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This week’s 3rd Thursday Entrepreneurial Networking at CBRC
”How to Prosper Your Business in Any Economy and how to understand the numbers” RC Mann Accounting Services. 7:00- 8:30 p.m. No charge. Come network with other businesses and share best practices.
Marketing Workshop beginning Monday, 1 Sign up today
Initiative for Branding & Information Strategies I B I S Curriculum
6 part workshop 11:30 – 1:00
No fee
Held at Cache Business Resource Center, Room 1901 in the Bridgerland Applied Technology College West Campus; 1410 North 1000 West, Logan; 435-213-8713
Monday
Nov 1 Who and What you are NOT!
Avoiding the Death Spiral
Become a Knowledge Hound
Controlling the Noise
Wednesday
Nov 3rd The Path of Least Resistance: Why Secrets are overrated
Striking the Balance of your Value
Pareto Peace of Mind
Intellectual Capital: The Value of People
Friday
Nov 5th Identifying a Fair Trade
My Frenemy: Mr. Metrics
The Next Good Thing: Cycling up vs Out
Monday
Nov 8th Tie it together with shoestrings
The More you want the Less you need
Hurry up Slowly
Wednesday
Nov 10th Geography vs Domain
Accolading
Tailor Made: Making wiser decisions on marketing activities
Friday
Nov 12th The Harvest model
Conclusion
RSVPs due by Sept 24th
Don’t miss out on this series of workshops. Lunch provided, too, at Texas Roadhouse in Logan.
Tips for Procuring Government Contracts
• Intro to Securing Government Contracts for Your Services and Products
• Tips to Successful Government Contracting
Selection Criteria as Vendors Read Requests for Proposals
Presented by Fred Lange and Chuck Spence, Utah Procurement Technical Assistance Center
Wednesday, September 29th
Held at the Cache Business Resource Center located in the Bridgerland Applied Technical College West Campus, 1410 North 1000 West, Logan, UT., Room 1901
10:00 a.m. – Noon
No fee.
RSVP to Cindy at croberts@cachebrc.com or 435-213-8713.
Sponsored by Cache Business Resource Center, Bear River Association of Governments PTAC, and Bridgerland Applied Technology College
HR Compliance Issues Workshop
ESG is excited to announce our fall series of seminars focused on human resource compliance issues. Join us and learn how to avoid the pitfalls of poor pay practices on September 30th at 11:30 am at Texas Roadhouse in Logan – lunch is on us! We’ll have the entire restaurant to ourselves (they don’t open until 4 pm). In October we’ll be focusing on compliance with health care reform. And in November we’ll review how to be compliant in some key areas of recruiting.
Please join us for one or all of our sessions! Please RSVP for our first seminar by September 24th.
| Dalynn Jones
ESG – Employer Solutions Group |
| 4844 North 300 West Suite 100 Provo, Utah 84604 Phone: 801.223.7007 Cell: 801.836.0097 |
Goin’ Down Up North?
What’s Goin’ Down Up North Economic Summit:
The fifth annual What’s Goin’ Down Up North Economic Summit is scheduled for September 30, 2010. This is a Summit to partner and showcase business and economic
development activity in Box Elder, Cache, and Rich counties in Utah and Bear Lake, Franklin and Oneida counties in Idaho. It will be held at the Calibration Auditorium, 489 East 1650 North Research Parkway, USU Innovation Campus, North Logan.
This Summit will provide the most current information on Northern Utah’s economic climate, economic development activity and resources for business development. Topics include workforce transitioning, social media marketing, business tax strategy, business financing, as well as an economic forecast.
This year’s key note speaker is Lew W. Cramer, President and CEO of World Trade Center Utah.
The Summit will be attended by business owners, city, county and state economic developers, and elected officials. According to Sandy Emile, Cache County Chamber of Commerce, “The Summit is designed to highlight the business success stories of Northern Utah and offer a networking opportunity for all businesses in our region.”
Registration closes September 27, 2010. Fee: $40. To register, please contact Monica Nielson at 435.797.9610 or visit the Summit website at http://whatsgoindownupnorth.usu.edu.
The Deal Forum – Life Sciences Edition
Having trouble raising money for your Life Science deal?
Submissions due by October 4th!
This Deal Forum features more companies and expanded networking at Utah’s number one venue, The Country Club. This may be just the ticket to learn the venture process and meet members of the local angel and regional venture community. If your company is early stage and doing therapeutic or diagnostic drugs or devices, healthcare IT or anything life science you should attend.
This Deal Forum will be held in conjunction with the Utah Life Science Symposium. Four local life science entrepreneurs seeking capital will rehearse their pitch with local and regional angel investors and venture capitalists. In addition, there will be special guests from the Utah Life Science Symposium
that represent industry and regional venture investment.
This Deal Forum will be held on Tuesday, November 9th from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.at the Salt Lake Country Club, followed by a special reception from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
As an entrepreneur, The Deal Forum Process will prepare you to more effectively present yourself to investors. Through this experience you will:
• Better understand how to make a positive first impression to the angel community
• Discover what makes your deal attractive and/or unattractive to investors
• Increase your relevant networking opportunities
• Experience candid, real-world feedback following the presentations
• Receive a compressed world-class education at a fraction of the cost
• Accelerate your quest for capital
Come hear four (4) emerging companies challenge the local and national venture/angel community, then network and socialize with fellow entrepreneurs and other members of the regional venture community.
Unlike other Deal Forums, this event will feature more companies and an expanded networking session with guests of the Life Science Symposium.
When
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Where
Salt Lake Country Club
2400 Country Club Dr., Salt Lake City, UT 84109
Attire
Business Attire
Attendance Fee: $10.00
Plan submission fee: $25.00
Register
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Business Success Course
Build your business plan with this 8-session course.
Sept 2-28
Call Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for more information 435-797-2277
What’s Goin’ Down Up North Economic Summit:
The fifth annual What’s Goin’ Down Up North Economic Summit is scheduled for September 30, 2010. This is a Summit to partner and showcase business and economic development activity in Box Elder, Cache, and Rich counties in Utah and Bear Lake, Franklin and Oneida counties in Idaho. It will be held at the Calibration Auditorium, 489 East 1650 North Research Parkway, USU Innovation Campus, North Logan.
This Summit will provide the most current information on Northern Utah’s economic climate, economic development activity and resources for business development. Topics include workforce transitioning, social media marketing, business tax strategy, business financing, as well as an economic forecast.
This year’s key note speaker is Lew W. Cramer, President and CEO of World Trade Center Utah.
The Summit will be attended by business owners, city, county and state economic developers, and elected officials. According to Sandy Emile, Cache County Chamber of Commerce, “The Summit is designed to highlight the business success stories of Northern Utah and offer a networking opportunity for all businesses in our region.”
Early registration is $30 by September 1, 2010 and will increase to $40 after September 1st. Registration closes September 27, 2010. To register, please contact Monica Nielson at 435.797.9610 or visit the Summit website at http://whatsgoindownupnorth.usu.edu.
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For further information you may contact:
Paul Larsen
Brigham City
435.734.6603
PLarsen@brighamcity.utah.gov
Brigham City Networking Group Begins
Brigham City: Meets each Wed, at 1 p.m. Bridgerland Applied Technology College, 325 West 1100 South Rm 400, Brigham City.
Don’t forget to let others know about this group. It’s a great way to network, help individuals/teams frame their ideas, create teams of people to then create businesses in the community and to hold each other accountable for what we’re doing…to keep each other going.
Mitch Zundel leads this brand new group and the number of entrepreneurs
attending is growing each week. The focus has been to get to know everyone and their needs well. We have a good strong nucleus of entrepreneurs to help each other launch and grow businesses.
ELP SOCIAL MEDIA LOCATIONS:
1) OUR WEBSITE is at www.entrepreneurlaunchpad.org. Please register, create your profile and begin to network with those who can help you and those you can offer to help. If you want to help on the website or have ideas on how we can better meet your needs, contact Michael Argust at argustcm@yahoo.com.
2) TWITTER – we want you to be our friend and tweet with us @elputah.
3) FACEBOOK FAN PAGE (Entrepreneur Launch Pad).
4) LINKEDIN GROUP – ENTREPRENEUR LAUNCH PAD. Join us!
Let’s get social, try them all out and spread the word!
Mitch Zundel
435-494-1717
May Classes
CBRC Workshop Schedule
Workshops are held in the BATC West Campus, 1410 North 1000 West, Logan. Check class schedule for room numbers. To register, call 213-8713 or email croberts@cachebrc.com
The QuickBooks Workshop 1st Wednesday of each month Room 1905; 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. This 2-hour overview will help you set up QuickBooks properly and avoid common transaction errors. QuickBooks classes are offered at both the Logan and Brigham City campuses. Visit
or call (866) 701-1100 for Logan Campus, and (800) 827-0614 for Brigham Campus.
May 5 Twitter & Blogging for Your Business-Overview and ways to use them to enhance your business.
Wednesday, May 5th, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Cache Business Resource Center (located in WEST Campus of Bridgerland Applied Technology College, 1410 North 1000 West), Room 1815, $10.00
May 6-27 (Tuesdays and Thursdays)
Business Plans & Tools Made Easy
6:30 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.
Room 1905, Cache Business Resource Center
Offered by the Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
Call SBDC to register and for costs. Scholarships are available.
May 26 “What Is My Brand?” Leaning to Identy What Your Brand Is and What You Want It be Be; 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.; Room 1901; Instructor, Michael Ruis of Brains Media
May 27 “Using SKYPE and Outsourcing Tools to Lower Your Costs and Increase Your Staffing Capabilities” 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m; Instructor, John Davidson (VP of Education at BATC)
SCORE Counseling Now Available in Box Elder County
The Business Resource Center, serving Box Elder, Cache, and Rich Counties will now offer SCORE counseling in Perry, Utah beginning this Wednesday, March 31st. Hours by appointment. Appointments may be made for the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays between 1-4 p.m. Call (435) 213-8713 to schedule yours.
Location: BRAG Offices; 2535 South Hwy 89, Perry, UT.
Blogging II Follow-up Class
March 23rd 6:30-8:30pm Room 1815 BATC West Campus. $10
“Blogging For Business”: Learn how to advertise your business through blogging. Learn how to create quality content, research keywords, add content from other sources and how to optimize your WordPress blog for findability by search engines and site visitors.
Learn content development strategies, keyword research and placement, blogging best practices to improve findability, WordPress optimization for findability.
Contact Cindy for more information 435-213-8713
e-Week to Be Held At Utah State University
e-Week
The Entrepreneur Club hosts e-Week annually at the end of the spring
semester. The purpose of e-Week is to interact with local businesses,
provide students with the opportunity to network with successful
entrepreneurs and host competitions and seminars that help students
develop entrepreneurial endeavors.
To offer products, services or donations to the e-Week
event, please contact the Director of e-Week:
Tyler Spurlock
(801)999-0288
tyspurlock@gmail.com
For more information on e-Club, e-Week or Utah State
University’s Entrepreneur Program, please visit
www.huntsman.usu.edu/entrepreneurclub/.
Cache Entrepreneurial Council (CEC)
Driving Growth in Uncertain Times
Presented by Kent Adler, CEO of TTM Technologies
When: Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Time: 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Where: Iron Gate Grill 155 Church Street, Logan, UTah * New Address
Cost: $10 by cash or check paid at the door
RSVP: As soon as possible, as seating is limited. Please contact Monica Neilson at 435-797-9610 or by email Monica.neilson@usu.edu
Kent Alder has previously served as VP of Tyco Printed Circuit Group Inc., President/CEO of Electrostar, Inc, and as President of Lundahl Astro Circuits Inc, a predecessor company to Electrostar. Kent holds BS degrees in both Finance and Accounting from Utah State University. Having gone through the IPO process twice, he understands the importance of a solid management team, motivated employees, and business systems that lead to superior customer satisfaction.
Come and hear the nationally know, experienced entrepreneur and network with other entrepreneurs and business professionals.
Blogging Follow-up Class
Mar 23 Blogging For Business II: Learn how to advertise your business through blogging. Learn how to create quality content, research keywords, add content from other sources and how to optimize your WordPress blog for findability by search engines and site visitors.
Learn content development strategies, keyword research and placement, blogging best practices to improve findability, WordPress optimization for findability
Service Depot Launches
The first Service Depot team to be launched out of the gate is the Logan Appliance Repair team. This group of local talent will work to develop and prove the concept upon which the business model is based.
This unique business model is based upon cooperation using some of the most technologically advanced repair work around. Service is done from a centralized database in real time. A system dubbed as Double Up Diagnosis insures correct diagnosis along with being a quality control measure. technicians are equipped with laptops and a mobile network that allows video conferencing with a lead technician in the office. Bobby Jensen, Chair of the Board, believes that this is a great way for technicians to avoid mistakes and work off of each other’s knowledge.
Customer care and service is important to this team. Technicians arrive in a sleek fuel efficient service truck loaded with parts. They arrive clean and spiffy and use measures to make sure that they keep your home or business that way. A follow up with clients and feedback form help to listen to customers’ needs and evaluate their experience with The Service Depot. This feedback also helps to build a measurement for individual technicians, allowing for them to compete for the honor of being the highest ranked on the “stats board” by their customers.
The Service Depot extends from southern Idaho to along the Wasatch Front. With the virtual system, technicians can work from anywhere. The cooperative relationships with manufacturers and competitors provides a win-win situation for all.
It will be fun to watch this new company spread its wings and talents, growing to be the mother-brand for hundreds of teams across the nation that work in a broad range of service industry fields, working with the same level of fantastic customer service. You’ll want to use this team that practices the art of repair.
(435) 753-4243
It’s Launch Time!
The Service Depot
Run your business more efficiently with the help of The Service Depot.
Join in the festivities this Friday, 1/1/01 from 7 p.m. – 10 p.m.
1034 West 1380 North, Logan, Utah
• Come meet and network with others while celebrating this innovative company.
• The Nacho Mountain will be provided by Costa Vida.
• Check out the technology inside the newest Service Vehicle.
• Drawings for great prizes!