

The Business Development Seminar is an interactive, one-of-a kind session, where you’ll receive core information from a distinguished panel of experts. Presentations are followed by an audience-driven panel discussion that allows you to gain valuable insight into your business. Topics include:
-Legal Structures – selecting appropriate business structures.
-Equity Capitalization – when and how to get it.
-Intellectual Property – the value of IP and how to protect it.
-Accounting – learn the basics and why they are important.
-Banking – how to create and maintain good banking relationships.
-Marketing – what marketing really is and why it’s important.
-Financial & Technical Resources – what programs exist and how to access.
And because each session offers networking opportunities, you can visit with your peers, meet local experts and investors and ask questions unique to your circumstance helping to take your business to the “next-level.”
Once you’ve successfully completed a seminar and have been certified by an EDC mentor, you will have the opportunity to learn about various funding sources that your business may qualify for.
Who should attend?
Owners, managers, key employees and business leaders from businesses in communities of 30,000 or less who are looking to start and/or grow a business, as well as those seeking a business refresher. Economic developers looking for resources for economic growth.
Registration/Seminar Schedule
Register today for a Business Development Seminar! Cost is affordable: $40 for Farm Bureau members, $75 for non-members. To register click the button below.
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