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Upcoming Events - Mark Your Calendar!!

Seattle - WNET Give Your Elevator Speech a Lift! (back by popular demand) - Friday, May 16 - You have 10 seconds to generate compelling interest in your business; do you know what to say?  Learn how to determine your listener's need and interest, making your elevator speech one of your most compelling - and time-efficient - marketing tools for generating new business.  More information...

Tacoma - Female Forces in Construction - June 13 or October 17 - William Factory Business Incubator, 1423 East 29th Street Third Floor—View Room, Tacoma.  Three, one-day informational seminars designed to give women in construction practical tips and additional tools that can help boost their competitiveness and success in a traditionally male-dominated industry.  More information...

Biz Fair 2008 (aka Washington Small Business Fair) - Saturday, September 6, 2008 - Renton Technical College, 3000 NE 4th Street, Renton.  Starting a business?  Expanding your business?  Looking for tips on how to succeed?  This free event is one you can't afford to miss.  More information 

Monthly Training Calendar

• Washington State
• Eastern Washington
• Northern Idaho

On-going Training

SBA Education and Training Center directions
4th & Battery Building
2401 Fourth Avenue,  Suite 450
Seattle, WA 98121

The following workshops are held at the SBA Education and Training Center unless otherwise noted

• Need $$ for Your Small Business? - Attend an SBA Loan Briefing in Seattle, Spokane or Tacoma.  Unable to attend?  Go virtual via ReadyTalk.  Available the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month, from Noon to 1:00 p.m.  This session is open to anyone interested in knowing how to get a loan to start, expand or buy a small business.  Learn what lenders look for, what resources and financing programs are available, and what to do next. 
  
• Small Business Taxes & Bookkeeping for the Sole Proprietor
  2nd & 4th Thursday of each month - 10:30 am to 11:30 am - Important information about your federal income tax responsibiltiies, which forms to file, what taxes to pay and when they are due.  This is a free workshop and no registration required.  Call 206-553-2664 to confirm dates. 
  
• SCORE Workshops - Seattle - Bellingham - Tacoma - Spokane - Wenatchee
  Workshops targeted for start-up and existing businesses.  
  
  
• SBA's Women's Network for Entrepreneurial Training (WNET) - Monthly breakfast meetings runs from February to November in downtown Seattle, Northend, Eastside, and South Sound.  The format is simple: Learn from experts, get your questions answered and network with other business owners.  
   
• New Business Outreach Workshops - Washington State Tax Seminar
  9 am to 1pm - Jan 14, Mar 3, May 12, Jul 14, Sep 8, Nov 10
  This workshop is presented by the Washington State Department of Revenue. Learn about excise tax, how to report your taxes to Washington State and taxes specific to your business. Find out about reporting classifications, deductions available, sales tax collection and record keeping requirements. This is a must for the new to business owner or businesses that have relocated from another state. Copies of rules and regulations and workbooks will be available during the workshop. Held from 9 am to Noon.  Pre-register by calling 206-553-7320 or the Dept. of Revenue, 206-956-3002 or go online the Department of Revenue's workshop schedule.
  
• Certification:  Benefits and Process Workshop FREE 
  This free workshop is presented by the Washingotn State Office of Minority & Women's Business Enterprises (Seattle office co-located with SBA).  Federal and State certification programs are designed to help your business grow and access contracting opportunities.  If you are a minority, woman, or person of social and economic disadvantage who owns and controls a business, attend this free certification workshop.  For more information contact Vicky Schiantarelli, 206-553-7356; vschiant@omwbe.wa.gov
  
  Training opportunities held in other locations
• Free Workshops Offered by the Washington State Office of Minority and Women's Business Enterprises (OMWBE)
• Women's Business Centers
• Small Business Development Center
• Small Business Training Network - The small business training network is a virtual campus housing free training courses, workshops and knowledge resources designed to assist entrepreneurs and other students of enterprise.