BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20141104 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20141105 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE SUMMARY:2014 Build Your American Dream Challenge - Session 7\, Putting It All Together 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:THE BUILD YOUR AMERICAN DREAM CHALLENGE - 2014
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\nOctober 7 - Session 1 &ldquo\;Does your idea have legs?&rdquo\; \;&ndash\; 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. \; \; \;
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\nOctober 9 - Session 2 &ndash\; &ldquo\;Are You Wired to be a Business Owner?&rdquo\; &ndash\; \;A panel of local business owners will answer questions and speak about their experiences in starting and running a business. \;
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\nOctober 14 &ndash\; Session 3 - &ldquo\;Steps for a Business Plan&rdquo\; - \;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. \;  \;
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\nOctober 21 &ndash\; Session 4 - &ldquo\;The Legality of it all&rdquo\; &ndash\; \;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.
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\nOctober 23 - Session 5 &ldquo\;QuickBooks and You&rdquo\; \;&ndash\; 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&rsquo\;s completed\, take it home and start to use it. \;
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\nOctober 28 - Session 6 &ldquo\;The Ins and Outs of Marketing-Social and Otherwise&rdquo\; \;&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. \; Participants will also create a 30 second &ldquo\;elevator speech&rdquo\; and take a look a &ldquo\;Crowdfunding&rdquo\;
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\nNovember 4 - Session 7 &ldquo\;Putting It All Together&rdquo\; \;&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. \; The class will then pick the top 5 ideas to go into &ldquo\;The Guppy Tank&rdquo\;. \; 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. \;
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\nNovember 13 - Session 8 &ldquo\;The Guppy Tank&rdquo\; \;&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.  \; LOCATION:CCEDC Office 137 South Street Lehighton\, PA 18235 UID:e.1888.442 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260416T235741Z URL:https://business.carboncountychamber.org/events/details/2014-build-your-american-dream-challenge-session-7-putting-it-all-together-442 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR