Events

Thinking of starting a business but don’t know where to begin? In this free webinar we’ll teach you:

• the 10 basic steps to follow,
• what resources are available,
• important tips on starting a business and,
• the reality about grants.

Registration is required. Webinar access link and reminders will be emailed prior to event start. You can also attend by typing https://bit.ly/SmallBiz101-32223 into your web browser on the day of the event. See you there!

When: Wed, Mar 22, 2023, 12:00 PM EDT

Where: Webinar

Register Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sba-business-start-up-101-webinar-tickets-529637368627

Questions? Contact Ronda Crouch at ronda.crouch@sba.gov.

Overview:

A cap table (or capitalization table) is a document, like a spreadsheet or a table, that details who has ownership in a company. It lists all the shares of a company including stock, convertible notes, warrants, and equity ownership grants.

Accurate cap tables also play a major role in due diligence for potential investors or venture capitalists who are considering investing in your startup.

What to Expect:

• How many shares you’ll receive
• How and When you get your shares
• How you’ll be paid out

When: March 22, 2023 5:00 P.M. to 6:30 P.M.

Where: 3201 Stellhorn Rd Fort Wayne, In 46815

Who Should Attend: Women interested in learning how to increase their wealth through angel investing. Women looking to change how they spend their money. Women interested in decreasing the wealth gap between men and women.

Price: $0 with an opportunity to gift $100 to a woman business owner

Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/get-real-glass-floor-network-cap-tables-tickets-559579907567

Trainer: Erin Heck, Chief Legal Officer at Mammoth

Overview:

We like to create, compose, and basically do anything we can to stay behind our desk. However, there must be a balance of client acquisition work and building a solid foundation for the business. Networking (along with follow-up) is extremely important to your success.

Getting out to network can be hard when we juggle so many demands.

That’s why we established Business @ Bedtime networking. At these monthly events you can show up virtually in your house shoes and curlers. Snuggle down and share what you do, what you need, and what you can offer.

What To Expect:

Conversation with up to 10 people to

• Create strong professional ties
• Gain access to opportunities
• Utilize a safe space to exchange new ideas
• Gain knowledge
• Polish your communication and social skills
• Solidify potential business collaborations/referrals

When: The fourth Monday of every month in 2023

Where: Online (see zoom link provided after you register)

Who Should Attend: Open to anyone (business owners, entrepreneurs, employees, non-business owners, spouses/ supporters of business owners)

Price: $0 (must provide contact information at registration)

Register:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/business-bedtime-a-no-make-up-meetup-tickets-502676227127

The U. S. Small Business Administration’s Surety Bond Guarantee Program can help your small business get bonded for projects up to $10 million!

Please join us if your small business has…

• Limited or no bonding experience
• Difficulty qualifying for bonding
• The desire to increase current bond limits

Our discussion will include an overview of contract bonds – what they are and how to get pre-qualified for bonding – and how SBA’s Surety Bond Guarantee Program can open doors to bonding for your small business by reducing barriers to bonding and increasing your contracting opportunities.

In particular, minority-owned, veteran-owned, and 8(a) or HUBZONE certified contractors can receive surety bond support of 90% of the contract value through the SBA program.

The primary presenter of this program will be Tamara Murray of the Office of Surety Guarantees.  We also expect to have some perspectives from representatives of top bonding agencies to provide their practical tips on getting bonded.

When: Thursday April 13 at 2pm EST

Where: Webinar

Registration here: https://bit.ly/SuretyBond-41323-RegisterNow

Questions? Contact SBA Cleveland Lead Lender Relations Specialist Ray Graves at raymond.graves@sba.gov

Join the entrepreneurial community, educators, and business leader colleagues. Be inspired by keynote speaker Patrick Riley, CEO of MORROW.

REGISTER FOR EVENT

You won’t want to miss this! Join the entrepreneurial community, educators, and business leaders to celebrate innovation and be inspired by our keynote speaker.

We encourage event check-in at 11:15 a.m. for the program, which promptly starts at 11:30 a.m. The event ends at 1 p.m. with optional networking.

Interested in sponsoring this year’s event OR sponsoring entrepreneurs or students to attend the event? Contact Jami Thomas, jthomas@niic.net.

Thank you to our sponsors for supporting our entrepreneurial community and celebrating innovation in Northeast Indiana through Ideas@Work!

Overview:

Women often find their worth in the number of individuals they help not by the amount of money a customer pays them. So they provide products or services for free. They want to hire someone to sell their goods or services for them.

It is possible to learn the best sales techniques. It is easy to consume motivational speeches and listen to podcasts and KNOW the steps to take. It is something else do achieve your financial goals through making yourself sell, to get out there and talk about what you offer, to state your fee and take the money.

What To Expect:

Women from all industries share how they closed their first sale and every sale since. They share how they overcame their fear or were too ignorant to know they were selling. The transparent women business owners will share how they moved from being timid/ rejecting money to reaching for higher financial goals.

Where: In-person & Online (link sent in confirmation email)

When: Friday, April 21, 2023 8:30 A.M.-10:00 A.M.

Who should attend: start up business, current business owners, entrepreneurs

Cost: $10.00

Business owners: Meghan Masterson, owner of Ground Down; Diane Utley, owner of 4 U Organic Body Butter; DeShawn Moore, development director Rhythm & Praise radio; Kristine Logan, owner of Kristine Logan Photography.

How to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tales-of-sales-tickets-427521687877

Overview:

We like to create, compose, and basically do anything we can to stay behind our desk. However, there must be a balance of client acquisition work and building a solid foundation for the business. Networking (along with follow-up) is extremely important to your success.

Getting out to network can be hard when we juggle so many demands.

That’s why we established Business @ Bedtime networking. At these monthly events you can show up virtually in your house shoes and curlers. Snuggle down and share what you do, what you need, and what you can offer.

What To Expect:

Conversation with up to 10 people to

• Create strong professional ties
• Gain access to opportunities
• Utilize a safe space to exchange new ideas
• Gain knowledge
• Polish your communication and social skills
• Solidify potential business collaborations/referrals

When: The fourth Monday of every month in 2023

Where: Online (see zoom link provided after you register)

Who Should Attend: Open to anyone (business owners, entrepreneurs, employees, non-business owners, spouses/ supporters of business owners)

Price: $0 (must provide contact information at registration)

Register:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/business-bedtime-a-no-make-up-meetup-tickets-502676227127

Overview:

All businesses and their owners are exposed to risk every day, some minor and some with catastrophic consequences. However, there are steps that business owners and their employees can take to mitigate, transfer, and even avoid risks.

Proper contingency planning, education and documentation of process can allow businesses, their owners, and employees to recover from interruptions more effectively and efficiently. This planning can help also expand through the business to strengthen their day-to-day operations.

Join us to learn how to plan for the unexpected to help reduce risk for your business.

This training is provided at no charge through NIIC Community Navigator Pilot Program. Purdue Extension Allen County serves as a Spoke Organization for the program, to serve entrepreneurs in Northeast Indiana.

When: Thursday, April 27, 2022 at 1:00 P.M- 2:30 P.M.

Where: Grow Wabash County 214 S Wabash St, Wabash, IN 46992.

Presented By: Purdue University Institute of Family Business and in partnership with Downtown Wabash, Inc., Manchester Alive, and Grow Wabash County.

This training is provided at no charge through NIIC Community Navigator Pilot Program to serve Northeast Indiana entrepreneurs

Overview:

We like to create, compose, and basically do anything we can to stay behind our desk. However, there must be a balance of client acquisition work and building a solid foundation for the business. Networking (along with follow-up) is extremely important to your success.

Getting out to network can be hard when we juggle so many demands.

That’s why we established Business @ Bedtime networking. At these monthly events you can show up virtually in your house shoes and curlers. Snuggle down and share what you do, what you need, and what you can offer.

What To Expect:

Conversation with up to 10 people to

• Create strong professional ties
• Gain access to opportunities
• Utilize a safe space to exchange new ideas
• Gain knowledge
• Polish your communication and social skills
• Solidify potential business collaborations/referrals

When: The fourth Monday of every month in 2023

Where: Online (see zoom link provided after you register)

Who Should Attend: Open to anyone (business owners, entrepreneurs, employees, non-business owners, spouses/ supporters of business owners)

Price: $0 (must provide contact information at registration)

Register:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/business-bedtime-a-no-make-up-meetup-tickets-502676227127

Overview:

We like to create, compose, and basically do anything we can to stay behind our desk. However, there must be a balance of client acquisition work and building a solid foundation for the business. Networking (along with follow-up) is extremely important to your success.

Getting out to network can be hard when we juggle so many demands.

That’s why we established Business @ Bedtime networking. At these monthly events you can show up virtually in your house shoes and curlers. Snuggle down and share what you do, what you need, and what you can offer.

What To Expect:

Conversation with up to 10 people to

• Create strong professional ties
• Gain access to opportunities
• Utilize a safe space to exchange new ideas
• Gain knowledge
• Polish your communication and social skills
• Solidify potential business collaborations/referrals

When: The fourth Monday of every month in 2023

Where: Online (see zoom link provided after you register)

Who Should Attend: Open to anyone (business owners, entrepreneurs, employees, non-business owners, spouses/ supporters of business owners)

Price: $0 (must provide contact information at registration)

Register:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/business-bedtime-a-no-make-up-meetup-tickets-502676227127

Overview:

We like to create, compose, and basically do anything we can to stay behind our desk. However, there must be a balance of client acquisition work and building a solid foundation for the business. Networking (along with follow-up) is extremely important to your success.

Getting out to network can be hard when we juggle so many demands.

That’s why we established Business @ Bedtime networking. At these monthly events you can show up virtually in your house shoes and curlers. Snuggle down and share what you do, what you need, and what you can offer.

What To Expect:

Conversation with up to 10 people to

• Create strong professional ties
• Gain access to opportunities
• Utilize a safe space to exchange new ideas
• Gain knowledge
• Polish your communication and social skills
• Solidify potential business collaborations/referrals

When: The fourth Monday of every month in 2023

Where: Online (see zoom link provided after you register)

Who Should Attend: Open to anyone (business owners, entrepreneurs, employees, non-business owners, spouses/ supporters of business owners)

Price: $0 (must provide contact information at registration)

Register:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/business-bedtime-a-no-make-up-meetup-tickets-502676227127

Overview:

We like to create, compose, and basically do anything we can to stay behind our desk. However, there must be a balance of client acquisition work and building a solid foundation for the business. Networking (along with follow-up) is extremely important to your success.

Getting out to network can be hard when we juggle so many demands.

That’s why we established Business @ Bedtime networking. At these monthly events you can show up virtually in your house shoes and curlers. Snuggle down and share what you do, what you need, and what you can offer.

What To Expect:

Conversation with up to 10 people to

• Create strong professional ties
• Gain access to opportunities
• Utilize a safe space to exchange new ideas
• Gain knowledge
• Polish your communication and social skills
• Solidify potential business collaborations/referrals

When: The fourth Monday of every month in 2023

Where: Online (see zoom link provided after you register)

Who Should Attend: Open to anyone (business owners, entrepreneurs, employees, non-business owners, spouses/ supporters of business owners)

Price: $0 (must provide contact information at registration)

Register:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/business-bedtime-a-no-make-up-meetup-tickets-502676227127

Overview:

We like to create, compose, and basically do anything we can to stay behind our desk. However, there must be a balance of client acquisition work and building a solid foundation for the business. Networking (along with follow-up) is extremely important to your success.

Getting out to network can be hard when we juggle so many demands.

That’s why we established Business @ Bedtime networking. At these monthly events you can show up virtually in your house shoes and curlers. Snuggle down and share what you do, what you need, and what you can offer.

What To Expect:

Conversation with up to 10 people to

• Create strong professional ties
• Gain access to opportunities
• Utilize a safe space to exchange new ideas
• Gain knowledge
• Polish your communication and social skills
• Solidify potential business collaborations/referrals

When: The fourth Monday of every month in 2023

Where: Online (see zoom link provided after you register)

Who Should Attend: Open to anyone (business owners, entrepreneurs, employees, non-business owners, spouses/ supporters of business owners)

Price: $0 (must provide contact information at registration)

Register:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/business-bedtime-a-no-make-up-meetup-tickets-502676227127

Overview:

We like to create, compose, and basically do anything we can to stay behind our desk. However, there must be a balance of client acquisition work and building a solid foundation for the business. Networking (along with follow-up) is extremely important to your success.

Getting out to network can be hard when we juggle so many demands.

That’s why we established Business @ Bedtime networking. At these monthly events you can show up virtually in your house shoes and curlers. Snuggle down and share what you do, what you need, and what you can offer.

What To Expect:

Conversation with up to 10 people to

• Create strong professional ties
• Gain access to opportunities
• Utilize a safe space to exchange new ideas
• Gain knowledge
• Polish your communication and social skills
• Solidify potential business collaborations/referrals

When: The fourth Monday of every month in 2023

Where: Online (see zoom link provided after you register)

Who Should Attend: Open to anyone (business owners, entrepreneurs, employees, non-business owners, spouses/ supporters of business owners)

Price: $0 (must provide contact information at registration)

Register:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/business-bedtime-a-no-make-up-meetup-tickets-502676227127