Maximizing Your Leadership Potential
July 23, 2026 | 8:30AM | Grainger Hall, MadisonFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Managing Employees, Business Basics
Explore your leadership style and build skills in self-awareness, communication, agility, and influence to achieve lasting results.
Communication & Delegation Skills
July 30, 2026 | 8:30AM | Grainger Hall, MadisonFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Business Basics, Managing Employees
Improve communication and delegation skills using DiSC insights to build stronger relationships and empower team performance.
Positive Power Plays: Skills for Conflict & Negotiation
August 6, 2026 | 8:30AM | Grainger Hall, MadisonFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Managing Employees, Business Basics
Improve communication and delegation skills using DiSC insights to build stronger relationships and empower team performance.
FORWARD FEST: Demystifying the Pro Forma: Building Financial Projections
August 19, 2026 | 1:30AM | OnlineFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Financing, Business Accounting and Budget, Business Basics
Learn to build solid financial projections to assess business viability, secure funding, and manage cash flow with confidence.
FORWARD FEST: Practical Tools for Kickstarting your Go-to-Market (GTM)
August 20, 2026 | 8:00AM | OnlineFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Business Basics, Marketing and Sales
Learn to build solid financial projections to assess business viability, secure funding, and manage cash flow with confidence.
FORWARD FEST: Commercial Real Estate Leasing 101
August 21, 2026 | 10:00AM | OnlineFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Business Basics, Managing a Business
Learn the commercial property buying and selling process, valuation basics, due diligence, and strategies to avoid costly mistakes.
FORWARD FEST: From Side Hustle to Small Business
August 21, 2026 | 12:00PM | OnlineFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Business Basics
Learn to use the Business Model Canvas to assess your hobby or side hustle, explore viability, and plan next steps for growth
Built to Last: The Entrepreneur's Wellness Framework (Non-MSBB)
September 18, 2026 | 12:00PM | Grainger Hall, MadisonFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Business Basics, Managing a Business, Managing Employees
This four-week program helps small business owners build resilience using the 8 Pillars of Wellness—emotional, physical, financial, occupational, innovative, social, environmental, and purpose-driven.
Built to Last: The Entrepreneur's Wellness Framework (MSBB)
September 18, 2026 | 12:00PM | Grainger Hall, MadisonFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Business Basics, Managing a Business, Managing Employees
This four-week program helps small business owners enhance resilience using the 8 Pillars of Wellness. Gain tools to improve your well-being, boost decision-making, and foster sustainable growth for your business.
Wisconsin Tax Seminar for New Businesses
September 23, 2026 | 10:00AM | OnlineFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Managing a Business, Business Basics, Tax Planning
In this New Business Seminar, hosted by The Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR) you will gain a basic understanding of Wisconsin’s tax laws.
Launch Into Leadership
September 24, 2026 | 8:30AM | Grainger Hall, MadisonFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Business Basics, Managing Employees, Managing a Business
This class targets emerging leaders and newly promoted supervisors, teaching them to avoid common mistakes & shift their mindset from “doer”
I’m Doing Everything! How Value Planning Reduces Panic & Builds Value
September 24, 2026 | 9:30AM | OnlineFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Disaster Mitigation, Business Basics, Managing a Business
Learn strategies to increase your business’s value, improve operations, and prepare for future sale or growth through proactive planning.
Human Resources (HR) Basics for Non-HR Professionals
October 6, 2026 | 8:30AM | Grainger Hall, MadisonFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Business Basics, Managing a Business
This class teaches basics for Human Resources.
Hire Badgers: Student Staffing Opportunities for Small Business (Non-MSBB)
October 8, 2026 | 1:30PM | OnlineFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Business Basics, Managing Employees
Discover how the UW-Madison Work-Study Program and internships benefit students and employers.
(MSBB) Hire Badgers: Student Staffing Opportunities for Small Business
October 8, 2026 | 1:30PM | OnlineFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Managing Employees
Discover how the UW-Madison Work-Study Program and internships benefit students and employers.
Entrepreneurial Training Program (ETP) (Non-MSBB)
October 15, 2026 | 5:30PM | Grainger Hall, MadisonFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Business Basics
ETP is an intensive training program that helps you create a comprehensive business plan workbook. Classes include a full-day session for questions with professionals in law, accounting, and more.
Introduction to Financial Management
October 19, 2026 | 4:00PM | OnlineFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Business Basics
Business Taxes 101: Navigating Self-Employment and Small Business Taxes for Beginners
October 27, 2026 | 10:15AM | OnlineFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Business Basics, Tax Planning
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Fearless Performance Management (Non-MSBB)
October 29, 2026 | 8:30AM | Grainger Hall, MadisonFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Business Basics, Managing a Business, Managing Employees
Learn to foster team relationships through performance management with tips for feedback and a fearless review model.
Intermediate Financial Management
November 3, 2026 | 9:00AM | Grainger Hall, MadisonFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Business Basics
(MSBB) Intermediate Financial Management
November 3, 2026 | 9:00AM | Grainger Hall, MadisonFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
HR Trends 2027
November 4, 2026 | 1:30PM | OnlineFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Business Basics
Communication & Delegation (Non-MSBB)
November 18, 2026 | 8:30AM | Grainger Hall, MadisonFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison
Topic: Business Basics, Managing Employees
In this course, you'll explore communication breakdowns within teams, learn your DiSC profile for effective interactions, and discover strategies for successful delegation and overcoming barriers.
Ideas to Products & SBIR 101 - July (Virtual)
July 21, 2026 | 11:30AM | OnlineTopic: Managing a Business, Start-up Assistance, Business Accounting and Budget, Business Basics, Government Contracting
Are you an Innovator? Do you have an idea that could become a product? Join us for an overview or how to get from here to there.
Choosing the Right Bookkeeping Software for Your Business [CRP & SSBCI Webinar]
July 21, 2026 | 12:00PM | OnlineTopic: Business Accounting and Budget, Managing a Business
Have you been thinking about setting up QuickBooks Online, Zoho Books, Wave, or another bookkeeping system—but aren't sure which one is the best fit?
Launch Your LLC Workshop (July 23 & August 6, 2026)
July 23, 2026 | 12:00PM | Hybrid | Small Business Development Center, La CrosseFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - La Crosse
Topic: Business Basics
This program is for those interested in organizing a WI Limited Liability Company(LLC) who are ready to begin the business formation process
August 2026 - First Steps to Starting a Business
August 5, 2026 | 7:00PM | OnlineFacilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Stevens Point
Topic: Start-up Assistance
NIH Pre-submission Review - August 2026
August 14, 2026 | 12:00PM | OnlineTopic: Business Basics, Start-up Assistance, Government Contracting
Are you a CTC client who plans to submit to NIH in October? Please register with us to participate in our free Presubmission Panel Review.
SBIR 101 Webinar (August)
August 18, 2026 | 12:00PM | OnlineTopic: Business Basics, Start-up Assistance
$4.5 Billion dollars in product development is available, maybe to you! Learn more about how you might tap the U.S.'s largest seed fund.
SBIR 101 Webinar (September)
September 15, 2026 | 12:00PM | OnlineTopic: Start-up Assistance, Business Basics
$4.5 Billion dollars in product development is available, maybe to you! Learn more about how you might tap the U.S.'s largest seed fund.
Food and Farm Business Consultant Training [Oct 1-16]
October 1, 2026 | 10:00AM | OnlineGet help building the capacity of your food and farm business clients.
NSF Pre-submission Review - October 2026
October 14, 2026 | 12:00PM | OnlineTopic: Government Contracting, Business Basics, Start-up Assistance
Are you a CTC client who plans to submit to NSF in November? Please register with us to participate in our free Presubmission Panel Review.
SBIR 101 Webinar (October)
October 20, 2026 | 12:00PM | OnlineTopic: Start-up Assistance, Business Basics
$4.5 Billion dollars in product development is available, maybe to you! Learn more about how you might tap the U.S.'s largest seed fund.
NIH Pre-submission Review - December 2026
December 16, 2026 | 12:00PM | OnlineTopic: Business Basics, Start-up Assistance, Government Contracting
Are you a CTC client who plans to submit to NIH in January? Please register with us to participate in our free Presubmission Panel Review.