Upcoming Events for Entrepreneurs
Social Media 101: A Beginner's Guide
Are you a beginner when it comes to using social media for your business? This class is for you. We all know social media is important for the growth of your business, but sometimes getting started can be the hardest part.
In this class, you will learn how to:
Pick which social media platforms to focus on
Set up your profile
Optimize your profile to attract new followers and convert them into website visitors
Design a cover photo
And more!
Prepare to rock your 2024 social media with this class just for beginners!
Speaker(s): Victory Harbin - The Social Brand
Preparing for a Small Business Loan
Communities Unlimited hosts this training about when to look for a bank loan and what banks are looking for when they loan money.
Engineering an Effective Customer Journey
Customer Journey is everything from when someone first learns about your brand all the way to the time they’re referring their friends, family, and colleagues to you! Engineering this experience for your customers to be a positive and excellent experience is vital for your long-term success as a business.
In this class you will learn:
A simple 7-part framework to every customer’s journey
Common shortfalls of small businesses and how to avoid them
What marketing avenues affect this journey
How to build authority in your market without an audience
This simple one-hour class can change the way you look at marketing and relieve the overwhelming burden of having to do everything all the time that many entrepreneurs carry.
Speaker(s): Victory Harbin - The Social Brand
Business Start UP Basics
TSBDC - Oak Ridge offers you the opportunity to learn how to launch your own business and turn ideas, passions, and side hustles into functioning businesses. This seminar will walk you through a basic business guide to help you get started. Limited seating available for this seminar; register as soon as possible.
Speaker(s): Stephen W. Williams, TSBDC Director Stephen has over 35 years of experience in leadership, operations, financial, and strategic management with international manufacturing and consulting firms. He has developed sales and marketing strategies that increased sales volume by over 120% within one year of implementation. In addition, Stephen is experienced in company operations optimization, JIT production, debt restructuring, and mergers and acquisitions. He has established joint ventures in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, and the U.K. and has negotiated relationships with General Electric, ABB, General Dynamics, and Westinghouse Electric. Stephen has held the following positions, marketing & sales director, vice president, chief operations officer, president, chief executive officer, and chairman. Before joining TSBDC, he founded Stone Lion Capital Partners, a boutique investment banking firm providing M&A, deal structuring, and access to capital services.
Business Start Up Basics
TSBDC - Oak Ridge offers you the opportunity to learn how to launch your own business and turn ideas, passions, and side hustles into functioning businesses. This seminar will walk you through a basic business guide to help you get started. Limited seating available for this seminar; register as soon as possible.
Speaker(s): Stephen W. Williams, TSBDC Director Stephen has over 35 years of experience in leadership, operations, financial, and strategic management with international manufacturing and consulting firms. He has developed sales and marketing strategies that increased sales volume by over 120% within one year of implementation. In addition, Stephen is experienced in company operations optimization, JIT production, debt restructuring, and mergers and acquisitions. He has established joint ventures in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, and the U.K. and has negotiated relationships with General Electric, ABB, General Dynamics, and Westinghouse Electric. Stephen has held the following positions, marketing & sales director, vice president, chief operations officer, president, chief executive officer, and chairman. Before joining TSBDC, he founded Stone Lion Capital Partners, a boutique investment banking firm providing M&A, deal structuring, and access to capital services.