SBA Upcoming Webinars & Workshops

Upcoming Webinars & Workshops

Building Credit for your Business – July 12 1pm
The Building Credit webinar summarizes the importance of small business owners having a good personal and business credit history.
About this event
After completing this training, participants will understand the following:
1. How the personal and business credit reporting landscape relates to their business
2. What goes into the personal and business credit reports and scores used to assess credit profiles
3. How to establish and build strong personal and business credit histories to support the growth and sustainability of their business
4. How lenders and other businesses may use personal and business credit reports and scores to assess lending risk or evaluate other business-to-business opportunities;
5. How the use of credit reporting services can help small business owners make sound decisions
6. How to leverage strong personal and business credit histories to obtain satisfactory financing terms
7. How to recognize when business and personal credit history may become a bigger factor in seeking larger financing options
Building Credit for your Business Tickets, Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 1:00 PM | Eventbrite

Starting a Business in Florida – July 13 12pm
If you’ve been considering starting your own small business, but are unsure of how and where to begin, don’t miss out on this presentation. You will be provided with step-by-step information about how to start a business in Florida.
Starting a Business in FL | SCORE

Business Structure – Which Should I Choose? – July 14 11am
Learn the difference between Sole Proprietorship, LLC, S-Corp as well as the importance of copyrights, trademarks and patents. Thinking about starting a business but you don’t know where to start? Join this informational webinar to learn about the different types of business structures such as Sole Proprietorship, Partnership, LLC, S-Corp as well as the importance of copyrights, trademarks and patents.
Business Structure – Which Should I Choose? Tickets, Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 11:00 AM | Eventbrite

Crédito Personal y Crédito Comercial – July 19 11am
Descubra cómo sus puntajes crediticios personales y comerciales pueden afectar las oportunidades de financiamiento.
La Administración Para Pequeños Negocios de los Estados Unidos con sus oficinas en el Sur de Florida (SBA – South Florida District office) y el Centro de Negocios para las Mujeres de la Bahia de Tampa (TBWBC) ofrecerán una presentación de asesoramiento crediticio para ayudar a los propietarios de pequeñas empresas a entender la importancia de porqué se debe tener un buen crédito y cómo el mismo puede afectar directamente el éxito de su negocio.
Crédito Personal y Crédito Comercial Tickets, Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 11:00 AM | Eventbrite

How to Perform Insightful Market Research – July 20 12pm
Are you looking to identify who your prospective customers are and create targeted B2B and B2C prospective customer lists? Discover the power of Mergent Intellect, which contains detailed company profiles, industry overviews, and forecasts powered by Dun & Bradstreet; custom market research; residential contact information and consumer data powered by Claritas/Nielsen. Learn how to filter and export lists at will based on company criteria like location, size, revenue, industry NACIS/SIC codes, to target your B2B potential clients, or based on demographics to target your B2C prospective customers. Once you have the lists, you can use traditional or digital marketing channels to nurture and sell to them.
How to Perform Insightful Market Research and Generate Free Client Lists | SCORE

Deep Dive into Microsoft Excel – July 21 1pm
Take a dive into the intermediate features of Excel formatting, functions, and accessibility.
Microsoft Office presents this webinar guiding you through the intermediate features of Excel formatting, functions, and accessibility. Attendees taking this course should have a strong understanding of Excel’s basic features, navigation, functions, and custom formulas.
Objectives:
• Expand knowledge of notable functions in Excel
• Understand a wide variety of cell formatting to manipulate and interpret data
• Learn to create Pivot tables for data analyzation
• Understand options to restrict and protect data in Excel
• Utilize accessibility options in Excel using the Check Accessibility tool and how to add alternative text
Deep Dive into Microsoft Excel Tickets, Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 1:00 PM | Eventbrite

Grow Your Business with a SWOT Analysis – July 27 12pm
A SWOT (strengths. weaknesses. opportunities. threats.) analysis is fundamental in identifying the critical factors you need to be aware of when growing your business.
Grow Your Business with a SWOT Analysis | SCORE

Cybersecurity for Federal Contractors – July 28 12pm
This will be the fourth in our series of Expert Speaker Series events focused on the topic of cybersecurity for federal contractors. This session will focus on providing some framework and tools for OSCs (that’s “Organizations Seeking Certification” in case you are wondering) to understand their compliance requirement and what to expect from MSPs (Managed Service Providers) as they offer to provide support. This will be a panel discussion format, moderated by Kara Vernon, Florida PTAC at UCF Counselor.
CMMC 2.0: Understanding OSC and MSP Compliance (floridasbdc.org)

Overview of SBA Programs and Services – August 3 12pm
This class covers the programs and services that the Small Business Administration (SBA) offers to help you start and grow your business. Although the SBA is usually associated with loans, this overview will run through the SBA Loan Programs as well as our other programs and services including Counseling, Export Assistance, Government Contracting, Surety Bonds, and Disaster Assistance.
Overview of SBA Programs and Services | SCORE

Mining Your Business – August 6 10am
Learn how to grow your business, access government contracts, funding, and other resources to take YOUR BUSINESS from ordinary to extraordinary.
Mining Your Business Tickets, Sat, Aug 6, 2022 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite