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September, 2010 Last Month Next Month 9/7/2010 The First Step: Business Start-Up Essentials (Butler County) 10:00am - 12:00pm Butler CDC 112 Woody Drive Butler, PA New Business start-ups and entrepreneurs without previous business experience must attend our Business Start-up Essentials Workshop before meeting with one of our consultants. The start-up essentials workshop is a 3 hour session offered at NO COST. After attending the workshop, you will have the option to meet with a consultant at a later date. Topics include business structure and formation, fictitious name registration, employee issues, and many more. 9/8/2010 How to Get Clients 11:15 am - 1:00 pm Grand Concourse Station Square Pittsburgh, PA Want fresh ideas on how to step up the marketing of your coaching business (or any other professional practice)? Attend this event. Targeted to coaches and other professional service providers, the presenters promise that each participant will: • Learn many paths to securing new clients • Learn at least several new ways to increase your client base • Will grow their coaching businesses by implementing these new ideas. Chris Posti: Chris is a behavior-change coach, consultant, author, and newspaper columnist with 19 years of coaching/consulting experience and a reputation for getting results. David Goldman: Since 1989, David has been coaching people in how to communicate more effectively to grow their business and get results. William Weil: Managing Partner of Pittsburgh SEO, Bill is a 24-year marketing and 11-year Internet marketing veteran focused on creating websites and getting clients on Page One of search engines. Registration required by September 3, 2010 and cancellations by September 6, 2010. Cost: Members $30 Nonmembers $40 Registration online at www.pittsburghcoaches.com 9/8/2010 Finance and Business Seminars 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Howe-Childs Gate House, Chatham University, Shadyside Campus Woodland Road Pittsburgh, PA The Center for Women’s Entrepreneurship at Chatham University, in conjunction with Grossman Yanak & Ford LLP, invites you to attend our Finance and Business Seminars in September, 2010. When: 4 Wednesdays in September (8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th) Time: 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Where: Howe-Childs Gatehouse, Chatham University, Shadyside Campus Cost: $20.00 per seminar, or $65 for all 4 seminars (Includes continental breakfast & seminar) Register online @ www.chatham.edu/cwe Each seminar will consist of a 1 hour information session followed by a ½ hour “ask the finance expert” session. Seminar 1: Wednesday, September 8, 2010 Not Exactly Beach Reading (But Worth Your Time) What tale do your financial statements tell - mystery, tragedy or thriller? Presenters: Robin M. Ryan, Manager and Megan R. Troxell, Manager - Audit & Assurance Services Group of Grossman Yanak & Ford LLP Financial statements are a critical component to any business. Whether you are looking back or looking ahead, accurate financial statements are required reading. Each financial statement tells a different tale, and understanding the story will allow you to better understand your business and make good decisions. This seminar will outline the financial statements that tell your story. Balance sheets, income statements, statements of cash flows (oh my!), each of these are a chapter in your financial statement presentation. Footnotes, remember those from English class? Well, financial statements have their own version of footnotes, with lots of good information. At the end of this seminar, you will understand what each of these mean to you, to your investors and your bankers. In addition, you will have some "speed reading" techniques, or key indicators that provide a snapshot of your business on a day to day basis. 9/9/2010 The First Step to Small Business Success 6 pm - 8 pm Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA The First Step is an informal workshop offered every four weeks at various locations throughout Westmoreland and Fayette Counties. It is designed to answer your business start-up questions and to provide information and direction to anyone considering a business venture. Co-sponsored by Latrobe Chamber of Commerce. FEE: $15. Call 724-537-4572 or visit www.stvincent.edu/sbdc/educational 9/9/2010 Navigating Today's Challenges: Creating a New Map 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM Fairmont Pittsburgh 510 Market Street Pittsburgh, PA Tap into the collective wisdom of your HR Leadership Forum colleagues to both receive (and also give) top notch consulting advice that will help you grapple with whatever's keeping you up at night. We have structured this session in a very unique way to allow you the opportunity to combine new ideas and make new connections for addressing the pressing organizational challenges that you face. What's in it for You? You will realize immediate relevant, actionable takeaways to help you work through your issues and concerns. All you have to do is register and then bring a high priority topic around which to draw on the knowledge and insight of experienced HR professionals. You will work with your table mates to take turns offering and receiving ideas for addressing your top issues. It's creativity at its best! Members-$40/Nonmembers-$60. Registration at: http://www.hr-leadership-forum.com. 9/10/2010 Business Opportunities in Mexico 9am - 12pm Duquesne University SBDC 600 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA Topics covered: The NAFTA Advantage, industry analysis for your company, how to find manufacturing reps, and the Trade Mission to Mexico. All small/ medium sized manufacturers, high-tech and service companies interested in accessing the many business sectors of Mexico should attend. Mexico is the second largest market for U.S. goods. NAFTA gives you free duties. Sectors include: Manufacturing, information technologies, medical equipment, building and construction, tool & dye. The cost for this event is $15. To register go to duq.edu/sbdc. 9/10/2010 Women Business Leaders Breakfast Series 7:30am - 9:00am James Laughlin Music Hall Chatham University , PA Friday, September 10, 2010 Women Business Leaders Breakfast Series Speaker: Sharon Willochell, Chief Operating Officer, Leed’s Topic: “Growing Your Operations to Meet Your Business Objectives” Time: 7:30 - 9:00am Venue: James Laughlin Music Hall, Chatham University Cost: $25.00 Register online: www.chatham.edu/cwe As you build your business and your brand, how do you ensure that your operation consistently delivers as expected? If your brand is built on quality and customer service, how do you design and manage your operation to support it? In this session we will explore key success factors in developing an operation that supports your high-growth business¨ people, processes, tools, metrics – with a focus on key performance indicators. The right “leading indicators” give you a good perspective as to what is on the horizon, and what you need to do now to prepare and react. The right “lagging indicators” tell you where your operation is really performing, and where it needs work. You’ve heard the adage, “You can’t manage what you don’t measure” – but measuring the wrong things, or measuring the right things the wrong way, can be more dangerous than measuring nothing at all. How do you design business measurements that reflect the most critical aspects of your business? How do you make sure you are measuring the right things? 9/14/2010 First Step Fast Trac 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm CCAC 900 Ridge Avenue Pittsburgh, PA This program is a collaboration with the YWCA Greater Pittsburgh and Community College of Allegheny County. This course is designed for for women who have a business idea but do not know where to begin. You will gain knowlege of testing your business idea with solid research to determine the feasibility of your business idea in the market place. Our focus is the start up of the microenterprise - a business that requires less that $35,000 in capital and five or fewer employees. Call 412 255-6749 9/14/2010 Entrepreneurship training program 6:30pm - 9:30pm Chatham University Shadyside Campus , RI Tuesday, September 14, 2010 An entrepreneurship training program to explore the potential of your business idea. FastTrac® NewVenture™ 10 Tuesdays September 14 to November 23, 2010 Time:6:30-9:30 p.m. Venue: Conover Room, Mellon Center Chatham University, Cost: $295 (includes all course material) Register online at www.chatham.edu/cwe Parking is free; no permit required. Class size is limited. Have you always wanted to start your own business? Before you quit your job or invest your life savings, FastTrac NewVenture will help you identify whether your business idea has merit. You will write a feasibility plan examining the market potential of your business from every angle. This step-by-step hands-on program is taught by seasoned entrepreneurs who will help you craft your business idea. If you are a micro-business, home-based business, part-time business, mompreneur, or just interested in turning your hobby into a business, this program is ideally suited for you. Partial scholarships are available. 9/14/2010 The First Step: Business Start-Up Essentials 1:30pm - 4:30pm Duquesne University SBDC 600 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA New Business start-ups and entrepreneurs without previous business experience must attend our Business Start-up Essentials Workshop before meeting with one of our consultants. The start-up essentials workshop is a 3 hour session offered at NO COST. After attending the workshop, you will have the option to meet with a consultant at a later date. Topics include: business structure and formation, fictitious name registration, employee issues, and many more. This event is free to attend. To register go to duq.edu/sbdc. 9/15/2010 Human Resources Basics-What You Need to Know 9 am - 12 pm Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA Expand your human resources knowledge at our seventh annual Human Resources Workshop – a popular and informative workshop designed for anyone involved in making human resource decisions. Those who have questions about HR issues, those new to handling HR issues, and those handling HR as a secondary role, are especially urged to attend. The session will include topics such as why HR issues effect businesses of all sizes; developing a Policy and Procedures Manual – what is it, when does a company need one, and what to include; Employment Laws, The Recruitment Process, Common Hiring Selection Issues, Wages and Salaries, How to Properly Document, Termination, Safety and Health Issues, Employee Benefits, and more. FEE: $40 or $35/person for two or more CPE CREDITS: 3 Other Call 724-537-4572 or visit www.stvincent.edu/sbdc/educational 9/15/2010 Finance and Business Seminars 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Howe-Childs Gatehouse, Chatham University, Shadyside Campus Woodland Road Pittsburgh, PA The Center for Women’s Entrepreneurship at Chatham University, in conjunction with Grossman Yanak & Ford LLP, invites you to attend our Finance and Business Seminars in September, 2010. When: 4 Wednesdays in September (8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th) Time: 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Where: Howe-Childs Gatehouse, Chatham University, Shadyside Campus Cost: $20.00 per seminar, or $65 for all 4 seminars (Includes continental breakfast & seminar) Register online @ www.chatham.edu/cwe Each seminar will consist of a 1 hour information session followed by a ½ hour “ask the finance expert” session. Seminar 2: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 Question: What's Black and White and Hardly Ever Monitored by Any Business Owner? Answer: The value of your business Presenters: Melissa A. Bizyak, Senior Manager and Amy E. Mattie, Manager - Business Valuation Services Group of Grossman Yanak & Ford LLP Business owners work tirelessly to meet the everyday challenges of running a business leaving no time to ponder, “What is my business worth?” until an event occurs to force an owner to seek the answer. There is no time like the present to gain an understanding of what a business valuation is and when one should be undertaken. Every business owner, whether of an early stage or mature business, should have a handle on what drives the value of their company. Understanding the factors that determine the value of any business will pay tangible dividends by focusing on ways to maximize short and long-term profitability and shareholder wealth. Moreover, if you choose to sell your business at some point in the future, this knowledge will assist you in positioning your company to receive the highest price. This seminar will provide an introduction to business valuation. Attendees will be provided with examples of key factors that drive value, as well as become aware of specific instances when a business valuation would be helpful.

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