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Navigating the financial realm of business ownership is sometimes tricky. Business owners are invited to learn how to bank on their businesses on the afternoon of August 17, 2022, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at The Northeast Indiana Innovation Center (The NIIC). Register today.

“The Bank on Your Business Event on August 17 is offered through our Community Navigator Program in partnership with Bankable, Fort Wayne Urban League, 1st Source, and KIVA Northeast Indiana. Entrepreneurial struggles are real, especially for women, minorities, and rural business owners.

At this event, participants will learn about capital, cultivate connections, and access the resources needed to manage their finances,” said Stephanie Taylor, Operations Manager, Community Navigator Program, The NIIC.

Diane Starks, Technical Assistant and Promotions Manager, Fort Wayne Urban League, said, “Our role as a spoke organization for the Community Navigator Program is to help individuals attain self-empowerment through business ownership. This event focuses on helping business owners to better understand their financial needs. As a business owner myself, I get it. It is such an important piece of owning your business.”

The Bank on Your Business Event includes:

3:30 p.m. Capital Discussion—led by Bankable and 1st Source

3:45 p.m. How to Crowdsource Your Capital—led by KIVA Northeast Indiana

4:00 p.m. What’s Your (Credit) Score? Led by Fort Wayne Urban League

4:00-5:30 p.m. 15-minute Meet With an Expert Sessions (first come, first served)

For the one-to-one meetings with an expert, participants are encouraged to bring a copy of their business plan and credit reports if available.

Register today. For more information, email Stephanie Taylor at staylor@niic.net.

The NIIC Community Navigator Program is funded in part by a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)

Overview:

You start selling your items, there is more and more demand, and things are getting away from you. You’re not confident how much you’re profiting because the money comes in and goes out as you manage cooking, staff and back office.

What We’ll Cover:

• The importance of (and how to) recipe costing
• How to create processes based off of industry operations standards
• Best practices for managing your employees
• Tips for marketing your business

When:

August 29, 2022; 9:00am -10:00am EST

Where:

3201 Stellhorn Rd Fort Wayne, IN 46815

Trainer:

Leigh Williams, owner, EIPRC

Sponsor:

SBA and The NIIC

The NIIC’s Connected Health Lab is partnering with the Women’s Entrepreneurial and Opportunity Center (WEOC) to bring an event for coaches, consultants, and other people that “get paid for their brains” to take their businesses to the next level and Go BIG so they can Get Paid more!

The NIIC | Cole Auditorium
Thursday, September 1, 2022
2:00-4:00 p.m.
$10

OVERVIEW: Go BIG. Get paid. An introduction to tech and content-development tools to take your consulting or coaching business to the next level.

AUDIENCE: For consultants, coaches, professionals, and subject matter experts who want to learn tech tools to increase their revenue-generating potential. This event is focused on entrepreneurs in healthcare, wellness, mental health, nutrition, and other health-related fields; however, any entrepreneur is welcome to attend.

CONTENT:

Speaker – Using Tech to Grow | Melissa Hall with Blackbird Design Resources

Tech/Content Tools –

• Content Creation for Social Media/YouTube | TBD
• Benefits of Professional Social Media pages (Google, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn) | Virginia Richardson of Tilde Media
• Teaching Online Courses | Rhonda Ladig with Connected Health Lab
• Building Apps with No-Code Tools | Rhonda Ladig with Connected Health Lab
• Creating Simple Websites | Rhonda Ladig with Connected Health Lab
• Self Publishing Content | Rhonda Ladig with Connected Health Lab

REGISTER: On Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com/preview?eid=399152234077

For questions or more information, contact Rhonda Ladig, Program Manager for the Connected Health Lab at rladig@niic.net.

This program is in partnership with the Women’s Entrepreneurial and Opportunity Center (WEOC)/Women’s Business Center (WBC) at The NIIC. Funded and resources provided by host organization The NIIC. theniic.org. The WEOC WBC is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. sba.gov