RIEDC Launches Small Business Survival Series
November 25, 2008 | Print this page | Share This |
Every Company Counts, RIEDC’s small business initiative, to host a series of educational workshops for Rhode Island’s small business community
The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation (RIEDC) announced it will a host series of five seminars in December designed to help Rhode Island’s small businesses survive and thrive in tough economic times — RIEDC’s Small Business Survival Series. The workshops will be held at the RIEDC’s Providence offices located at 555 Valley St., Providence and are free to the public.
“Rhode Island’s small business community is the heart of Rhode Island’s economy,” says Saul Kaplan, executive director of the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation. “Small businesses create new jobs and bring dynamic ideas, innovative services and new products to the marketplace. But the community is struggling to thrive in these tough economic times. Making sure that our small businesses have the resources they need to succeed, such as the Small Business Survival Series, is one of the most important things we can do to promote economic growth for the small business community.”
The Small Business Survival Series will increase RIEDC’s outreach with small businesses and provide them with resources to help them survive and thrive through tough economic times.
Each workshop begins at 9 a.m. at the RIEDC’s Providence offices. They are:
- “Nurture Marketing” with David Nash on Wednesday, December 3. Nash will detail the process of turning strangers into friends, friends into customers and customers into an effective sales force.
- “Charting a Winning Course for Your Business: Developing a Strategic Plan that Works,” with Karen Profitt on Thursday, December 4. In this workshop, Profitt, president of Pinnacle Performance, will help small businesses create a strategic plan for greater sustained results.
- “Cash Flow Management,” with Jeffrey Deckman, president of Capability Accelerators. Deckman will host a workshop focusing on dealing with and anticipating cash flow challenges on Wednesday, December 10.
- “Patent and Trademark Workshop” with Dan Holmander, Esq. and Maureen Ewing, the director of the Secretary of State’s Corporations Division. Holmander and Ewimg will introduce small businesses to patents and trademarks on Thursday, December 11.
- “Business Entity Formation” with Elizabeth Tanner, Esq. Tanner will review legal options in forming small business on Wednesday, December 17.
Each seminar is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Please RSVP to Elizabeth Perry at 401-278-9154 or . For more information on these free workshops and other educational events for small businesses, visit www.everycompanycounts.com
