Small Business Webinars

January 8, 2025. 9:00 - 10:15 am.
A Pitch Deck is a visual representation of an entrepreneur’s business plan. It is a presentation designed to persuade key decision makers to invest in your business. It is typically a slide presentation that gives a short summary of your company, your business plan, and your startup vision. Additionally, if you are looking for investors - it’s how much you need and how they will make money.

By the end of the session, you'll be able to:
- Identify the 5 steps of building a pitch deck.
- Know how to create a clear, concise, compelling presentation of your business product, service or idea.
- How to identify your TAM, SAM and SOM.
- The 10 most important things to include in your deck.

January 15, 2025. 9:00 - 10:15 AM
An elevator speech is a short statement designed to get the attention and interest of investors, potential customers, and other people important to your business. It explains in simple terms what you do, why you do it, how you’re unique, and why it’s important to the listener. this short speech should do all of that in 30 seconds or less – typically the time an elevator ride takes or the time people have at networking meetings to introduce themselves.

As a business owner you must have a concise message that tells prospective customers/clients what your unique value proposition and how you can help them.

For entrepreneurs the speech should present your business in a way that gets attention and makes a listener interested enough to say, “Tell me more.”

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January 28, 2025. 9:00 am - 10:15 am
Choosing the right entity is an important step in starting a new business. Your decision will impact control over key decisions, access to outside capital, liability for debts, taxes and a host of other factors.

The business entity you choose should support your business’ financial and strategic goals. This program will examine the pros and cons of each entity type and help you understand the key factors to consider in choosing the right entity for your new business.

This 75-minute session will provide you an overview of the five most typical types of legal business structures:

* Sole proprietorship
* Limited Liability Company (LLC)
* Partnership
* S Corporation
* C Corporation

Presented by Peter Brehm, Minnesota Attorney at Law

February 4, 2025. 9:00 - 10:15 a.m.
Are you thinking of starting a new business? If so, do you have what it takes to launch successfully?
You have a great business idea, but you have no idea where to start or you worry you might miss an important step. We're here to help!

In this session you will:
- Assess your knowledge, skills and motivation to start a new business venture.
- Determine if you are ready, willing and able to be an entrepreneur.
- Identify the steps to planning a new business.
- Determine the viability of your product/service/idea for succeeding in the marketplace.

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February 11, 2025. 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Where do you start with a marketing plan? This webinar will provide you with the basics of how to market your products/services/business.

What you will learn in this marketing basics workshop includes:
- The 6P’s of marketing: product, people, positioning, price, place and promotion.
- The "how to's" of brand positioning.
- Resources & templates you can use.
- Get your questions answered by a marketing pro with extensive experience.

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February 12, 2025. 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
To some, the thought of having to sell yourself, your services or your products can be overwhelming and intimidating. Selling doesn't have to be painful or a daunting task.

In this 75-minute session we will share with you a simple three-step sales process for how to approach selling.

You will learn:
- The definition of selling.
- How to approach clients/customers.
- How to design a sales proposal.
- How to define benefits and value.
- How to get client/customer commitment.

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February 19, 2025. 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
A business plan is an important document for any organization - whether you are launching a start-up or growing an established brand you should have a plan in place.

Business plans are useful blueprints demonstrating you have considered and assessed the decision points necessary to start and run a successful venture. Your plan provides a roadmap of relevant information for both you as the business owner, and possible investors, to assess the viability of the venture. In addition, business plans are a useful tool when seeking partners, employees, and affiliations with other organizations.

Whether you are using a traditional, lean, min plan or pitch deck we will review what you'll need to do to write your plan.

Join MBMentors for this informative session!