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SUMMARY:Workshop: Simple Steps for Starting Your Business - Part 2 Business Concept
DESCRIPTION:Simple Steps for Starting Your Business is a five-part series of pre-business workshops to help you reach a "go or no-go" decision for a start-up. The program is not designed to provide all of the information needed to start a business\, but rather to help you decide whether you are ready to take the next step towards becoming an entrepreneur.\n\nDo you dream of owning your own business but don't know where to get started? Learn what it really takes to start your own business. Part 2 offers step-by-step guidance in researching your idea\, your market and your competition.\n\nJoin us for this five-part series certificate program. \n\n\n	Part 1   Mar 30   Start-up Basics   FREE\n	Part 2   Apr 20   Business Concept\n	Part 3   Apr 27 - Marketing Your Business        \n	Part 4   May 11   Financial Matters\n	Part 5   May 25   Funding & Next Steps\n\n\nBusiness Concept   What you will learn:\n\n\n	Capture Your Dream - Everyone starts with a dream!\n	Feasibility Plan Draft - Provides you with information to help you make a Go / No-Go Decision\n	Business Idea - Defining a Market Need\n	Personal Battleground - Does your experience and risk tolerance fit the idea?\n	Industry Profile - Defining your business\n	Target Markets - Who do you serve?\n	Other key factors - Competition\, Suppliers and Business Risk\n\n\nCost to participate in the full program -- after the free initial introductory workshop-- is $130\, paid in advance\, no refunds.  Note: Events are subject to cancelation. The full five-part workshop program may not be held if there is not sufficient interest\, in which case a full refund will be provided. Fees are fully refunded if SCORE cancels an event.\n\nClient Commitment:\n\n\n	Attend the workshop series\n	Do assigned homework\n	Sign-up for free one-on-one mentoring\n	Complete a draft of the feasibility plan (text and financials)\n\n\n Speaker:\n\n\n\n\nRavi Sahu is a Technology Management executive with more than a decade of experience in transforming technology business models to be responsive to changing market and customer needs. He has worked globally and consulted Fortune 500 companies for B2B & B2C solutions. He closely works with the client CXOs to help them create\, incubate\, launch & monetize successful technology investments. He enjoys building ventures from scratch and scaling them to meaningful business. His expertise lies in the area of Software Product Management\, Strategic growth\, Marketing and People development.\n\n\n\nHe is an advisor to various tech startups. He has also bootstrapped two technology startups in internet crowd funding and Edtech space. He holds an Executive MBA from Washington University in St. Louis and Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science from a top ranked University in India.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div id="cc-block1">\n<p><br />\n<em><strong>Simple Steps for Starting Your Business</strong></em>&nbsp\;is a five-part&nbsp\;series of pre-business workshops to help you&nbsp\;reach&nbsp\;a &ldquo\;go or no-go&rdquo\; decision for a start-up. The program is not designed to provide all of the information needed to start a business\, but rather to help you decide whether you are ready to take the next step towards becoming an entrepreneur.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Do you dream of owning your own business but don&rsquo\;t know where to get started? Learn what it&nbsp\;really&nbsp\;takes to start your own business. Part 2 offers step-by-step guidance in researching your idea\, your </strong><strong class="gr-progress">market</strong><strong> and your competition.</strong></p>\n\n<p><strong>Join us for this five-part series certificate program.&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li><em>Part 1 &ndash\; Mar 30 &ndash\; Start-up Basics &ndash\; FREE</em></li>\n	<li><strong><em>Part 2 &ndash\; Apr 20 &ndash\; Business Concept</em></strong></li>\n	<li><em>Part 3 &ndash\; Apr 27 - Marketing Your Business&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</em></li>\n	<li><em>Part 4 &ndash\; May 11 &ndash\; Financial Matters</em></li>\n	<li><em>Part 5 &ndash\; May 25 &ndash\; Funding &amp\; Next Steps</em></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p><strong>Business Concept &ndash\; What you will learn:</strong></p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li><em>Capture Your Dream - Everyone starts with a dream!</em></li>\n	<li><em>Feasibility Plan Draft - Provides you with information to help you make a Go / No-Go Decision</em></li>\n	<li><em>Business Idea - Defining a Market Need</em></li>\n	<li><em>Personal Battleground - Does your experience and risk tolerance fit the idea?</em></li>\n	<li><em>Industry Profile - Defining your business</em></li>\n	<li><em>Target Markets - Who do you serve?</em></li>\n	<li><em>Other key factors - Competition\, </em><em>Suppliers</em><em> and Business Risk</em></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Cost to participate in the full program -- after the free initial introductory workshop-- is $130\, paid in advance\, no refunds. &nbsp\;Note: Events are subject to cancelation. The full five-part workshop program may not be held if there is not sufficient interest\, in which case a full refund will be provided. Fees are fully refunded if SCORE cancels an event.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Client Commitment:</strong></p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li><em>Attend the workshop series</em></li>\n	<li><em>Do assigned homework</em></li>\n	<li><em>Sign-up for free one-on-one mentoring</em></li>\n	<li><em>Complete a draft of the feasibility plan (text and financials)</em></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp\;Speaker:</strong></p>\n</div>\n\n<p><img height="257" src="https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/61165087001/efc97be7-54cf-478e-84ab-dcd2c11cf509.png?ver=1457365907000" style="border-width: 0px\; border-style: solid\; height: 257px\; width: 250px\;" width="250" /><br />\nRavi Sahu is a Technology Management executive with more than a decade of experience in transforming technology business models to be responsive to changing market and customer needs. He has worked globally and consulted Fortune 500 companies for B2B &amp\; B2C solutions. He closely works with the client CXOs to help them create\, incubate\, launch &amp\; monetize successful technology investments. He enjoys building ventures from scratch and scaling them to meaningful business. His expertise lies in the area of Software Product Management\, Strategic growth\, Marketing and People development.<br />\n<br />\nHe is an advisor to various tech startups. He has also bootstrapped two technology startups in internet crowd funding and Edtech space. He holds an Executive MBA from Washington University in St. Louis and Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science from a top ranked University in India.<br />\n&nbsp\;</p>\n
LOCATION:e3Wealth 10825 Watson Road Suite 100 Sunset Hills\, MO 63127
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URL:https://business.phlcoc.net/events/details/workshop-simple-steps-for-starting-your-business-part-2-business-concept-04-20-2016-5800
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