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Take care of your greatest asset - learn how Retirement Marketplace makes it simple for your business to offer a retirement plan as an employee benefit. You will learn about:

• How to enhance employee benefit package with a retirement plan through Small Business Retirement Marketplace with NO FEES to the employer and hands-on technical assistance with  every step.
• City of Tacoma Small Business Loan Programs: Micro Lending / Revolving Loan Fund

Register on Eventbrite: http://bit.ly/2KLuow6

Part 1: Wednesday, December 4, 2019 10:00 - 11:30 am 
Part 2: Thursday, December 5, 2019 10:00 - 11:30 am  

This two-part webinar is designed to introduce estimating and software to firms interested in pursuing heavy/civil construction projects. The target audience for this webinar includes minority and woman owned small businesses and emerging contractors/consultants in the transportation field who are seeking to increase their business capacity and run their operation more effectively.  This is an ONLINE WEBINAR.

Registration: https://bit.ly/2O21L04

Part 1: December 4 - Fundamentals of Estimating

•Overview

•The Take-off Process – Manual and Electronic

•Estimate Schedule and Preliminary Progress Schedule

•Develop Project Costs

•Suppliers and Subcontractors Scopes and Quote Management

•Compile the Estimate

Description: 
The City of Tacoma’s Community and Economic Development Department in collaboration with Google bring you a FREE workshop to help  businesses learn how to use data to drive growth

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This Mini-export Seminar will feature a panel of a variety of small- to medium-size enterprise exporters telling of their journeys into international markets.
The discussion will be moderated by an export services veteran with decades with experience in markets around the world. Come ask your questions, share your stories, and learn from the experiences of others.
Register here: http://bit.ly/miniexport2

Part 1: Wednesday, December 4, 2019 10:00 - 11:30 am 
Part 2: Thursday, December 5, 2019 10:00 - 11:30 am  

This two-part webinar is designed to introduce estimating and software to firms interested in pursuing heavy/civil construction projects. The target audience for this webinar includes minority and woman owned small businesses and emerging contractors/consultants in the transportation field who are seeking to increase their business capacity and run their operation more effectively.  This is an ONLINE WEBINAR.

Registration: https://bit.ly/2O21L04

Part 2: December 5 - Introduction to Estimating Software

•Background

•Import quantities from digital take-off systems

•Create estimates that include assemblies, crews, and production rates

•Incorporate schedule within estimate – cashflow modeling

•Track and compare quotes, conditions, and scope sheets from subcontractors and suppliers

•Run alternate scenarios within the estimate

•Standardize estimating processes using templates and cost libraries

•Leverage experience from past projects to benchmark estimated costs and productivity rates

If you are an innovative Washington State firm and you want to understand SBIR on a deeper level, this is the event for you. At this event, you will be able to meet directly with a NAVY SBIR project manager to discuss the merits of your innovative idea or invention. PTAC will also be connecting nationwide with SBIR program managers from around the nation.
**This event is for innovators who have a basic understanding of what the SBIR program is and how it can benefit them. If you have questions if this event is a fit, contact your local PTAC advisor.
Registration: https://washingtonptac.ecenterdirect.com/events/851803

Description:
Are you an aspiring or established business owner looking to get started with QuickBooks? Are you trying to figure out what you’re doing but keep getting lost? Do you like bagels? Well, then this is the workshop for you!

Who You Are: Although anyone interested in QuickBooks is welcome to take this workshop, it is designed for aspiring and established business owners looking to learn the basics.

What To Bring: You will need your laptop and possibly power cable. We will be performing exercises together using a sample QuickBooks Online data file.

What You Will Learn: In this SCORE workshop, you will learn how to use QuickBooks Online to record your daily business transactions. (No QuickBooks signup required!) 

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Description:
Attend a free, in-person orientation at our office. Learn more about King County's contracting process, effective marketing strategies, and tips for submitting successful bids and proposals. Chat with our contract specialists, sustainable purchasing manager, and our small business certification team.

For More Information Click Here: www.kingcounty.gov/procurement 

This workshop will:

Show you the types of Federal, state and local taxes to which a business in Washington may be required to pay.
Demonstrate to you, with real-life examples, how to minimize your business and personal taxes so you keep more money in your business and your pocket


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Description:
Are you an aspiring or established business owner looking to get started with QuickBooks? Are you trying to figure out what you’re doing but keep getting lost? Do you like bagels? Well, then this is the workshop for you!

Who You Are: Although anyone interested in QuickBooks is welcome to take this workshop, it is designed for aspiring and established business owners looking to learn the basics.

What To Bring: You will need your laptop and possibly power cable. We will be performing exercises together using a sample QuickBooks Online data file.

What You Will Learn: In this SCORE workshop, you will learn how to use QuickBooks Online to record your daily business transactions. (No QuickBooks signup required!) 


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Description:
Join SCORE and other entrepreneurs in this hands-on workshop where you will write your “Unique Value Statement” for your new product or service. This is a concise description of your product or service and explain the unique value your product or service provides to your customers. As part of the workshop, you will receive real-time feedback from a SCORE mentor to help you fine tune your Value Statement.

 In the second part of the workshop you will use the “Lean Canvas” to begin the process of turning your product/service into a business. In this interactive session, you use the canvas to help guide you in expanding the information in the Unique Value Statement by capturing key ideas, concepts and strategies about your business in the canvas. This creates a basic framework that you can use to complete YOUR full, detailed business plan.

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Description:


This workshop will give you the skills to take those first critical steps in starting a successful business:

- Understand the different business entities and choose the best one for your business.
- Understand how to properly license your business in Washington state.
- Select the correct insurance for your business.
- Understand the options for financing your business.


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Description:
This half-day interactive workshop by Ralph Homan focuses on the following types debt financing:

- Loan from Seller
- Earn-out from Existing Business
- Loans from Friends and Family
- Bank Loans
- Credit Union Loans
- Various Non-Bank Institutional Lenders
- Crowdfunding

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