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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.
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
A detailed description of the workshops is shown below the calendar and the bio of each of the presenters is shown below the descriptions.
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E-Commerce for Small Business
This seminar will show the participants how to get started in expanding their businesses through Electronic Commerce. All the basic steps to becoming E-Commerce enabled and accessing the global marketplace will be covered. These topics will include getting an Internet merchant bank account, obtaining a digital certificate, web hosting, finding a provider of online transactions, obtaining shopping cart software, and marketing your web site. Consumers have overcome their initial doubts about Internet shopping. This seminar is designed to demystify the process for small business owners and allow them to take advantage of this growing marketplace.
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.
Barry Reifler
Mr. Reifler's business career spans twenty-three years as a senior finance executive. He began his career as a CPA with the international accounting firm of Deloitte Touche. He then served as the Chief Financial Officer of several companies in various industries ranging from start-ups to large multinational corporations. In addition to his other duties, he was responsible for the information systems needs of those companies. He is now retired and serves his community as a SCORE Counselor.
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).
Vernon Tabor
Mr. Tabor is a former business owner who developed a very successful business and has helped many others learn about business management and how to operate a business successfully. He has an extensive background in both the public and private sectors including 22 years of active military service in both the USMC and the USAF. He worked over 10 years in corporate human resources, most recently as Director of Human Resources for Christian Brothers University. His education includes a bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University and masters from Central Michigan University. He is now retired and serves his community as a SCORE Counselor.
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.
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