Tuesday, April 14

4:00-5:00pm

KCMO CDE, 1900 Vine, Kansas City, MO 

Need a loan to help start or grow your business?  Unable to get a traditional bank loan due to start-up status, small size of loan or credit issues?

You may be a candidate for the Kansas City Regional Microloan Program, co-sponsored by Justine PETERSEN and the Women's Business Center of the OneKC for Women Alliance with support from the KCMO CDE.

Microloan Program features:

• Microloans between $500 and $50,000 (average size loan = $8,000)
• Interest rates between 8-12%, terms up to 72 months

Attend a free informational seminar to learn more about the program and what you need to do to prepare for the loan application.

Click to register by email or call (816) 216-1851 ext. 111.

Join NAWBO for an evening of wine tasting, information about NAWBO-KC and NAWBO National, information about membership discounts in April, free bottle of wine for new members and great networking with NAWBO members.

Tuesday, April 14  

5:30-8:00pm 

Buckley's Wine Market, 8661 W. 135th Street, Overland Park, KS 

Registration is $15 - click to register online.   

This event is for entrepreneurs who are searching for solutions to the business obstacles they face when trying to sell, manage a sales team, and grow business. The topic for this session is B.A.T. which stands for Behavior, Attitude, Technique. As a sales leader, you must have a balance of all three. In this session, participants will learn the major points of the success triangle and how identity/role theory can help or hinder their success in sales.

Thursday, April 16   

10:30am-12:00pm 

Enterprise Center of Johnson County, 8527 Bluejacket, Lenexa, KS

Registration is $15 - click to register online. 

You walk into a room, give your pitch and then investors applaud and hand you a big check, right?  Wrong.

Getting the details of your deal right after the pitch are an essential piece of the investment process.  In this workshop, you'll learn about the terms and conditions commonly used and the structure angel investors commonly prefer when funding early stage entrepreneurs. 

Thursday, April 23   

11:00am - 1:00pm  

Enterprise Center of Johnson County, 8527 Bluejacket, Lenexa, KS

Registration is $35 and includes lunch - click to register online.  

This event is co-hosted by:

Defining the Future of Mobile Health

Hear about the future of mobile health as told by the female entrepreneurs participating in the Sprint Accelerator powered by the TechStars program.  They will share trends, tools and disruptive technologies that are fueling the mobile health revolution.  Speakers include:

• Ana Mayer, CEO of Ovatemp
• Nadya Nguyen, CEO of Hidrate
• Sarah Tulin, CEO of Oxie
• Siobahn Bulfin, CEO of Socialcode

For more information about our speakers, please visit our website.  

Thursday, April 23    

5:30-7:30pm 

Sprint Accelerator, 210 W. 19th Terr., Kansas City, MO 

Registration is $5 - click to register online. 

Honoring the SBA's Missouri Small Business Person of the Year -  

Missouri Star Quilt Co. 

Thursday, May 7

9:00am - 1:00pm

Location:  Green Acres Building, 3500 N. Village Dr., St. Joseph, MO 64506

The Small Business Week event will offer workshops on:

• How to find access to capital
• How to acquire federal contracts
• How to become certified as a small business owner, minority or woman-owned business at the state and federal levels.
• How to build your credit - you'll have the opportunity to access your credit report and receive counseling on improving your credit score

PLUS: SBA Resource Partners and other business organizations will be available to provide information on business assistance.

COST:

$25.00 per person (to attend entire event) or
$15.00 per person (luncheon only)

Please register online. For questions or concerns, please contact Brande Stitt, Women's Business Center,  [email protected] or 913-492-5922.

Registration will close on May 1, 2015.

This small business week event is presented by the Women's Business Center, Northwest Missouri State University's Small Business and Technology Development Center and MO-Kan Development Inc.

Sponsored by:

Wednesday, May 13

9:00am - 2:00pm

Location:  MCC-Business & Technology, 1775 Universal, Kansas City, MO

Relationships to Partnerships

Are you a MBE/WBE business that would like to increase business opportunities?  This Expo is for you!

Be an exhibitor to engage and connect with regional institutions, municipalities, state and federal government entitites.  Exhibit space is free but space is limited.