This FREE workshop will cover the common pitfalls when starting and operating a successful small business. Learn the importance of creating a strategy for your business start-up and operation. In this class we will cover:
St. Louis SCORE offers free mentoring to start-ups and in-business companies with free face-to-face mentoring sessions. In addition for qualifying in-business clients SCORE offers a Business Scan, a team-based, in-depth analysis of an existing business to identify opportunities and make recommendations for improving bottom line performance. To learn more visit www.St. Louis SCORE.org
Speaker's Bio:
Greg Shapiro, SCORE Mentor
Greg has a BS in Chemical Engineering and an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis. He was a Vice President and owner of Shapiro Brothers, Inc. which he helped grow from a small family business doing under a $1M in sales to one which generated over $100M in annual revenue. The growth of the firm was done through acquisition, organic growth and strategic and innovation planning. The Shapiro Brothers firm was sold to PSC Metals in 2011. Greg was Vice President of Operations at PSC Metals. He is a member of the St. Louis Development Corporation, President of the Industrial Development Board for the City of St. Louis. He also serves as an adjunct instructor at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. He is presently a CFO of a funded start up involved in the software development in mine and quarry blasting.
Cost: FREE
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