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Exiting Your Business & Retirement Planning

January 16, 2025 | 4:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Stevens Point

Topic: Business Accounting and Budget

Unlock the keys to securing your financial future with our Strategic Wealth Management for Business Owners series. Each session is designed to empower you with the knowledge and tools to make informed decisions that will benefit your long-term financial goals.

Exiting Your Business & R...

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Fee: No Cost



SBIR 101 Webinar

January 21, 2025 | 12:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Center For Technology Commercialization

$4.5 Billion dollars in product development is available, maybe to you! Learn more about how you might tap the largest seed fund in this brief overview (and how we can help for free).

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfe...

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Fee: No Cost



Entrepreneurial Training Program (ETP) - Informational Session

January 21, 2025 | 5:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - La Crosse

Topic: Start-up Assistance

Join us for a FREE informational session that gives details about what is covered in the Entrepreneurial Training Program (ETP). Get the details about the grant and how to apply for it. This session can help you decide if you want to take ETP. The next ETP workshop will begin middle of February....

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From Ideas to Products

January 30, 2025 | 11:30AM | Online
Facilitated by: Center For Technology Commercialization

Topic: Start-up Assistance

You have an idea, you may have started the initial research on it, and now you're trying to see what's next?

Join us at Marquette to learn more about lean startup mechanics, the SBIR/STTR program, and the services that are provided by the CTC.

Lecturer: Rob Baranows...

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Fee: No Cost



NIH SBIR/STTR: Proposal Preparation Intensive

February 5, 2025 | 9:00AM | Online
Facilitated by: Center For Technology Commercialization

Topic: Government Contracting

For basic research advancing beyond the academic realm into product development, the NIH provides non-dilutive federal funding through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. The NIH SBIR/STTR programs award over $1.25 billion in R&...

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NSF Presubmission Panel Review

February 11, 2025 | 12:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Center For Technology Commercialization

Topic: Start-up Assistance

Do you plan to submit to NSF in March? Please register with CTC to participate in our free Presubmission Panel Review. CTC, in collaboration with a panel of expert reviewers, will simulate the NSF review process to help you improve your SBIR/STTR proposal ahead of the September deadline. This reg...

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Fee: No Cost



Entrepreneurial Training Program (ETP) - Informational Session

February 11, 2025 | 5:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - La Crosse

Topic: Start-up Assistance

Join us for a FREE informational session that gives details about what is covered in the Entrepreneurial Training Program (ETP). Get the details about the grant and how to apply for it. This session can help you decide if you want to take ETP. The next ETP workshop will begin middle of February....

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Fee: No Cost



Is it the Real World? Or is it AI? An Entrepreneur's Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

February 12, 2025 | 9:30AM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison

Topic: Managing a Business

You've heard plenty about Artificial Intelligence being a "game changer" across industries - but what does that mean for your day-to-day work? We asked ourselves this question - and how AI could level the playing field for small businesses - and did some investigating.

We know that as a sm...

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Fee: No Cost



SHRM Learning System Certification Course

February 12, 2025 | 6:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison

Topic: Managing Employees

You are the future. Invest in yourself with SHRM certification.

Are you looking for help to navigate the increased demands on HR professionals? Become the most qualified and valuable HR professional you can be with SHRM certification.

The SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP®) and ...

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Fee: $1450.00



SBIR 101 Webinar

February 18, 2025 | 12:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Center For Technology Commercialization

$4.5 Billion dollars in product development is available, maybe to you! Learn more about how you might tap the largest seed fund in this brief overview (and how we can help for free).

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfe...

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Fee: No Cost



Buy and Sell Agreements for Multi-Owner Businesses/Partnerships

February 20, 2025 | 4:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Stevens Point

Topic: Business Accounting and Budget

Unlock the keys to securing your financial future with our Strategic Wealth management for Business Owners series. Each session is designed to empower you with the knowledge and tools to make informed decisions that will benefit your long-term financial goals.

This presentation will focus ...

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Fee: No Cost



Entrepreneurial Training Program (ETP)

February 20, 2025 | 5:30PM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison

Topic: Start-up Assistance

ETP is an intensive business-planning training program designed to help participants who want to start a new business, grow an existing business, or make a substantial business pivot that requires viewing the business with a new perspective.

The focus of the program is to help you complete...

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Fee: $249.00



Retail Success Series: Opening Your First Retail Location

February 25, 2025 | 10:30AM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison

Topic: Managing a Business

This series covers essential topics for retail success, including considerations for opening a brick-and-mortar store, effective merchandising techniques to drive purchases, and creating impactful in-store signage. Each 30-minute session, followed by a 15-minute Q&A, will be held online with ...

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Fee: No Cost



Reclaim Your Day with Delegation: Leveraging a Virtual Team

February 25, 2025 | 2:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison

Topic: Managing Employees

How do you know if it's the right time to start outsourcing and delegating some of your to-do list? With the rise of organizations utilizing the expertise of virtual assistants and other outsourced service providers to help manage their to-do lists, is this an option you should consider to scale ...

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I'm Doing Everything! How Value Planning Reduces Panic and Builds Value

February 26, 2025 | 11:00AM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison

Topic: Managing a Business

While tax planning is a regular part of every entrepreneur's work cycle, value planning may have a bigger long-term impact. Given that your business is likely your largest asset, wouldn't you want to maximize its value?

For a business owner, retirement often translates into selling your bu...

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NIH Presubmission Panel Review

March 11, 2025 | 12:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Center For Technology Commercialization

Topic: Start-up Assistance

Do you plan to submit to NIH in April? Please register with CTC to participate in our free Presubmission Panel Review. CTC, in collaboration with a panel of expert reviewers, will simulate the NIH review process to help you improve your SBIR/STTR proposal ahead of the April deadline. This registr...

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Fee: No Cost



Building Wealth Inside vs Outside of Your Business

March 13, 2025 | 4:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Stevens Point

Topic: Financing

Unlock the keys to securing your financial future with our Strategic Wealth Management for Business Owners series. Each session is designed to empower you with the knowledge and tools to make informed decisions that will benefit your long-term financial goals.

Your business will be your pr...

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Fee: No Cost

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