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Meet Your Small Business Resource Partners

Douglas County is host to the Small Business Resource & Lenders Fair in conjunction with the Aurora-South Metro Small Business Development Center (SBDC). Hear from the Small Business Administration, the Office of Economic Development and International Trade and small business lenders.

Representatives from the following nonprofit and government organizations will get you up-to-date on all the helpful resources each is offering to support small businesses:

Information Booths

• U.S. Small Business Administration • SCORE

• Office of Economic Development and International Trade

• U.S. Commercial Service | International Trade Administration

• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

• Office of the District Attorney 18th Judicial District

• Minority Business Office of Colorado • Arapahoe/Douglas Works!

• Connect2DOT • Douglas County Libraries

• Colorado PTAC • Parker Area Chamber

• Manufacturer’s EDGE • Better Business Bureau

• Mi Casa Resource Center • Aurora-South Metro SBDC

Meet the Lenders

• Colorado Enterprise Fund • Colorado Lending Source

• DreamSpring • Preferred Lending Partners

• Rocky Mountain Micro-Finance Institute

Friday, October 11, 2019

10AM – 12PM

Parker Library

20105 E. Mainstreet | Parker, CO 80138 | @ Pine Drive

FREE – Just let us know you’re coming: REGISTER HERE

Free parking

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about business resources designed to help YOUR small business succeed!

SBIR Road Tour

Solutions / By saraeknudsen

Seeding America’s Future Innovations (TM)
Friday, August 16th, 7:15 AM – 3:45 PM

Attention: Small Technology Firms, Technology Entrepreneurs, Innovators, Researchers
The SBA SBIR Road Tour is coming to Colorado for the first time this year, and is stopping in Boulder.

The SBIR Road Tour is a national outreach to provide technology funding opportunity through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. Together these programs represent $2.5 billion in early-stage funding.

This is an exciting opportunity for attendees to gain an in-depth understanding of agency technology funding priorities, listen in on engaging panel sessions, meet one-on-one with program managers from 25 federal agencies and connect with local assistance; e.g., DHS, DOE, NASA,NIH, NOAA, USDA, USPTO and more.

Click here for agenda highlights, location, contact information and registration ($69/person): http://bit.ly/2SDFLct.

Small Business Resource & Lenders Fair

Events, Resources / By saraeknudsen

Did you miss the March Resource Expo? No worries, Arapahoe Libraries is host to the Aurora-South Metro SBDC’s Small Business Resource & Lenders Fair on Saturday, May 4th, 10AM – 12PM, at Smoky Hill Library in Centennial.

There is a wealth of business resources at your fingertips. Learn about many nonprofit government and lending resources at the upcoming at this FREE event to learn about helpful local government and funding resources available to start or expand your business. This is a ‘kick off’ to National #SmallBusinessWeek.

Join other entrepreneurs and visit over a dozen business resource partners who will each give a short introduction to their services. There will be speakers from the SBA Colorado District Office, and several other state and local agencies. Nonprofit lenders will be on hand to discuss their funding programs with attendees. Marcia McGilley, Executive Director of the Aurora-South Metro SBDC, will emcee the event, and there will be a brief presentation about Arapahoe Libraries’ business resources and from a local small business owner who has received benefit from these same resources. The fair is a free event; just let us know you’re coming.

Register here…

Last Chance to Sign Up for LEADING EDGE

Events / By saraeknudsen

The Aurora-South Metro SBDC is offering the LEADING EDGE Strategic Planning Series to help entrepreneurs write a business plan. This premier business planning program begins April 5th and will be held every other Friday from 9AM to 4PM, April through May, at the Englewood Civic Center. It is a hands-on program that includes guest speakers, a business planning book and five hours one-on-one consulting. The SBDC is offering a reduced rate of just $295. Interested entrepreneurs may register here.

This program will help the entrepreneur take a close look at feasibility, understand the value of knowing who the business customers really are, complete a competitive analysis, draft realistic financial projections and help complete the business plan.

Benefits of the workshop:

• Exchange ideas with other entrepreneurs
• Receive feedback from class participants
• Engage with the instructor one-on-one
• Hear from industry–specific professionals
• Motivate the entrepreneurs in the classroom toward success
• Create a fully-realized business plan for the business

Download the syllabus here (see page 2).

Dates: April 5, 19, May 3, 17 & 31, 2019 | 9AM – 4PM | Englewood Civic Center
Questions? Call (303) 326-8686 or learn more and register here…

Englewood Small Business Resource & Lenders Expo

Events / By saraeknudsen

The City of Englewood is hosting the third annual Business Resource and Lenders Expo in conjunction with the Aurora-South Metro SBDC. Hear from the Englewood Community and Economic Development Office, the Small Business Administration Colorado District Office, and the Colorado SBDC Network. Representatives from the following organizations will be present to keep you informed about all the helpful resources available to small businesses:

Information Booths:
U.S. Small Business Administration and SCORE, Colorado SBDC Network, Minority Business Office, Aurora-South Metro SBDC, Greater Englewood Chamber, City of Englewood, Englewood Public Library, Arapahoe/Douglas Works! Arapahoe Libraries, Colorado PTAC; Connect2DOT, Mi Casa Resource Center, Manufacturer’s EDGE, Better Business Bureau, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Lenders:
Accion, CHFA, Colorado Enterprise Fund, Colorado Lending Source, CEDS Finance, Preferred Lending Partners, Rocky Mountain Micro-Finance Institute (RMMFI)

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about business resources designed to help YOUR small business succeed!

Free! Light refreshments will be served. Register here…
Free parking is available in the parking garage attached to the Englewood Civic Center, both on the lower and upper levels.