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SUMMARY:2014 Build Your American Dream Challenge - Session 2\, Are You Wired to be a Business Owner?
DESCRIPTION:THE BUILD YOUR AMERICAN DREAM CHALLENGE - 2014\n\n                                                                                                 \n\nOctober 7 - Session 1 "Does your idea have legs?"   Dorothy Lane of Wilkes University SBDC will guide participants through the process of vetting their business idea including market research in Demographics for Dummies.  Participants will be given a homework assignment to take an online personality test to see if they are entrepreneur material.   \n\n \n\nOctober 9 - Session 2   "Are You Wired to be a Business Owner?"   A panel of local business owners will answer questions and speak about their experiences in starting and running a business. \n\n \n\nOctober 14   Session 3 - "Steps for a Business Plan" - Dorothy Lane of Wilkes University SBDC will be back to conduct this class and help the participants set up a business plan\, a strategic plan and a vision for their fledgling business.  Participants will be given a homework assignment of creating their own business plan and emailing the plan to Dorothy for her review.  Deadline for review is October 27.  The business plan will be required to be submitted with other documents to the Guppy Tank participants.   \n\n \n\nOctober 21   Session 4 - "The Legality of it all"   Jane Sebelin\, Esq. will present on what kind of company should you set up\; LLC\, S Corp.?  Should you have a succession plan\, what happens if you need to leave the business? Should you have life insurance in case of an emergency?  Atty. Sebelin will take you through the quagmire of understanding what will work for you.\n\n \n\nOctober 23 - Session 5 "QuickBooks and You"   This class will meet at the LCCC computer lab in Jim Thorpe.  Participants will be given a USB drive and taught how to set up their bookkeeping system and after it's completed\, take it home and start to use it. \n\n \n\nOctober 28 - Session 6 "The Ins and Outs of Marketing-Social and Otherwise"   Participants will be taught the different ins and outs of social media and how to use it to its utmost advantage in marketing their business as well as other avenues of marketing their business.  Participants will also create a 30 second "elevator speech" and take a look a "Crowdfunding"\n\n \n\nNovember 4 - Session 7 "Putting It All Together"   Participants will put together a presentation to pitch to lenders/investors for financing for their business and practice in front of the class before heading into the presentation.  The class will then pick the top 5 ideas to go into "The Guppy Tank".  Those who are chosen will be required to fill out Applications and other paperwork for the lenders to review prior to The Guppy Tank presentations. \n\n \n\nNovember 13 - Session 8 "The Guppy Tank"   This will be the culmination of the entire program where participants pitch their idea to lenders or investors in the "Guppy Tank" and either obtain or qualify for further review the funding and support to open their business in Carbon County. Each entrepreneur will have 15 minutes to make their pitch to the lenders and the lenders will have the opportunity to question each one.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<strong style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;">THE BUILD YOUR AMERICAN DREAM CHALLENGE - 2014</strong><br style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;" />\n<span style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;">&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;</span><br style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;" />\n<strong style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;">October 7 - Session 1 &ldquo\;Does your idea have legs?&rdquo\;</strong><span style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;">&nbsp\;&ndash\; Dorothy Lane of Wilkes University&nbsp\;</span>SBDC<span style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;">&nbsp\;will guide participants through the process of vetting their business idea including market research in Demographics for Dummies.&nbsp\; Participants will be given a homework assignment to take an online personality test to see if they are entrepreneur material.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</span><br style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;" />\n<span style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;">&nbsp\;</span><br style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;" />\n<strong style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;">October 9 - Session 2 &ndash\; &ldquo\;Are You Wired to be a Business Owner?&rdquo\; &ndash\;&nbsp\;</strong><span style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;">A panel of local business owners will answer questions and speak about their experiences in starting and running a business.&nbsp\;</span><br style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;" />\n<span style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;">&nbsp\;</span><br style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;" />\n<strong style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;">October 14 &ndash\; Session 3 - &ldquo\;Steps for a Business Plan&rdquo\; -&nbsp\;</strong><span style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;">Dorothy Lane of Wilkes University&nbsp\;</span>SBDC<span style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;">&nbsp\;will be back to conduct this class and help the participants set up a business plan\, a strategic plan and a vision for their fledgling business.&nbsp\; Participants will be given a homework assignment of creating their own business plan and emailing the plan to Dorothy for her review.&nbsp\; Deadline for review is October 27. &nbsp\;The business plan will be required to be submitted with other documents to the Guppy Tank participants.&nbsp\; &nbsp\;</span><br style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;" />\n<span style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;">&nbsp\;</span><br style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;" />\n<strong style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;">October 21 &ndash\; Session 4 - &ldquo\;The Legality of it all&rdquo\; &ndash\;&nbsp\;</strong><span style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;">Jane&nbsp\;</span>Sebelin<span style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;">\, Esq. will present on what kind of company should you set up\; LLC\, S Corp.?&nbsp\; Should you have a succession plan\, what happens if you need to leave the business? Should you have life insurance in case of an emergency?&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</span>Atty<span style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;">.&nbsp\;</span>Sebelin<span style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;">&nbsp\;will take you through the quagmire of understanding what will work for you.</span><br style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;" />\n<span style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;">&nbsp\;</span><br style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;" />\n<strong style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;">October 23 - Session 5 &ldquo\;QuickBooks and You&rdquo\;</strong><span style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;">&nbsp\;&ndash\; This class will meet at the&nbsp\;</span>LCCC<span style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;">&nbsp\;computer lab in Jim Thorpe.&nbsp\; Participants will be given a USB drive and taught how to set up their bookkeeping system and after it&rsquo\;s completed\, take it home and start to use it.&nbsp\;</span><br style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;" />\n<span style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;">&nbsp\;</span><br style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;" />\n<strong style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;">October 28 - Session 6 &ldquo\;The Ins and Outs of Marketing-Social and Otherwise&rdquo\;</strong><span style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;">&nbsp\;&ndash\; Participants will be taught the different ins and outs of social media and how to use it to its utmost advantage in marketing their business as well as other avenues of marketing their business.&nbsp\; Participants will also create a 30 second &ldquo\;elevator speech&rdquo\; and take a look a &ldquo\;Crowdfunding&rdquo\;</span><br style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;" />\n<span style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;">&nbsp\;</span><br style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;" />\n<strong style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;">November 4 - Session 7 &ldquo\;Putting It All Together&rdquo\;</strong><span style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;">&nbsp\;&ndash\; Participants will put together a presentation to pitch to lenders/investors for financing for their business and practice in front of the class before heading into the presentation.&nbsp\; The class will then pick the top 5 ideas to go into &ldquo\;The Guppy Tank&rdquo\;.&nbsp\; Those who are chosen will be required to fill out Applications and other paperwork for the lenders to review prior to The Guppy Tank presentations.&nbsp\;</span><br style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;" />\n<span style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;">&nbsp\;</span><br style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;" />\n<strong style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;">November 13 - Session 8 &ldquo\;The Guppy Tank&rdquo\;&nbsp\;</strong><span style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px\; line-height: 17.4545459747314px\;">&ndash\; This will be the culmination of the entire program where participants pitch their idea to lenders or investors in the &ldquo\;Guppy Tank&rdquo\; and either obtain or qualify for further review the funding and support to open their business in Carbon County. Each entrepreneur will have 15 minutes to make their pitch to the lenders and the lenders will have the opportunity to question each one. &nbsp\;</span>
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