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Look Before You Lease

Do you plan to sign a lease without doing some research? Not a good idea. A common question at the SBDC: I signed a lease, but I need to get out of the lease. Can you help me? The lease is a binding legal document. So, we implore the new business owner, “Look Before You Lease!” People tend to act on impulse, but YOU are a savvy business owner. This workshop may be your ticket to finding the right location for YOUR business.

Learn about the tools available to determine the most appropriate location for the needs of the business, as well as the commercial and legal issues a business owner faces in leasing commercial property. Hear from two commercial brokers, a business-real estate attorney, a retail specialist and a zoning expert.

You won’t want to miss this informative workshop:

Thurs., Aug. 29th, 9AM – 12PM for just $25/person

Pre-register here to receive updates and reminders

Fee-based workshops are payable in advance via PayPal; see your registration confirmation for the link.
If paying at the door, bring exact cash or check payable to the SBDC host “City of Aurora”.

Construction Estimating & Bidding NEW DATE

Resources / By saraeknudsen

Construction Estimating & Bidding

Have you been submitting quotes for construction projects but not

getting the work? Do you need help figuring out the right cost for

your bids? Do you want to start winning more subcontracts?

If so, this workshop is a great opportunity to improve your

estimating skills. It will help you refine your estimating process

and create more accurate bids for construction jobs.

The workshop will cover: Estimating set up, details and software | Errors to avoid |

| Bidding | Bid follow up

Suggested Audience: Construction subcontractors, DBE certified firms, contractors interested in working on CDOT and other government construction projects, and any staff responsible for estimating construction jobs.
Thursday, May 30th | 1PM – 3PM | $15 |

Location: Aurora Municipal Center | Register here…

The instructor: Bob Smith has 23 years of construction management

experience, and 10 years as consultant to subcontractors with SBDC.

Bob is the owner of Eaton Cole Construction services and is currently

performing construction management services.
For a list of other upcoming Government Contracting Workshops, click here.

9 Examples of Re-Purposing Value Content

Business Tips / By SBDCadmin

If you’ve attended one of my marketing seminars, one of the tactics that I suggest is re-purposing useful information to your target market would like.

The linked article By Ryan Bozeman really hits the nail on the head. Thanks Ryan!

About Ryan Bozeman
Ryan Bozeman is a copywriter and content strategist who specializes in working with marketing and SaaS companies. You can connect with him atwww.BozeContent.com or on Twitter at @RyanBozeman.

Tips and Tricks for Patent Searching

Business Tips / By saraeknudsen

IP for Beginners Series – Tips and Tricks for Patent Searching

Fri, March 23rd, 10AM – 12PM
Rocky Mountain U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
1961 Stout St. | 2nd floor | Denver 80294

This program on Intellectual Property will focus on the benefits of searching, working with the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) system, keyword searching vs. CPC searching, the seven-step search process, and building a search strategy using keywords.

If you have any questions, please contact us at the Rocky Mountain Regional Office or call (303) 297-4600.

A fun interview at Stanford

Business Tips / By saraeknudsen

A fun interview at Stanford about some old things and new ones.

Innovators podcast @ Stanford

A fun interview at Stanford about some old things and new ones.
https://soundcloud.com/innovatorsradio/s1e5-steve-blank-lean-startup
Founders
2:15: Founders and dysfunctional families
3:55: Operating in chaos
7:18: Mentorship is a two-way street
11:50: Founders are artists
14:03: Failure=experience
17:27: Rules for raising a family if you’re a founder
Startups
19:25: Startups are not smaller versions of large companies
22:03: How I-Corps and H4X were born
26:25: Your idea is not a company
31:19: Why the old way of building startups no longer works
32:53: Origin of the Lean Startup
34:24 Why the Lean Startup Changes Everything in the Harvard Business Review
35:28: How innovation happens
Company/Government Innovation
41:37: Innovation is different in companies and gov’t agencies
42:35 The Innovation Pipeline
43:30 Deliverable products and services not activities
44:25 GE & Procter and Gamble and Lean
46:44: Startups disrupting things by breaking the law
Government Innovation
51:12: Fighting continuous disruption with continuous innovation
52:08: How governments innovate
53:58: The U.S. government goes Lean
56:00: Customer Development versus Design Thinking
57:54: Innovation from the battlefield to the boardroom

A fun interview at Stanford about some old things and new ones.

https://soundcloud.com/innovatorsradio/s1e5-steve-blank-lean-startup

Founders

2:15: Founders and dysfunctional families

3:55: Operating in chaos

7:18: Mentorship is a two-way street

11:50: Founders are artists

14:03: Failure=experience

17:27: Rules for raising a family if you’re a founder

Startups

19:25: Startups are not smaller versions of large companies

22:03: How I-Corps and H4X were born

26:25: Your idea is not a company

31:19: Why the old way of building startups no longer works

32:53: Origin of the Lean Startup

34:24 Why the Lean Startup Changes Everything in the Harvard Business Review

35:28: How innovation happens

Company/Government Innovation

41:37: Innovation is different in companies and gov’t agencies

42:35 The Innovation Pipeline

43:30 Deliverable products and services not activities

44:25 GE & Procter and Gamble and Lean

46:44: Startups disrupting things by breaking the law

Government Innovation

51:12: Fighting continuous disruption with continuous innovation

52:08: How governments innovate

53:58: The U.S. government goes Lean

56:00: Customer Development versus Design Thinking

57:54: Innovation from the battlefield to the boardroom

A fun interview at Stanford about some old things and new ones.

https://soundcloud.com/innovatorsradio/s1e5-steve-blank-lean-startup

Founders

2:15: Founders and dysfunctional families

3:55: Operating in chaos

7:18: Mentorship is a two-way street

11:50: Founders are artists

14:03: Failure=experience

17:27: Rules for raising a family if you’re a founder

Startups

19:25: Startups are not smaller versions of large companies

22:03: How I-Corps and H4X were born

26:25: Your idea is not a company

31:19: Why the old way of building startups no longer works

32:53: Origin of the Lean Startup

34:24 Why the Lean Startup Changes Everything in the Harvard Business Review

35:28: How innovation happens

Company/Government Innovation

41:37: Innovation is different in companies and gov’t agencies

42:35 The Innovation Pipeline

43:30 Deliverable products and services not activities

44:25 GE & Procter and Gamble and Lean

46:44: Startups disrupting things by breaking the law

Government Innovation

51:12: Fighting continuous disruption with continuous innovation

52:08: How governments innovate

53:58: The U.S. government goes Lean

56:00: Customer Development versus Design Thinking

57:54: Innovation from the battlefield to the boardroom

A fun interview at Stanford about some old things and new ones.

https://soundcloud.com/innovatorsradio/s1e5-steve-blank-lean-startup

Founders

2:15: Founders and dysfunctional families

3:55: Operating in chaos

7:18: Mentorship is a two-way street

11:50: Founders are artists

14:03: Failure=experience

17:27: Rules for raising a family if you’re a founder

Startups

19:25: Startups are not smaller versions of large companies

22:03: How I-Corps and H4X were born

26:25: Your idea is not a company

31:19: Why the old way of building startups no longer works

32:53: Origin of the Lean Startup

34:24 Why the Lean Startup Changes Everything in the Harvard Business Review

35:28: How innovation happens

Company/Government Innovation

41:37: Innovation is different in companies and gov’t agencies

42:35 The Innovation Pipeline

43:30 Deliverable products and services not activities

44:25 GE & Procter and Gamble and Lean

46:44: Startups disrupting things by breaking the law

Government Innovation

51:12: Fighting continuous disruption with continuous innovation

52:08: How governments innovate

53:58: The U.S. government goes Lean

56:00: Customer Development versus Design Thinking

57:54: Innovation from the battlefield to the boardroom