment and Innovation is engaging the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress to perform and deliver an in-depth research report and data analysis on the economic impact realized from the SBIC program. >>Read More  3 Simple Steps to Turn Forecasts into Management Decisions You need sales forecasting to run your business better. The forecast becomes your budget, and then the budget is tracked, and tracking leads to watching results and constant corrections. Below budget sales are an alert to problems. Above budget sales are a window to opportunities. To get to the opportunities you have to forecast. >>Read More  Creating Connective Tissue – Investment, Innovation, and the Field We have been working with our network of 68 field offices and hundreds of resource partners which include Small Business Development Centers, Women's Business Centers, Veteran's Business Outreach Centers, and Growth Accelerators to more effectively reach constituents. One of those is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program, a growth capital program with over $25 billion in assets under management, making it one of the largest funds focused solely on capitalizing American small businesses.     >>Read More      Webinar | The Keystone to Disaster Recovery: Communications Join us as we discuss the steps and best practices for developing your emergency communication strategy. There will be focus on recent events, and examples of the use of crisis communications strategy during those events. Wednesday, Sept. 9 from 2 to 2:30 pm ET Topics will include: Needs assessment for crisis communication  Media communications strategies The use of Social Media during a crisis Basic Communications "Do's" and "Don'ts"   >>Register Conference Call | What You Need to Know About Exporting to Cuba The Bureau of Industry (BIS) under the U.S. Department of Commerce has scheduled monthly call-in programs to field questions from the exporting community concerning the Cuba rule published on January 16, 2015. The calls are scheduled at 2:00 pm ET on the following days:  September 8 October 13 November 10  December 8 Toll Free Number: 1-888-889-0538 Participant passcode: CUBA   >>Read more     SBA Wants YOU to Host A Local InnovateHER Business Competition SBA and Microsoft have teamed up to launch the 2016 InnovateHER Business Challenge, a nationwide prize competition to find the most innovative products and services that help impact women and working families. InnovateHER competitions are running locally now through December 2, 2015, and the Top 10 finalists will compete for $70,000 in prize money. We're looking for universities, accelerators, incubators, SBA Resource Partners, and other organizations interested in hosting a local InnovateHER competition. The deadline to submit a host request is September 3, 2015. Sign up today and please pass this along to other organizations that might be interested.   >>Learn more        Event | ChallengeHER, Pittsburgh Matchmaking Opportunities for Women in Federal Contracting Tuesday, September 22, 2015 Registration 8:00 am  Sessions 9:00 am to 12:30 pm The ChallengeHER campaign leverages the resources of the SBA, WIPP and American Express OPEN to connect women-owned businesses with decision makers and procurement officials at federal agencies and prime contractors to receive guidance on how best to sell their goods and services to them. This program is focused on the Woman Owned Small Business set aside program providing you with insight and tools on how to market to the government. Registration is required to attend.   >>Learn More       Event | ChallengeHER, Santa Ana Matchmaking Opportunities for Women in Federal Contracting Thursday, October 8, 2015 Registration 8:00am Sessions 9:00am to 12:30pm The ChallengeHER campaign leverages the resources of the SBA, WIPP and American Express OPEN to connect women-owned businesses with decision makers and procurement officials at federal agencies and prime contractors to receive guidance on how best to sell their goods and services to them.  This program is focused on the Woman Owned Small Business set aside program providing you with insight and tools on how to market to the government.  Registration is required to attend.    >>Learn more      Take Your High-Tech Product to Market Your product or service is on the cutting edge of technology, a game changer. Now you need to find the best way to get your breakthrough to market. This course will introduce you to the product life cycle of high-tech products and help you find the best way to enter the market and sell your product or service.  Identify the unique marketing characteristics of high-tech products  Learn about the stages of the product life cycle  Get an introduction to the Product Diffusion Curve  See examples of high-tech product pricing, placement and promotion considerations

 

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