Please note, event date currently reflects date of application deadline. Session dates are below. 

Whether you're launching your first business or trying to get a handle on the one you already run, Small Business Basics gives you six weeks of direct access to the attorneys, bankers, tax experts, and business advisors who can answer the questions actually keeping you up at night.

By the end of the series, you'll walk away with:

• A working business plan built session by session, not left as a someday project
• Real answers on taxes, licensing, and legal structure, straight from the people who regulate and enforce them
• A pricing and HR strategy that protects your margins and your team
• A financing-ready pitch, reviewed by a panel of local lenders and funders before you ever walk into a bank
• A certificate of completion and a shot at the Business Plan Contest, with a full year of Elevate Membership on the line

When you sign up for this, you are signing up for all six-sessions. In order to get the most out of this programming, we ask for you to be present at each session.

This event is held at the David Lust Accelerator Building (18 E. Main Street) from 8:30 am - 11:30 am. You can find the topics and dates for each session below.

• Session 1: January 11
  Entrepreneurship – Planning for Success                              
  Beginning Your Business Plan

  Legal Structures for Business

• Session 2: January 25 

  Marketing/Social Media Marketing
  Creating a Culture of Service/Hospitality

• Session 3: February 22
  Sales/Use/Excise Taxes
  Insurance

• Session 4: March 1
  Human Resources
  Employer Service
  Pricing Products and Service
• Session 5: March 8
  Financial Statements
  Business Innovation
  
  
• Session 6: March 15
  Financing Preparation/Resources
  Crowdfunding
  Graduation

Session topics may be in different order based on speaker availability.

Registration deadline is December 4. 

Financial assistance is available. Please contact events@elevaterapidcity.com to inquire.

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