Simple Steps for Starting Your Business

Is Starting a Business Right for You? Or is that new idea going to be a good one?

Five Saturday mornings October 4th - November 1st

• Do you have business dreams and ideas?
• Is Starting a Business right for you?
• Is your business idea ready for investing?
• Would you bet your life savings on this idea today?

This workshop series is a fantastic opportunity for you to evaluate your business idea to find out if it is worth investing in! At the end of five weeks you will have enough information to make a good decision about what to do next. Successful experienced SCORE volunteer executives and business experts will help you reach a "go or no-go" decision for starting your business.

The Simple Steps for Starting Your Business workshops will help you:

• Define and evaluate your ideas
• Develop a marketing strategy
• Identify the best ways to fund your start-up
• Turn your idea into action with tools and templates
• Get useful and helpful mentoring sessions

Schedule at Medaille College, Main Hall, 18 Agassiz Circle, Buffalo, NY. FREE parking.

Session 1 Saturday, October 3,  9:00 AM - 1:00 PM: Start Up Basics (FREE) - Main Lecutre Hall

Session 2 Saturday, October 10,  9:00 AM - 1:00 PM: Business Concepts - Main M102

Session 3 Saturday, October 17,  9:00 AM - 1:00 PM: Marketing Plan - Main M102

Session 4 Saturday, October 24,  9:00 AM - 1:00 PM: Financial Projections - Main M102

Session 1 Saturday, October 31,  9:00 AM - 1:00 PM: Funding Sources, Next Steps - Main M102

The FREE Session 1 presentation on October 3,  gives an excellent overview of what it takes to start a business. It also outlines the scope of the entire workshop series and the business materials and resources provided to students. FREE Session 1 is limited to 100 registered students.

Participants who are ready to pursue their business idea may sign up for the entire workshop series - Sessions 1-5 will feature lectures, interactive exercises and ongoing mentoring. The total package cost of all Sessions 1-5 is only $125. Veterans, active duty and their immediate family members can pay a discounted price of $75 (only with proper ID). Registration for Sessions 2-5 is limited to only 20 registered students on a first-come first-served basis.

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Online payments are made securely through PayPal (PayPal account is not required), must have a credit or debit card (MasterCard, Visa, American Express or Discover). If you have a PayPal account you will need to use the credit card associated with that PayPal account.

When you arrive at the PayPal screen you will have the option to log into your PayPal account if you have one or select "Don't have a PayPal Account" where you will be able to enter your billing information.