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September 2019
Local Rochester Workshops
 
Starting & Successfully Operating a Small Business - Rush Henrietta      
5 Monday Evenings beginning September 9, 2019,  7:00pm-9:00pm  $59    
Learn all the basic components of running a small business.  Topics include: Introduction & Goal Setting, SBA resources/support, Peer to Peer overview, business plan, Library services/Business research, On-line marketing, Selling skills, Budget and Cash Management, Legal, Business banking, and Insurance Needs.
Location: Rush Henrietta High School 
 
Starting Your Business - Webster   
5 Monday Evenings beginning September 16, 2019  7:00pm-9:00pm   $59   
  Learn all the basic components of running a small business.  Topics include: Introduction & Goal Setting, SBA resources/support, Peer to Peer overview, business plan, Library services/Business research, On-line marketing, Selling skills, Budget and Cash Management, Legal, Business banking, and Insurance needs.
Location: Webster Schroeder High School
 
Entrepreneurial Essentials - Victor
5 Thursday Evenings beginning September 19, 2019 6:00-8:00pm  $59
Interactive workshop to begin your small business journey or to find growth in your business. Topics covered: Peer to Peer, Business Model Canvas, Consumer Credit and how it impacts your business, 5 Legal mistakes, Sales skills, Marketing & Social Media 
Location:  Victor FLCC Campus
 
The Business Model Canvas - Downtown Rochester 
September 24, 2019 6-8:00pm  $29  
Create, Deliver, Capture Value!   Prepare for long term success by identifying and testing key assumptions about customers, sales and essential resources. This interactive workshop will have you create a business canvas - a one page business plan that will help get you or keep you on track to start, grow or scale your business.
Location:  Downtown Rochester - City of Rochester Conference Room 
 
Accounting, Record Keeping & Taxes for Small Business - Rochester   
Wednesday, September 25, 2019  8:45am-3:30pm   $49  
Highlights of this workshop include: accounting & record keeping, overview of financial statements, independent contractor reporting, business entities from a tax perspective, employee vs. independent contractor, types of records to keep, employee reporting, types of accounting methods, and NY State tax overview.
Location:  Five Star Bank - City Gate (Next to Costco)
 
How to Protect Your Business and Avoid Pitfalls - Rochester 
Tuesday, October 1, 2019 5:30-8:30pm  FREE Event, Sponsored by ESL
Learn 5 legal pitfalls that small business may want to avoid and get tips about how to work with a lawyer when necessary.
Location:  Rochester Museum & Science Center 
 
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What Small Businesses Need to Know about Cybersecurity

September 5 @ 1 p.m. ET  / 10 a.m. PT

In this webinar, small business owners will learn how to protect and backup their data, and how to be proactive about today's complex cybersecurity threats - Sponsored by Trend Micro.



September 12 @ 1 p.m. ET  / 10 a.m. PT

In this webinar, Steve Strauss, USA TODAY senior small business columnist and founder of The Self-Employed, will shares some simple and affordable marketing strategies you can implement in your small business today.



September 19 @ 1 p.m. ET  / 10 a.m. PT

In this webinar, participants will learn how to create a business process map and use it to effectively manage workload and meet business goals.


Funding Options for Veteran Entrepreneurs
September 24 @ 1 p.m. ET  / 10 a.m. PT

In this webinar, SCORE mentor and Vietnam veteran Walter Abbott will explain how veterans can secure business funding and translate their military skills into business success.


 
SCORE helps you succeed!
Check out one of our latest success stories.
 
Small Business Success: Clipper Landscaping
 
Kent Collins started Clipper Landscaping in Portsmouth, NH to provide routine landscaping maintenance along with spring and fall cleanups, mulching, edging, pruning walkways and plowing. After providing services to customers, all yard waste is recycled by the company.

How SCORE helped: Collins attended workshops on how to start and grow a business along with building effective business websites. He worked one-on-one with mentors Dick Krause and Steve Hershfield, meeting with them monthly before scaling back to less-frequent meetings.


Now Connect With Your Own Mentor
 
SCORE is a nonprofit resource partner of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). Because of this, our mentoring services are free, regardless of the number of times you visit a mentor.
Funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. All opinions, conclusions, and/or recommendations expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SBA.
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