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August 2026
Webinar – Business Risks and A Case Study on Vertical Integration
Vertical integration is a business strategy in which a company expands its control over multiple stages of its supply chain rather than relying entirely on outside suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, or retailers. By owning or controlling more of the production and delivery process, businesses can improve efficiency, reduce costs, strengthen quality control, and increase profitability. Come and learn how vertical integration can positively impact your business. Instructor: Michael Letson REGISTER NOW
Find out more »Webinar – From Idea to Impact: Validate Your Business Model
“From Idea to Impact: Validate Your Business Model” is a practical webinar designed to help entrepreneurs and business owners determine whether their business idea or current business model can succeed in today’s changing market. Learn how to evaluate customer demand, test key assumptions, identify gaps, and make smarter decisions before investing more time and money. Turn uncertainty into insight—and your idea into a business model built for impact and growth. Instructor: Connie Sparks REGISTER NOW
Find out more »Webinar – Stop Guessing: How AI Tells You Exactly What to Restock (and When)
Stockouts lose sales and overstock ties up cash you need elsewhere, and most small merchants are still reordering by gut feel. Learn how AI forecasting tools read your sales history and flag what to reorder, when, and how much, before you're caught short heading into your busiest season. Instructor: Ramin Ramhormozi REGISTER NOW
Find out more »Webinar – Can I Protect That Brand Name, Slogan, or Logo? Trademark Basics
Presenter: Erica Bristol This webinar will provide small business owners with information on why a “trademark” is a valuable asset for a company to own; how “trademarks” help customers identify goods and services; how to select, use and protect a “trademark”; the importance of doing “search and clearance” activities prior to adoption and use; state and federal trademark “registration”; and how to avoid violating the trademark rights of others. REGISTER NOW
Find out more »Webinar – Veterans, Military and Spouses Series – 1:00 – 3:15 pm including a 15 minute break
Instructor: Gerald Anderson Webinar - Veterans, Military and Spouses Series: How to Start a Small Business 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Learn to start, run and grow your business. This workshop covers critical topics such as business development, market research, business entities and so much more. Don’t waste another minute, join us in learning how to bring your entrepreneurial idea life. Break 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Webinar - Veterans, Military and Spouses Series: Finding Funding 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM…
Find out more »Webinar – 101 QUICKBOOKS ONLINE – Spanish
Esta sesión introductoria es dinámica y tiene una duración de 1,5 horas, diseñada específicamente para no financieros que desean obtener una visión general clara y práctica de QuickBooks Online. Los participantes aprenderán a navegar por el panel de control, configurar cuentas básicas, revisar el plan de cuentas, crear facturas, registrar gastos e integrar transacciones bancarias. La sesión también aborda la comprensión de los informes clave. Se hará hincapié en las aplicaciones prácticas y las mejores prácticas, lo que permitirá a…
Find out more »Webinar – Quality Process Improvements and Foreign Object Debris Damage Prevention
Are you a business operating in the Aerospace Industry as a supplier or manufacturer? Foreign Object Debris Damage (FOD) prevention is a potential area for process improvements with related cost savings. Come and learn more about actions you can initiate to help minimize risks and position your business to be proactive on a daily basis. NAS412-2023 provides the standard, but specific situations vary by business. Instructor: Michael Letson REGISTER NOW
Find out more »Webinar – Set It and Sell It: Inside Shopify’s New AI-Powered Marketing Autopilot
Shopify quietly built a marketing team into your admin: Campaign Autopilot runs AI-driven campaigns across Shop, ChatGPT, Pinterest, and Microsoft ads from one setup, Shopify Messaging now handles SMS and WhatsApp with smart send-time delivery, and Shopify Collabs makes finding creators easier. Learn what these native tools actually do, what's still worth a third-party app, and how to turn them on without breaking what's already working. Instructor: Ramin Ramhormozi REGISTER NOW
Find out more »Webinar – Google Guidelines for Websites
Stop wondering why your website isn't hitting page one and start looking under the hood! Join SBDC Digital Marketing Consultant Darren Elliott for an eye-opening, free webinar on Google’s Guidelines for Websites. Darren pulls back the curtain on the technical "scorecard" Google uses to rank you—and will show you ethical ways on how you can ace pass with high marks! Claim your spot to this free webinar! Instructor: Darren Elliott REGISTER NOW
Find out more »Webinar – Harmful “Black Hat” SEO Tactics
Is your SEO strategy a ticking time bomb? Join SBDC Digital Marketing Consultant Darren Elliott for a revealing free webinar on Harmful “Black Hat” SEO Tactics. In the race to the top of Google, many businesses unknowingly use shortcuts that can lead to their website being "blacklisted" or permanently removed from search results. Learn how to spot these dangerous traps and protect your digital investment. Claim your spot to this free webinar! Instructor: Darren Elliott REGISTER NOW
Find out more »Webinar – From Idea to Impact: Validate Your Business Model
“From Idea to Impact: Validate Your Business Model” is a practical webinar designed to help entrepreneurs and business owners determine whether their business idea or current business model can succeed in today’s changing market. Learn how to evaluate customer demand, test key assumptions, identify gaps, and make smarter decisions before investing more time and money. Turn uncertainty into insight—and your idea into a business model built for impact and growth. Instructor: Connie Sparks REGISTER NOW
Find out more »Webinar – Protecting the Company’s “Secret Sauce”: Trade Secret Basics
This webinar will teach small business owners how to protect the company’s inventions, ideas and secrets. Attendees will learn the basics of trade secret law; the kinds of information that can be protected as a trade secret; confidentiality requirements; ownership issues; how to avoid losing trade secret protection; and how to avoid violating the trade secret rights of others. Instructor: Erica Bristol REGISTER NOW
Find out more »Webinar – 101 QUICKBOOKS ONLINE
101 Accounting using QUICKBOOKS ONLINE This introductory session is fast-paced and lasts 1.5 hours, tailored specifically for non-finance people who want a clear and practical overview of QuickBooks Online. Participants will learn to navigate the dashboard, set up basic accounts, review the chart of accounts, create invoices, track expenses, and incorporate bank transactions. The session also covers understanding key reports. Emphasis will be placed on real-world applications and best practices, empowering participants to confidently manage their financial data using QuickBooks…
Find out more »Webinar – Your Store Is Losing Money on Mobile: The Phone-First Fixes You’re Missing
Most of your traffic is on a phone, and most stores still check out like it's 2015. Learn how to find the exact spots where mobile shoppers bail, and fix checkout speed, navigation, and one-tap payment options so you stop losing sales to friction alone. Instructor: Ramin Ramhormozi REGISTER NOW
Find out more »September 2026
Webinar – Inventory Management Methods to Help Increase Profitability
When most business owners think about increasing profit, they think about increasing sales, raising prices, reducing payroll, or negotiating better supplier pricing. But there is another major lever: getting smarter about the inventory you already buy, store, and sell. Inventory can generate profit—but inventory can also consume cash, take up valuable space, become obsolete, get damaged, expire, or sit on a shelf while you continue paying bills. Instructor: Michael Letson REGISTER NOW
Find out more »Webinar – Lights, Camera, Ranking the Video SEO Breakthrough – Part 1
Stop uploading your videos to a "digital graveyard"! Join SBDC Digital Marketing Consultant Darren Elliott for this Two-Part free webinar on Video SEO strategies for maximum visibility. If you aren’t optimizing your video content, you’re missing out on a massive stream of traffic from both YouTube and Google Search. Learn the "how" and "where" to ensure your videos reach the people you’re trying to serve. Claim your spot to this free webinar! Instructor: Darren Elliott REGISTER NOW
Find out more »Webinar – Protecting the Company’s Content and Other Creative Works: Copyright Basics
This webinar will teach small business owners how to protect legal rights in content and other creative materials such as photographs, software, music, videos, website content, educational courses, books, and other publications. Attendees will learn the basics of copyright law; requirements for copyright protection; determining and transferring ownership; the benefits of copyright “registration”; “works made for hire” and important considerations for works created by employees and independent contractors; and how to avoid copyright infringement. Instructor: Erica Bristol REGISTER NOW
Find out more »Webinar – 101 WAVE – Spanish
Contabilidad 101 usando WAVE Este seminario web está dirigido a participantes sin experiencia en finanzas que buscan una introducción clara y práctica a WAVE y a los conceptos contables esenciales. Partiendo de nuestra sesión introductoria, le guiaremos en el uso y la configuración de la plataforma. Explicaremos las principales opciones del menú y utilizaremos ejemplos sencillos y prácticos para mostrar actividades comerciales cotidianas, como la facturación, las compras, la importación de datos y la conciliación de transacciones bancarias. Durante toda…
Find out more »Webinar – Business Model #1
Come ready to work on your business in this two-part training. Business planning is a tool to help your business! It’s an opportunity to create a road map and tell the story of the business with a focus on key elements. Highlighted Topics: Creating a Business Plan Goal Development Business Development Marketing Plans Advertising Strategies Financials - Overview Instructor: Connie Sparks REGISTER NOW
Find out more »Introduction to Entrepreneurship
Some are entrepreneurs or naturally entrepreneurial. This is an opportunity to explore the “entrepreneur in you”. The featured one-hour session will highlight entrepreneurship as an option to generate income and cash flow, and provide steps to start a formal business. Participants will also be introduced to resources to help take the next step in starting or growing your business, or transitioning from current activity into a formal business including the areas below: • Learn the Steps from Business Idea to…
Find out more »Webinar – Small Claims Court, Mediation, and Arbitration: Alternatives to Expensive Lawsuits
Legal disputes are usually resolved through state and federal litigation, which can be expensive, time consuming and require representation by an attorney. This webinar will provide small business owners with efficient, cost effective alternative dispute resolution (ADR) methods such as small claims court, mediation, and arbitration; drafting ADR clauses in contracts, pros and cons of ADR, and state and federal ADR laws to be aware of. Instructor: Erica Bristol REGISTER NOW
Find out more »Webinar – Equipment – Is my equipment decreasing profitability?
Businesses use a variety of equipment often without thinking about the day to day little things. Instead of asking, “Is my equipment old?” move towards, “Is this equipment helping me make money, or quietly costing me money?”. This webinar should help business owners identify whether their equipment is reducing profitability and give them a practical framework for deciding when to repair, replace, upgrade, or simply change how they use it. Instructor: Michael Letson REGISTER NOW
Find out more »Webinar – Fundamentals of Food Businesses
Fundamentals of Food Businesses gives an overview on the various food business models. From Cottage Food Law (which allows preparing approved foods at home) to full-service restaurants and everything in between. This webinar will allow attendees to explore their ideas and think about different business models for their food business dream, and show steps to each with easily explained phases. Presented by Kevin McVearry, Business Advisor with the SBDC since 2012, with over 30 years of experience opening and operating…
Find out more »Webinar – Lights, Camera, Ranking the Video SEO Breakthrough – Part 2
Ready to learn more on how to turn your videos into a high-performance traffic engine? Join SBDC Digital Marketing Consultant Darren Elliott for the deep-dive conclusion in Part Two of his Video SEO Masterclass. Now that you know why video matters, Darren will be showing you exactly how and where to optimize your videos for maximum visibility. Claim your spot to this free webinar! Instructor: Darren Elliott REGISTER NOW
Find out more »ebinar – 101 WAVE Accounting
101 Accounting using WAVE This webinar is intended for participants who do not have a financial background but are seeking a clear and practical introduction to WAVE and essential accounting concepts. Building on our introductory session, we will guide you through navigating and configuring the platform. We will explain the main menu options and use simple, real-world examples to demonstrate everyday business activities such as invoicing, purchasing, importing data, and reconciling bank transactions. Throughout the session, we will focus on…
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