Five characteristics used by lenders to gauge the creditworthiness of potential borrowers.
Wednesday, April 25th, 12PM – 1PM, FREE | Lunch included.
Aurora Municipal Center | 15151 E. Alameda Pkwy. | Aurora 80012 | 2nd floor ASPEN conference room
Your Capability Statement for Government Contracts
Friday, April 20, 2018, 1:00 – 3:00 PM, FREE
Why It’s Important to Have A Capability Statement and What is the Purpose of a Capability Statement?
Due to the heightened competitive market place in the construction/transportation industry, Capability Statements are no longer common in the public sector procurement and are not exclusive to government contracting. They are now effective in the private sector. In order to be competitive and stay successful in your markets, a capability statement is a critical tool no matter what size company you represent.
o Introduction
o Preparation and Planning
o Basic Capability Statement
o Writing for Your Audience
Look Before You Lease — Explores the commercial and legal issues a business owner faces in leasing commercial property.
Thursday, April 12th | 9AM – 12PM | $10/person
Location: Aurora Municipal Center, 2nd floor ASPEN conference room
Before you sign that business lease, learn about: code requirements, using a tenant broker; understanding the relationship between the broker, lessee and lessor; lease terms, letter of intent, exclusivity, triple net leases, and common area maintenance; sections of the lease that bind the landlord and tenant; presentations by a business attorney, a leasing expert and a city planner.
$10/person – Please pre-register; payment link to PayPal will be in the confirmation email, or, pay at the door via check or exact cash. Pre-register here…
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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.
Refresh Your Entrepreneurial Spirit with Ice House!
Feel stuck in your current business strategies?
Have an idea for a business but are procrastinating to launch?
Want to bring an entrepreneurial mindset to your current job?
Most people have innate entrepreneurial tendencies. We want to be problem solvers.
We want to provide value for other people. And, in an ideal world, we want to get paid to do those things!
Colorado Lending Source’s Ice House Entrepreneur Development
This program can help you learn how to overcome your fears, build community, create a personal brand,
become a life-long learner, develop grit, tap into internal motivation, define personal and professional goals,
and truly understand the problems your business is solving for others!
Program Cost: $400 (Early bird pricing available.)
Date: Tuesdays, March 6th – May 8th
Time: 5:45 -7:45 PM
Location: Colorado Lending Source | 1441 18th St. | Denver, CO 80202
Register for the following information sessions where you will have the opportunity to meet the facilitator and see if this program is a good fit for you…
Info Session #1: February 13th at 5:30 pm @ Colorado Lending Source
Info Session #2: February 20th, 5:30 PM @ The Commons on Champa
Info Session #3: February 27th at 5:30pm @ Colorado Lending Source
Aurora Host Office
By appointment only
City of Aurora
Aurora Municipal Center
15151 E. Alameda Pkwy., #2300
Aurora, CO 80012
303-326-8686
info@aurora-southmetrosbdc.com
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Llame al 303-326-8808
Clases e Información en Español
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South Metro Satellite Offices
By appointment only
Arapahoe Community College
Sturm Collaboration Campus, Castle Rock
(2nd and 4th Wednesdays, by appointment)
City of Englewood | Englewood Civic Center
303-326-8686
info@aurora-southmetrosbdc.com
The Colorado Small Business Development Center Network (SBDC) is funded through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). The SBDC Network is a partnership between the State of Colorado, Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, the Small Business Administration (SBA), Colorado’s institutions of higher education, local economic development organizations and local chambers of commerce.
