EVENTS AND TRAINING CALENDAR

01/08/2025 Launch Your Business with Customer Focused Marketing

Date:01/08/2024 Time: 11:00AM-12:00PM As a new entrepreneur, you’ll need more than good products or services to grow your business. It’s also important to have strong customer-focused marketing strategies to reach your audience and turn them into loyal customer. In this workshop, you will learn how to: Create a compelling brand Define your audience Convert customers Build loyalty and advocacy

01/14/2025 Getting Ready to File Your Taxes

Date:01/14/20245Time: 01:00 PM-02:00 PM The tax season may seem challenging to navigate. To be prepared for tax season, learn from an IRS expert what you should and shouldn't do throughout the year. Learn: Tips for remaining organized and maintaining receipts when doing your tax returns. The proper forms that must be presented in accordance with the business you operate. Avoid being audited for incorrectly processing payroll, incorrectly filing I9 forms, selecting the proper filing status, and incorrectly preparing freelancers' taxes, among other things. Where and how to find the most recent tax laws. Understand which tax records you should keep and for how long. Moreover, how to properly discard them.

01/14/2025 Essentials to Starting a Business

Date:01/14/20245Time: 02:00 PM-03:30 PM Join the ASU-SBDC professional staff as they present a comprehensive, basics of starting a new business seminar for entrepreneurs and new business owners. We will help answer your basic business start-up questions and share resources that will help you along the way. During this program, you will learn: The basics of writing a business plan How to estimate start-up costs, contacts, and resources you will need, and more.

01/14/2025 How to Create Efficiencies Through Business Process Improvements

Date:01/14/20245Time: 10:00 AM-11:00 AM At this training you will learn the effectiveness of time management and how it can improve productivity, lessen stress and anxiety, and help maintain a better work-life balance.

01/15/2025 Unlocking Visibility: Know Your Customer, Grow Your Brand

Date:01/15/2025 Time: 11:00 AM-12:00 PM Unlocking Visibility: Know Your Customer, Grow Your Brand is a training that focuses on helping businesses differentiate themselves from their competitors by becoming an expert on their customers. By adopting a customer-centric approach, businesses can gain valuable visibility in their industry and become a trusted authority. The training covers topics such as market research, customer profiling, and communication strategies to ensure businesses understand their customers' needs and effectively communicate their message.

01/15/2025 The Playbook Series: Leadership-Cultivating a Winning Team

Date:01/15/2025 Time: 10:00 AM-11:00 AM Join Action Coach for a transformative 6-week workshop that will equip you with the tools to retain employees, reduce costs, and propel your business to new heights. Discover the art of leadership, master management competencies, streamline your daily tasks, and create a powerful 90-day plan. Learn how to measure and track progress using key metrics, ensuring your business is on track for sustainable growth and success. Secure your seat now to unlock the full potential of your business!

01/16/2025 SBA Access to Capital

Date:01/16/2025 Time: 10:00 AM-11:30 AM Hear from speakers on conventional, SBA, state, and community loan requirements, tips for navigating the financing process, how to prepare a complete loan application, alternatives to traditional bank financing, and information on additional resources. Presenters include Annie Hudspeth, SBA San Antonio District Office; Laura Estrada, LiftFund and a local banker.The Texas South-West SBDC's have partnered together with our SCORE Chapters in Texasto bring you expert content to help your small business grow and succeed.

01/21/2025 Como Iniciar Su Propio Negocio

Date:01/21/2025 Time: 02:00PM -3:30 PM Seminario web en vivo sin costo. Hagamos realidad el sueño de tener su propio negocio. ¡Responda todas sus preguntas! Los asesores comerciales de SBDC presentan los conceptos básicos para iniciar un nuevo negocio y ayudan a responder sus preguntas sobre la puesta en marcha. Si está considerando abrir una pequeña empresa, ¡deberá COMENZAR DE FORMA INTELIGENTE! Los temas que se analizan en este taller incluyen: evaluación de su idea de negocio estructura legal y nombre de la empresa recursos y requisitos locales, estatales y federales y costosnde puesta en marcha de la empresa.

01/29/2025 Increase Your Sales With Google Tools

Date:01/29/2024 Time: 11:00AM-12:00PM Learn how to promote your products online using Google tools. We’ll show how local brick-and-mortar businesses can list products on a Google Business Profile. We’ll also cover Google Merchant Center, a no-cost tool that allows both e-commerce and brick-and-mortar businesses to create free Product Listings on Google.