When

Tuesday, September 19, 2017 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
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Check-in starts at 6:00 pm

Where

Housatonic Community College 
900 Lafayette Blvd
Beacon Hall/Room 357
Bridgeport, CT 06604  

 
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Daniel de Percin

Daniel de Percin enjoyed a successful 4 decade long marketing, sales and sales management career in the Broadcasting Industry in New York City, San Francisco and Los Angeles.  From the elevator pitch used to help close his very first sale (Cross County Shopping Center in Yonkers, NY for WINS Radio) to those he currently uses as head of RebuildYourNetWorth.com, he has first-hand experience of not only what works but why it works. Danny presents sessions 1, 3 and 5.
 
Danny also volunteers for the Bridgeport, CT chapter of SCORE as certified mentor and its Director of Marketing and Public Information. SCORE Bridgeport and SCORE Fairfield County have recently combined into a single chapter.

Donald Putrimas

Don brings his extensive experience in Finance to SCORE.  From his start as the Accounting Manager at a toy manufacturer, Don rose to the highest levels in Finance of some of the entertainment industry's most recognizable companies such as Lorimar Telepictures, Warner Hollywood Studios, Warner Brothers Television & Feature Distribution and 20th Century Fox.He is a past President of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and a current member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. A local boy made good, Don is a native of Bridgeport and received his B.S. in Accounting from the University of Bridgeport. 

Donald presents sessions 2 and 4.

Dennis Brown

Dennis Brown is a Business Consultant who works with people looking to start up their ownbusiness or grow the one that they have. He teaches Personal Finance and Introduction to Business at Gateway Community College in New Haven, CT. He still teaches Business Plans and Planning as well as numerous other business subjects around the State of Connecticut.

Dennis presents sessions Business Plan and 5.

Frank Alvarado

Frank presents session 5.

Contact

SCORE Fairfield County 
SCORE Fairfield County 
203-831-0065 
score.fairfieldcounty@gmail.com 
 

Simple Steps For Starting Your Business - Session 1 

A free SCORE Small Business Workshop co-sponsored by Housatonic Community College

For those who have an idea about starting a business but don't know where to start, or those with a new business struggling to grow, this free, five-part workshop series conducted by a team of professionals from SCORE's Fairfield chapter will provide a solid foundation for your business to grow and thrive.

Sept 19, 2017: Session 1 Introduction
Focuses on and addresses the most important question in this entire process. For those who are interested in, planning to or just wondering if starting a business is something they would like to do, Session 1 is THE place to start.
 
"What Does It Take To Starting Your Own Business?" covers what is required of the entrepreneur. The "good" and "not so good" aspects about running your own business.  Some may not wish to face the risks; be it financial or otherwise and that's absolutely OK. Why? It's better to find out now, before committing the time, the money and the resources.  On the other hand, some may be absolutely convinced that becoming an entrepreneur is the way to go.
 
Session 1 will both identify the risks (not just financial) and will establish the path that needs to be followed.

Session Presenter: Daniel de Percin
NOTE: Please Register for each event.

Sept 26, 2017: Session 2 Creating Your Business Concept

Properly forming your business concept, combined with a properly prepared and executed business plan, is part of the road map that will provide direction for your business to chart its future course and help it to avoid speed bumps. Session 2 will discuss "Capturing Your Business Dream", "Creating An Outline For Your Business Concept" and developing your business' "Elevator Speech".

Properly implementing these tools will pay big dividends for your business in the weeks, month and years to come.
Session Presenter: Donald Putrimas
Oct 3, 2017: Session 3 Marketing Your Business

How do you find potential customers? You may have created and/or developed the best product or service in the history of the planet. But, if you can't find potential customers; if you can't find a way to tell the marketplace what business you have and why the customer should buy from you, it will be quite difficult to generate revenue.

Session 3, "Marketing Your Business", will focus on:
  • Determining Your Competition
  • Creating Your Marketing Message
  • The "Elevator Pitch"! Do you have one? You will need one!
  • Marketing Strategies to Reach Customers (including Social Media)

Session Presenter: Daniel de Percin

Learn More and Register Now!

Oct 10, 2017: Session 4 The Importance of Financial Information

The first of two devoted to the critical topic of Money. The importance of not only organizing your business' financial information but reporting it in a timely and accurate manner is critical to managing any business!  Module 4 will address the contents as well as the types and frequency of needed financial reports.


What Financial Systems should you be considering? (Desktop vs. Cloud-Based)?  Should your financial reporting be done as a "DIY activity"?  Versus retaining a Bookkeeper?  Versus hiring an Accountant?  An Entrepreneur must have a clear understanding of this financial information and its reporting components; particularly if the business has a future need for outside financing options. 

Session Presenter: Dennis Brown

Learn More and Register Now!

Oct 17, 2017: Extra Session on Business Plan Development

Once you have compiled the all of the necessary business and financial information about your business, you MUST now organize this information in a professional document. And, there is no better way to accomplish this than creating your professional business plan.
  • How to organize the information in your business plan to ensure it provides clarity on your business mission
  • The essential information that should be included in all business plans
  • When a business plan is required

Session Presenter: Dennis Brown

Oct 24, 2017: Session 5 What's Next
Panel Discussion on Funding Options (Part 1):

With your Business Concept, Business Plan, Marketing Plan and Financial Reporting Documents completed, now comes the all-important task of raising the money necessary to jump-start your Entrepreneurial dream into reality.  This panel discussion will focus on the types of funding options available to the entrepreneur.

There will be representatives from traditional lenders, micro lenders, Government programs and, information on Crowdfunding.  There is a Q&A component of this panel.

What's Next For The Entrepreneur? (Part 2):

The Simple Steps Series will wrap up with "What's Next for the Entrepreneur?".  What does the Entrepreneur now do with all the information presented in the 5 week Simple Steps Series?
Session Presenter: Daniel de Percin, Dennis Brown, Frank Alvarado
Free Business Counseling 
  
To get free one-on-one business counseling or learn about other SCORE free workshops, please visit our website. 
SCORE is a resource partner of the U.S. Small Business Administration and is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit association.