Get a Jumpstart on a Business Plan with this Great Online Workshop !!

Creating a Quick Business Plan in Three Hours

Tuesday, December 8, 2020 from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM

You have a great business idea, but what’s the next step in starting the business? Join other entrepreneurs in this hands-on workshop in which you will first write your “Unique Value Statement” that concisely describes your product or service and its value. Then using the “Lean Canvas,” write a draft one-page business plan – all in three hours!

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Workshop Description:

Join us and other entrepreneurs in this hands-on workshop where you will write your “Unique Value Statement” for your new product or service. This is a concise description of your product or service and explains the unique value your product or service provides to your customers. As part of the workshop, participants will receive real-time feedback from a SCORE mentor to help them fine-tune their Value Statement.

In the second part of the workshop, you will use the “Lean Canvas” to begin the process of turning your product/service into a business. In this interactive session, you use the canvas to help guide you in expanding the information in the Unique Value Statement by capturing key ideas, concepts, and strategies about your business in the canvas. This creates a basic framework that you can use to complete YOUR full, detailed business plan.

Have your laptop, a pencil or a pen ready as the goal of this workshop is for all participants to develop a draft of their “Unique Value Statement” and “Lean Canvas.”

Listen to what others who have attended this workshop have to say about the instructors and the program:

· I was a great help to have time to work on a plan and get direct feedback from the instructor!

· The hands-on approach of writing my lean canvas in-class really helped me think in detail about my business.

· Really helps simplify the planning process for me!

· Gave me a structured approach to think through my business.

· It was a very positive environment; the instructor and other students provided examples on how to improve my plans.

This is an online meeting via ZOOM online conferencing software. There will be no classroom presentation. ZOOM requires an internet connection and can run on PCs, Macs and on both Apple and Android tablets and cellphones. ZOOM will display the presentation and also broadcast the audio though your computer or device. If your computer does not have sound, an optional telephone number will be provided to call in when you log into ZOOM.

Presenter Description:

This workshop is presented by SCORE Business Mentor, Rebecca West. Rebecca is an active business owner and has owned and operated her design firm Seriously Happy Homes since 2007. She has been mentoring aspiring entrepreneurs since 2012 and specifically enjoys helping solopreneurs and micro-business owners figure out their branding, develop creative and successful marketing, and build a team as they grow into being a company of more than one person. She is an enthusiastic mentor who is especially good at helping others translate diverse and unconventional backgrounds into a solid platform for success in what might seem like unrelated fields. See her LinkedIn profile here.

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