Wake County Library

When

Wednesday, March 20, 2019 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
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Where

East Regional Library 
946 Steeple Square Ct
Knightdale, NC 27545
 

 
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Contact

David Grant (SCORE) 
Raleigh SCORE #0096 
919-869-4151 
contact.raleigh@scorevolunteer.org 
 

Are You Ready to Start a Business? For Up and Coming Entrepreneurs

If you’re considering becoming a small business owner, you’ll want to attend this seminar to learn what it takes, what challenges and pitfalls you can expect, and what proven steps you can take to greatly increase your chance of success. In this 2 hour seminar, you’ll explore how to test the feasibility of your idea to ensure it’s the RIGHT one.  Because it is important to do all you can to help improve your chances of business success from the beginning, a business plan helps you start off on the right track by providing a guide to where you see your business in the next few years. Learn the steps for writing a successful business plan.

Speaker Biography

David Grant graduated from the University of Toronto in Computer Science. During his working career, he has held various manufacturing assignments as Plant Manager, VP of Materials and VP of Global Supply Chain, and Information Technology assignments as VP System's Development, VP Operations and CIO. All of these were with large companies. After his retirement 12 years ago, he has been very involved as CEO of a small company that developed a solution for tracking Alzheimer's residents in Assisted Living Homes, owned his own Painting company, reorganized a major airline's repair operations, taught for NC State, and been a SCORE volunteer counselor for the last 7 years.