Duquesne University Small Business Development Center January Workshops

Need a Coach to Help Your Business Score During the shortened NHL Season?   Learn marketing strategies to help your business score a short-handed goal Date: 1/17/2013 Time: 8:15 - 11:15 a.m. Cost: $0 Location: Duquesne University Rockwell Hall, Room 505 Local business coaches will discuss marketing trends to business owners affected by the NHL lockout. Attendees will learn: Current marketing trends, how to market a restaurant without relying on sports, social media marketing, email marketing, thinking outside the box, panel forum/discussion Registration: Click Here or call (412) 396 - 1633

Second Act - Making a New Business Your Career   You have the skills from years of work and the interest to be "on your own" but you don't know where to start. There are different choices and opportunities for the second career entrepreneur. This seminar is meant to identify many of those choices and provide usable, real life answers.   Date: 1/23/2013 Time: Registration: 10:00 a.m.  Event Time: 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Cost: $25 (includes Lite Lunch) Special Location: Sheraton, Station Square, Pittsburgh PA   You will learn: how to start on a shoestring, how to price to make profit, how to create a legal entity meant just for you, how to brand yourself with your previous experience and network with those who know you best, how to manage cash flow, and how to plan for a successful exit when the time comes.   Join Dave Wilke, owner of Wilke & Associates and Suzanne Caplan, serial entrepreneur and author, as they help our attendees decide if owning a business should be their next step.   Act now and be one of the first 20 to register and you will receive a free "Start Your Own Business and Hire Yourself" book!   Registration: Click Here

Abre tu Negocio    The Start-Up a Business in Spanish, or Abre Tu Negocio en Pittsburgh seminar covers the steps, regulations, fictitious names, tax ID numbers, and much more in order to help you open your own business.   La clase tratara los pasos, regulaciones, nombre ficticio, el numero de tax ID y mucho mas para que puedas abrir tu negocio.   The speakers will be Brent Rondom, Ricardo Luckow, Enrique Billa, Daniela Campana, and Catalina Jaramillo   Date: 1/25/2013 Time: 5:30 - 9:00 p.m. Cost: $0 Location: Duquesne University, Rockwell Hall, Room 108   Registration: Click Here

Duquesne University Small Business Development Center 600 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15282-0103 412.396.1633