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These Workshops are for anyone who is thinking of “starting a new business”, purchasing an existing business, or expanding a business.
Find out if you are really ready to own your own business and be your “own boss”. Everyone has the dream but few succeed. Learn how you can be a winner.
A detailed description of the workshops is shown below the calendar and the bio of each of the presenters is shown below the descriptions.
Most of our workshops are FREE, but some have a small $39 fee for registration. Workshops which require advance registration or have a registration fee are so noted on the Calendar.
Register and pay in advance and SAVE!
$29 paid in advance, $39 paid at the door
You can also send a check for pre-registration to:
SCORE Memphis
5100 Poplar Ave.,
Suite 1701
Memphis, TN 38137
Building a Website Presence
Topics will include Connecting with Your Customer, The Importance of Having a Good Looking Website and Making it Easy to Navigate, Tools to Market Your Site, Understanding Search Engines, and much more.
Growing an Existing Business
This workshop is for people already in business who want to grow it to the next level, perhaps hire more employees and make more sales. Doing this without risking what you have ready built is the theme of this workshop. Growing too rapidly can destroy a business by crunching the cash flow. Learn how to keep the cash flowing while growing profitably.
Pre-Business Planning Workshop
This workshop is for people who are considering starting a business. It addresses the questions a budding business person should ask before deciding to open a business. If you are considering starting a business, this is the First Step you should take.
Your Image Is Showing
Image creates the brand your business projects to the potential customer or client. What draws your attention when you enter a business or office? Everything from the way your phones are answered, to your color choices and the look and feel of your printed materials play a part in your success. What is your image rating on a ten-point scale? This interactive session will address these areas and more.
Commercial Leasing Basics for Small Businesses
Modern leases are can be complicated. The lease is technically a conveyance of a leasehold estate to the tenant, but with a business and contract overlay. A simple occupancy agreement has become, in some instances, a complex economic and business relationship defined by the terms of the lease. This workshop will address the special vocabulary of commercial leases. It will help you understand your lease and give you practical ideas for negotiating your lease. The focus will be on office leases and on retail leases because they are the most common forms of commercial leases.
So You Want to Open a Restaurant...ARE YOU CRAZY?
It is often reported that 9 out of 10 restaurants will fail in their first year of operation. If this is true, then why would anyone in their right mind want to open a restaurant? This workshop, presented by former restaurant owner and SCORE counselor Vernon Tabor, will separate fact from myth and give you useful tips and insights on how insure success if you are inclined to be so bold as to want to open your own restaurant.
Topics Covered: The Real Facts, Restaurant industry Overview, What you need to know: The Basics, Go For It!
Susan Bowen Lane
Ms. Lane founded Memphis-based Champion Awards, Inc. and served 31 years until 2001 as its Chairman of the Board. Champion Awards is a leader in the corporate apparel, awards, promotional products and custom screen printing businesses. It was included in Inc. Magazine’s 500 Fastest Growing Companies in the U.S. from 1984 to 1988. During that same 31 years, she served on the Boards of the Memphis Chamber of Commerce, Memphis Partners, the Mid-South Minority Purchasing Council, Leadership Memphis, Christian Brothers University, the Memphis Symphony and others. Ms Lane studied at both the University of Memphis and Rhodes College (Memphis).
Hal Kravig CPM
Experienced engineer and manager of manufacturing and distribution operations in semi-conductors, medical and consumer electronics, plastic molding and financial services and international clearance operations. Project management experience in construction projects and information technology systems. Owned a business (Pro Sports Promotions, Inc.) for promotions with the USFL & NFL. CPM and officer of two NYSE listed companies.
Janet Cherry
Dr. Cherry is an outstanding teacher and communicator. She is currently employed as an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Management at the University of Memphis. In addition, she is the principal in Connections, a Communication and Training consultancy business. She has also held professional positions in both the profit and not for profit sectors. Janet is a regular presenter at the quarterly SCORE small business seminars where she reviews the basics of writing a business plan and how it provides a blueprint for guidance in all aspects of a business.
Michelle Bernstein
Michelle Bernstein is a partner in the Memphis office of Wyatt, Tarrant and Combs, LLP. She has been practicing in Memphis for over 20 years with an emphasis in commercial law. Presently, she is chariman of the firm's Shopping Center Practice Group, representing landlords and tenants in commercial lease transactions. Ms. Bernstein also represents small businesses in the various phases of their legal life cycle -- business planning, business entities (proprietorships, partnerships, corporations and limited liability companies), purchases and sales of businesses, and all types of business transactions.
Vernon Tabor
Mr. Tabor has been a SCORE management counselor for over 5 years. His clients have included several that have gone on to become successful restaurant owners. His personal experience in small business ownership includes having owned and operated his own restaurant, Frullati Cafe and Bakery in the Wolfchase Mall. In only his second year of operation he received the company's Presidents Award for outstanding restaurant management. In his third year he was elected president of the Franchise Advisory Board. Mr. Tabor has a bachelor's degree in Hospitality Business from Michigan State University and a masters degree in Human Resources Administration from Central Michigan University.
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