How To Start A Successful Business & Avoid The Pitfalls

Start-Ups fail at a very high rate. There is a lot more to starting your business then getting a name, license and location. Follow these steps and it will help to insure success.  Through this workshop you will learn all the key elements from:  

• Basic Startup Requirements
• Startup or Buy Existing
• Creating a Plan
• Financing
• Projections (Sales & Expenses)
• Legal Forms of Organization
• Pricing
• Sales Planning
• Marketing
• Hiring
• Employee Manual
• Managing Yourself
• Lease Negotiations
• Franchise 

Barry McKinley of SCORE presents this workshop. He has operated 10 different companies in 5 different industries (Medical, Surf, Motorsports, Insurance and Personnel).  He either started or purchased each of these businesses.  He later sold each of the companies to investors, employees, competitors including a Fortune 1000 Company. In his career he has interviewed and hired 1000’s of employees for his many different companies. With this much experience he has made every hiring mistake that can be made (some twice).  As a SCORE Member he has participated in over 2,000 face to face sessions with business owners and twice that number via cyber counseling.

(Registration/Check-in 10:00 to 10:30 AM)

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SCORE services are provided on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to race, gender, national origin or disability