Your Small Business Dream to Reality-What It Takes

New entrepreneurs will gain valuable insights into Small Business Fundamentals!  From validating your concept to planning your next steps, this course will take you through the myths, the realities and the adventure of becoming a successful business owner. 

This course is sponsored by SCORE, a nonprofit resource partner of the Small Business Administration.  Since 1964 nuturing small business in the tri-state area with low cost education & free mentoring. 

OUTLINE  

• Myths & Realities of Small Business ownership

• Critical Success Factors

• Options (Startup, Buy, Franchise, etc)

• Owner Characteristics & Duties

• Structure (Legal & Other Issues)

• Capital, Funding & Cash Management

• Self Assessment 

• Business Plan Why & How

• Practical, Helpful Handouts

• Next Steps

SPECIAL - All attendees will receive $10 off coupon for select, future events        (must attend to receive)

YOUR PRESENTERS: 

  Rick Johnston, Past SCORE Chairman

Rick Johnston joined Greater Cincinnati SCORE in 2005. Former Chapter Chair, Group Counseling Leader, and Chair of the Membership Recruiting committee and serves on the Chapter's Board of Directors. He has personally mentored hundred of small business entrepreneurs.

Prior to joining SCORE, Rick served in the U.S. Army, earned a B.S. in Engineering from U.C. and M.S. in Management from Vanderbilt. Rick has been a Product Manager for P&G as well as owner of a small manufacturing business. 

  Jim Stahly, Past SCORE Chairman

 Jim Stahly joined SCORE in 2009.  In addition to being  an experienced seminar presenter, he was the 2015 and  2016 Chapter Chair, is an active participant in the  Outreach and Marketing committees and is a member of  the chapter’s Board of Directors. 

 Prior to joining SCORE, Jim worked for 35 years in  healthcare distribution, the last 20 years as a president,  chief operations officer, or senior vice president with full  operational and profit-and-loss responsibility. Companies or divisions he was responsible for ranged in size from startups to more than $2.5 billion in annual revenue. He left corporate America in 2005, but still works as an industry consultant and SCORE volunteer.