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SUMMARY:The Startup Series
DESCRIPTION:This program is a 12-week workshop series where entrepreneurs will learn how to develop the perfect launch plans for their startups.\n\n\nThis 12-week series will be broken down into three parts: money\, markets\, and management.  \nPart 1: Money – The Startup Series will kick off with workshops on long-range financial strategies\, annual forecasting\, and how to earn capital and use funding. \nPart 2: Markets –  Entrepreneurs will learn customer experience\, how to identify and target their primary target markets\, and how to stand out from their competition. \nPart 3: Management – This last workshop component will cover marketing and sales strategies and how to pitch your company’s distinct brand and strengths to an investor. \nAbout the NSU Innovation Center: \nThe mission of the NSU Innovation Center is to serve as a liaison between Norfolk State University and our surrounding community. The Center’s main goal is to advance entrepreneurship for both aspiring and existing entrepreneurs by providing resources that support sustainable\, scalable businesses. \nFollow us on Facebook\, Instagram\, LinkedIn\, and subscribe to our newsletter to keep up with the latest news and announcements.
URL:https://www.innovate757.org/event/the-startup-series/
CATEGORIES:Business,Entrepreneurship,Home Based Business,NIC,SBDC
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SUMMARY:Access to Capital: IN PERSON
DESCRIPTION:Join us to learn about how to acquire funding\, such as grants\, debt/loans\, equity/investors\, and bootstrapping for your small business.\n\n\nAccess to capital refers to how difficult or simple it is for someone to obtain funds or resources for their business. When starting or running a business\, most people want access to capital. Businesses in the United States have access to a variety of funding options. Obtaining funding for a business\, on the other hand\, can be difficult for anyone\, let alone a member of a group that has endured discrimination and bias for decades. \n \nThe NSU Innovation Center (NSUIC) and the Small Business Development Council (SBDC) will provide you with information and requirements for acquiring funding\, such as grants\, debt/loans\, equity/investors\, and bootstrapping. Additionally\, this Access to Capital program will include a non-bank SBA 504 financing program aimed at existing businesses. \nNOTE: \nThis event will be held in person at the Norfolk State University Innovation Center in Norfolk VA.
URL:https://www.innovate757.org/event/access-to-capital-in-person/
LOCATION:NSU Innovation Center\, 520 E. Main Street\, Norfolk\, VA 23510\, Norfolk\, VA\, 23510\, US
CATEGORIES:Angel Investing,Business,Entrepreneurship,NIC,SBDC
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SUMMARY:Access to Capital: ONLINE
DESCRIPTION:Join us to learn about how to acquire funding\, such as grants\, debt/loans\, equity/investors\, and bootstrapping for your small business.\n\n\nAccess to capital refers to how difficult or simple it is for someone to obtain funds or resources for their business. When starting or running a business\, most people want access to capital. Businesses in the United States have access to a variety of funding options. Obtaining funding for a business\, on the other hand\, can be difficult for anyone\, let alone a member of a group that has endured discrimination and bias for decades.\n \n \nThe NSU Innovation Center (NSUIC) and the Small Business Development Council (SBDC) will provide you with information and requirements for acquiring funding\, such as grants\, debt/loans\, equity/investors\, and bootstrapping. Additionally\, this Access to Capital program will include a non-bank SBA 504 financing program aimed at existing businesses.
URL:https://www.innovate757.org/event/access-to-capital-online/
CATEGORIES:Angel Investing,Business,Entrepreneurship,NIC,SBDC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220519T180000
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SUMMARY:VIP Listen & Learn: How to Target Your Audience as a Speaker/Author
DESCRIPTION:Are you a speaker or author? Who are you speaking or writing to? Join us as we explore ways to get laser-focused on your target audience!\n\n\nAs a public speaker\, one of the most important things you can do is to discover who your audience is. This may seem like a simple task\, but it’s actually quite complex. Depending on the situation\, your audience could be made up of business people\, stay-at-home moms\, or teenagers.  \nEach audience has different needs and expectations\, so it’s important to tailor your message accordingly. The best way to do this is to create a persona for each audience type. By understanding the demographics\, interests\, and needs of each audience\, you’ll be able to deliver a speech that resonates with them on a personal level. In turn\, this will make you a more effective public speaker overall. \nDuring this discussion\, we will be diving into the following topics: \n\nGet started as a speaker/author\nHow to find and target your audience\n\nAbout the Speaker: \nLeona Carter empowers emerging speakers and authors to captivate their audience through speaking and writing. She also equips couples to create long-lasting intimacy in marriage.\n \nLeona is a Certified Intimacy and Relationship Coach\, 10x\, International-Multi-best-selling Author\, and Business Strategist. As the President and CEO of Carter Strategies and filmmaker\, Leona is working on her first documentary and has been featured on CBS\, FOX\, ABC\, and NBC\, just to name a few.\n \nMarried since 1995\, Leona\, and her high school sweetheart\, Omarr\, have six children and one grandson. Leona and her family moved from Seattle Washington to Kalamazoo Michigan for the tuition-based program called The Kalamazoo Promise\, where her family was featured in the New York Times.\n \nLeona’s energetic personality and vibrancy sets her apart from the normalcy of entrepreneurship. She blazes a trail everywhere she goes through her passion for serving.\n \n \nAbout the NSU Innovation Center:  \nThe mission of the NSU Innovation Center is to serve as a liaison between Norfolk State University and our surrounding community. The Center’s main goal is to advance entrepreneurship for both aspiring and existing entrepreneurs by providing resources that support sustainable\, scalable businesses. \nFollow us on Facebook\, Instagram\, LinkedIn\, and subscribe to our newsletter to keep up with the latest news and announcements.
URL:https://www.innovate757.org/event/vip-listen-learn-how-to-target-your-audience-as-a-speaker-author/
CATEGORIES:Business,Entrepreneurship,NIC
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SUMMARY:Build Your Business Workshop: Customer Segment & Persona
DESCRIPTION:Ever wonder why you aren’t making a lot of sales or why your product or service doesn’t appeal to more people?\n\n\nWhen starting a business\, it is important to take the time to really get to know your target customer. This involves researching their demographics\, identifying their motivations and desires\, and understanding the factors that drive their purchasing decisions.  \nBy getting to know your customer on a deeper level\, you can create an effective marketing strategy that resonates with this target audience and draws them in. Whether you are designing a website\, crafting advertisements\, or choosing products to offer\, having a clear picture of who your customer is will help you achieve greater success in your business endeavors. \nDuring this discussion\, we will be diving into the following topics: \n\nHow to identify your customer(s)\nWhat is a customer segment and how do you use it?\nHow to attract your customers specifically to your business\n\nAbout the Speaker: \nAkosua has helped entrepreneurs\, innovators and support services including George Mason University and Old Dominion University to establish their vision into tangible resources and platforms in Hampton Roads. She got her start at Old Dominion University where she worked with its various entrepreneurial programs to help build and grow a community of high growth\, high impact businesses.  \nShe is the creator of #AStartupsRightSteps\, an online course that help entrepreneurs avoid wasting money and resources by making the right moves. She has helped her clients save up to five figures in less than 30 days of training with her. She created #AStartupsRightSteps to help people turn their ideas and business models into solutions customers will pay for repeatedly. \nAbout the NSU Innovation Center:  \nThe mission of the NSU Innovation Center is to serve as a liaison between Norfolk State University and our surrounding community. The Center’s main goal is to advance entrepreneurship for both aspiring and existing entrepreneurs by providing resources that support sustainable\, scalable businesses. \nFollow us on Facebook\, Instagram\, LinkedIn\, and subscribe to our newsletter to keep up with the latest news and announcements.
URL:https://www.innovate757.org/event/build-your-business-workshop-customer-segment-persona/
CATEGORIES:Business,Entrepreneurship,NIC
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SUMMARY:VIP: Listen & Learn feat Michael Feggans
DESCRIPTION:How motivated are you to achieve your dreams? Listen to a local veteran who transformed his skills into a national cybersecurity company.\n\n\nDuring our March VIP: Listen & Learn event\, we’ll be hearing from Michaels Feggans\, a local military veteran who transformed his military experience into a national cybersecurity\, technology\, and workforce development consulting company. \nDuring the event\, you’ll learn about the following: \n\nHow key experiences throughout his life prepared him for entrepreneurship\n\nHow he made the decision to become an entrepreneur\n\nWhat customer discovery looked like prior to starting his business\n\nAbout the Speaker: \nRetired U.S Air Force Master Sergeant (MSgt) Michael B. Feggans (aka Fego) last served as\n \nSuperintendent\, 71st Healthcare Operations Squadron\, 71st Medical Group\, Vance AFB\, Oklahoma. In\n \nthat position\, he served as the senior enlisted advisor to the squadron commander on all issues\n \nregarding the health\, welfare\, morale\, and effective utilization of more than 70 active duty\, civilian\, and\n \ncontractor personnel. He also served as the Deputy Chief Information Officer\, where he directly oversaw\n \nthe completion of various technical issues and ensured the Defense Health Agency’s cybersecurity\n \npolicies and procedures were appropriately applied to $10.1M of information technology systems.\n \nMichael was raised for most of his early life in the Kempsville area of Virginia Beach\, VA\, and entered the\n \nAir Force in August 2001 after graduating from Tallwood High School\, where he lettered in football and\n \ntrack & field. After completing Air Force Basic Military Training\, he attended the Health Services\n \nManagement apprentice course at Sheppard AFB\, TX. His background includes various positions as a\n \nmedical records technician\, group practice and clinical access manager\, expeditionary information\n \ntechnology instructor\, and medical information systems. \n \nHe has deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2013-14 to the Republic of Kyrgyzstan\n \nand provided deployment support to the Republic of Korea in 2018-19 as the medical Senior Enlisted\n \nLeader for the Gimhae Contingency Hospital project. \n \nHe is a recipient of the Meritorious Service Medal\, Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf\n \nclusters\, Air Force Achievement Medal\, Army Achievement Medal\, Global War on Terrorism\n \nExpeditionary Medal\, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal\, and the Korean Defense Service Medal.\n \nInternships include U.S Senator Mark Warner (2012\,2015)\, Secretary of Technology Karen Jackson\n \n(2016)\, & HD-85 Delegate Alex Askew (2021). \n \nHis educational background includes a B.S in Healthcare Administration from Park University\, MO\n \n(2010)\, a Graduate Certificate in Political Science from Virginia Tech\, VA (2014)\, and a M.S in\n \nCybersecurity from Norfolk State\, VA. \n \nLeadership training includes Veterans Campaign training workshop (2015\,2020)\, New Politics Leadership\n \nAcademy (2017)\, & University of Virginia-Weldon Cooper Center\, Sorensen Institute for Political\n \nLeadership (2021). \n \nHe is currently the CEO and owner of Outerbridge Technical Solutions\, which focuses on cybersecurity\,\n \ntechnology\, and workforce development consulting and is located in Virginia Beach and lives in Virginia\n \nBeach. \n \nAbout the NSU Innovation Center:  \nThe mission of the NSU Innovation Center is to serve as a liaison between Norfolk State University and our surrounding community. The Center’s main goal is to advance entrepreneurship for both aspiring and existing entrepreneurs by providing resources that support sustainable\, scalable businesses. \nFollow us on Facebook\, Instagram\, LinkedIn\, and subscribe to our newsletter to keep up with the latest news and announcements.
URL:https://www.innovate757.org/event/vip-listen-learn-feat-michael-feggans/
CATEGORIES:Business,Entrepreneurship,NIC
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SUMMARY:BYBW: Set Your Business Up For Success in 2022
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to use data from 2021 to make your business even more successful in 2022!\n\n\n2022 is almost here! And if you’re like most entrepreneurs\, you’re probably wondering how you can use information from the coming year to make your business more successful.  \nSales and operations data is a valuable tool for entrepreneurs. By analyzing this information from 2021\, you can make strategic decisions to help your business be even MORE successful in 2022! \nDuring this discussion\, Jeanne Francis will be diving into the following topics: \n•	The most important thing(s) we should be doing with your business at the end of the year \n•	What is a SWOT analysis? \n•	Use info from your analysis to level your business up in 2022 \n \nAbout the Speaker: \nJeanne has been building and optimizing companies large and small from the inside out for 25 years\, from the wild west of internet tech in the ’90s to pitching in boardrooms at IBM to Business Development Entrepreneur. Her career is defined by the successful navigation for herself and her clients of mass layoffs\, global economic shifts\, world-changing technology\, and now a global pandemic\, through strategic business development. \nAs a business architect\, she’s on a mission to use what she knows to help you close the gaps between your strategy and your results with the right people\, processes\, and tech. She blends proven business principles used by billion-dollar corporations with the agility of today’s most powerful online strategies to help entrepreneurs like you achieve business breakthroughs with ease and simplicity. \nAbout the NSU Innovation Center:  \nThe mission of the NSU Innovation Center is to serve as a liaison between Norfolk State University and our surrounding community. The Center’s main goal is to advance entrepreneurship for both aspiring and existing entrepreneurs by providing resources that support sustainable\, scalable businesses. \nFollow us on Facebook\, Instagram\, LinkedIn\, and subscribe to our newsletter to keep up with the latest news and announcements.
URL:https://www.innovate757.org/event/bybw-set-your-business-up-for-success-in-2022/
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SUMMARY:VIP: Listen & Learn feat Nequosha Anderson
DESCRIPTION:Are you risking your 9-5 for a side hustle?\n\n\nStarting a side hustle is becoming more and more common as the traditional 9-5 job falls out of style. It might seem like an ideal situation for those who want flexibility in their lives but keep their steady income from a full-time position. But what about your current employer? Do you have permission to run another business on company time? This event will help you understand whether or not it’s worth starting a side hustle (or continuing your current one) while still employed at your day job and how to protect yourself if you do decide to go down this risky road.  \nNequosha Anderson is the owner of Anderson Law Firm PLLC and she’ll be discussing the following to help you understand where you stand as a “9-5-er” with a side hustle.  \nDuring the event\, you’ll learn about the following: \n\nKey things to look for and understand in employment agreements\n\nOwnership of content\n\nHow to make money from your previous skills\n\nAbout the Speaker: \nNequosha is the owner of Anderson Law Firm PLLC. She’s a licensed attorney and has been practicing in Florida since 2013.\n \n \nAfter working as counsel for the State of Florida for a few years\, she was completely over the daily grind of it all. She loved assisting her clients but needed a change. Not to mention\, there’s no such thing as 9-5 as a government defense attorney. Life’s about getting really great at what you’re passionate about\, then using your skills to make a positive impact on your community. For her\, that was helping entrepreneurs.\n \n \nFor the past 8 years\, she’s been assisting small business owners to create and protect their businesses beyond formation\, including successfully protecting global multimillion-dollar brands. She has a strong desire to help small business owners succeed from their creation and beyond and knows that having a great attorney can make all the difference in the success of someone’s business.\n \n \nShe understands the world of small business as it’s a world she’s grown up in since the age of 14 working with her mom’s accounting practice and her dad’s trucking company. Supporting small businesses is in her blood and is what she’s called to do. Leveraging her government and business knowledge will be a huge asset to anyone’s business. She’s client-focused and results-driven\, through and through.\n \n \nNavigating the dos and don’ts of having a business and leveraging those assets can be very intimidating but she’s there to help! She prides herself on helping small businesses owners without all of the fluff and complications.\n \n \nAbout the NSU Innovation Center:  \nThe mission of the NSU Innovation Center is to serve as a liaison between Norfolk State University and our surrounding community. The Center’s main goal is to advance entrepreneurship for both aspiring and existing entrepreneurs by providing resources that support sustainable\, scalable businesses. \nFollow us on Facebook\, Instagram\, LinkedIn\, and subscribe to our newsletter to keep up with the latest news and announcements.  \n \nSchedule \n10:00-10:05:  Introduction (NSUIC) \n10:05-10:45:  Presentation \n10:45-11:00:  Q&A Session
URL:https://www.innovate757.org/event/vip-listen-learn-feat-nequosha-anderson/
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