Business News for February 3, 2022 |
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Today's message includes the following news, best practices, and online courses:
- We are hiring! Join our team as our Operations & Events Coordinator!
- Free Market Research Resource
- Dane County Small Business Awards
- Ascent Learning Platform
Upcoming SBDC Learning Opportunities - Spring Catalog Coming Soon!
- Positive Power Plays
- Entrepreneurial Training Program (ETP) - last chance to register!
- FREE COURSE! Balancing the Leadership Scale: Maximizing Team & Individual Productivity
- Buy-Sell Agreements
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We Are Hiring! Operations & Events Coordinator |
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Love variety?
Want to join a successful and driven team?
Interested in supporting local entrepreneurs?
Our Operations & Events Coordinator role allows you to embrace the entrepreneurial spirit by supporting our event planning, growing student leader(s), joining in our marketing efforts, bringing your organizational skills to our financial management, and more! If you want to have a hand in helping entrepreneurs in Dane, Sauk, and Columbia Counties – we served 466 entrepreneurs in 2021 alone! – this could be the role for you!
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Business News, Updates, and Best Practices |
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Market Research Resource
available through the libraries
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Market research is one of the many topics we frequently receive questions about from our small-business audiences, especially new entrepreneurs who are looking to determine whether there are enough potential customers for their product or service - or existing businesses looking to pivot.
Data Axle is one of the many excellent resources we'd recommend - available to local residents through the Madison Public Library and the library at the Wisconsin School of Business.
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Dane County Small Business Awards
application deadline March 31
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For 40 years, the Dane County Small Business Awards have put the spotlight on small businesses and the contributions they make to the local economy.
Eligibility:
To apply for this award your company must be:
- Headquartered in Dane County
- A successful for-profit organization
- Employers to a minimum of three (3) full-time-equivalent employees, and no more than 50 full-time equivalent employees.
- Providers of a responsible and rewarding workplace environment
- Supporters (in-kind or financial) to local nonprofit or community organizations
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Ascent Learning Platform
SBA online resource designed for women entrepreneurs
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Ascent is a digital learning platform for women small business owners. The content is targeted to help female entrepreneurs scale their existing business, and all content is backed by research on the needs of empowering women business owners and female entrepreneurs.
Key topics (or Journeys) include: disaster & economic recovery, strategic marketing, employees, financial strategy, and access to capital. Users can access the platform through registered accounts, which help track progress, or view information more generally with guest access
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Upcoming SBDC Learning Opportunities |
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Entrepreneurial Training Program (ETP) for New Businesses
starts February 10, 2022 (online and in person components)
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ETP is an intensive business-planning training program. The focus of the program is to help you complete a comprehensive rough draft of your business plan in the form of a written workbook. Each session will help you work toward putting your ideas on paper so that, by the end of class, you have made significant progress toward launching your business or writing a more comprehensive business plan. |
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Balancing the Leadership Scale: Maximizing Team & Individual Productivity
starts February 15, 2022 (online)
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As leaders, we are responsible for the success of our teams, but we also have our own projects and responsibilities. How do we ensure we’re maximizing the return on the investment of our limited time, energy, and efforts? What can we do to ensure we’re focused on high-value work while providing those we lead with opportunities to grow and develop? This course is designed for leaders and managers who are responsible for both individual and team-level results. Learners will gain valuable insights into creating a team-level culture of accountability, delegating for success, and implementing daily practices to enhance their personal leadership effectiveness. |
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Positive Power Plays: Skills for Conflict and Negotiation
February 16, 2022 (online)
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All leaders must navigate conflict within their work. However, conflict can serve as a tool to bring different viewpoints to the surface, increase creativity, and allow the team to develop win-win resolutions. In this course, you will learn listening strategies, emotion management, anger resolution techniques, steps to planning a negotiation conversation, conflict styles, and stages of conflict resolution. |
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Buy-Sell Agreements
March 9, 2022 (online)
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If you are in business with other people, the reality is that at some point, you will not be. As with any personal or professional partnership, communication is key. By working together to create a buy-sell agreement – before someone leaves the business – you can create a strong foundation for your partnership and ensure that you are on the same page.
Whether you are starting a new business or revisiting the agreement you already have in place, there is no time like the present to ensure that it still reflects your intent.
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Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. Contact the UW-Madison SBDC office at sbdc@bus.wisc.edu or 608-263-2221 to request accommodations.
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