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Small Business Happenings
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In This Issue:
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Upcoming Events & Opportunities:
- Cyber Attacks Summit - Oct 4
- Featured Online CE Classes - Oct 18
- Lender Matchmaking - Oct 20
- Freelancing Seminar - Oct 25
- HCC Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Deadline - Nov 6
- 2018 HCC Newspring Business Plan Competition-Prepare Now-Apply Jan 1
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- How to Obtain City Building Permits to Rebuild After Hurricane Harvey
- Tap the Funds - Financing Your Home Based Business
- HCC Real Estate Investment and Brokerage Seminar-Huge Success!
- HCC to Present at NACCE Conference in Tampa on Oct 9
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Featured Small Business Events
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Cyber Attacks! Protect your business from
the U.S.'s fastest growing crime.
Wednesday October 4, 8:00 am - 2:30 pm
HCC West Loop, Auditorium
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Lender Borrower Matchmaking Event
For Small Business Ownership and Growth
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Friday October 20 - 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
HCC Alief Hayes,
3rd Floor, Room A319
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Take a Look at our Last Lender Borrower Matchmaking Event!
Sixteen Lenders and over 170 Borrowers Signed Up for Lender Match Up Appointments at HCC Spring Branch in May 2017
Article & Photos Come join us on October 20 at HCC Alief Hayes for the next Lender Borrower Matchup!
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Featured Small Business Classes Starting October 18 - Online, 12 Lessons, 24 hours of Your Time over Six Weeks
Creating a Successful Business Plan
The lessons help you develop and refine your business assumptions for your plan and get feedback from your instructor along the way.
Completion of this class is a prerequisite for proposed and startup entrepreneurs who want to apply for the 2018 HCC Newspring Business Plan Competition!
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 Start & Operate Your Own Home-Based Business
Starting a home-based business is the hottest trend in today's challenging business environment! Learn how to develop the entrepreneurial qualities - motivation, discipline, creativity - that you will need to succeed! This class is a great way to start your own business or enhance the one you already have. For More Information & To Enroll
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 More Small Business Classes Online Starting October 18....
Entrepreneurship Series Package, Small Business Marketing on a Shoestring, Nonprofit, QuickBooks, Small Business Accounting....
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 Combine Online Learning With....
Workshops, Seminars, 1-on-1 Mentoring, Competitions and more through the Center for Entrepreneurship! Let HCC be your focal point for accessing Houston's entrepreneurial eco-system.
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From Freelancing to Starting Your Own Business in Media Arts and Technology
October 25, 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm
HCC Alief Hayes, 3rd Floor, A319
Are you interested in freelancing in graphic design, web design, filmmaking, audio recording, animation, music business, or multi-media? Learn from entrepreneurs & in the field, including Dr. Jimmy Adams, Dean, HCC Center of Excellence in Media Arts and Technology; who owned his own graphic design company. Guest speakers include student entrepreneurs and small business resource partners. Brought to you by HCC and SCORE. Registration opens soon at hccbizconnect.org. For students and small business owners!
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HCC Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses
November 6 - Application Deadline
Spring 2018
The Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program is designed to help entrepreneurs who are ready to develop and apply their growth strategies.
More Info & to Apply
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2018 HCC Newspring Business Plan Competition
- January 1-17, 2018: Application Period
- February-April, 2018: Chosen Contestants Announced, Free Competition Training & Mentoring
- May 2018: Plans Due, Competition Finals and $30,000 of Cash and In-Kind Prizes Awarded.
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2018 HCC Newspring Business Plan Competition is for proposed, startup and existing business owners creating plans to launch and grow their business ventures. More news coming soon about additional pre-competition opportunities!
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By SUBSUSA on September 18, 2017: By: Helen Callier, Industry Expert & CEO of Permit Us Now,
One-Stop Texas, Building Permit Leaders, shares Invaluable info on Obtaining Building Permits in the Aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. From Rockport to Houston to the Beaumont, Port Arthur Triangle, thousands of residential, commercial and government buildings have been affected by Hurricane Harvey and require rebuilding.
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By Home Based Business Magazine, August, 2017:
Without the kind of assets huge startups have under their belt, home-based owners need to really look around to tap their funds.
Starting from the confines of your home does not entail a bulk of costs and certainly does not weigh heavily on your pocket. However, assuming the role of an entrepreneur is not an easy job, at any level.
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We Had a Packed, But Comfortable & Well Fed House!
On September 29, HCC Center for Entrepreneurship SCORE and HCC Center of Excellence in Business hosted real estate students, brokers, agents, HCC alumni and others from the community who are in varying stages of interest and active pursuit of real estate investment and brokerage. Panelists included Dwayne Bohac, Connie Rankin and Joseph Irwin. Featured presenters included Dr. Mo Tehrani and Michael Davis. Surveys said: Excellent!
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National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship 2017 Conference Theme: The Power of Partnership - "Leveraging Your Communities and Relationships Through Entrepreneurial Thought and Action"
HCC presentations include: "Transforming a Campus into a Creative Entrepreneurial Eco-System Across Disciplines" by Dr. Zachary Hodges, Sandra Louvier, Dr. Jimmy Adams, Susan Thompson, Dr. Destry Dokes and Dr. Butch Herod; and "Tech Faire, IDEAS Competition and Maker Faire Partnership" by Dr. Maya Durnovo and Ravi Brahmbhatt
. We wish them the best in presenting, and in exchanging ideas and best practices with creative and innovative entrepreneurial thinkers and colleges from across the nation! Full Article
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About the HCC Center for Entrepreneurship
The mission of Houston Community College's Center for Entrepreneurship is to provide education and training for entrepreneurs and small business owners. Our mission fosters economic growth through business and community development.
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