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SUMMARY:Get Started: A CO.STARTERS Workshop
DESCRIPTION:To register\, click here \n  \nBuilt on the CO.STARTERS model\, this three-hour workshop helps participants work together to explore their ideas through the CO.STARTERS Canvas\, learn how to refine their models through meaningful customer feedback\, and define next steps. \nWhether just getting started\, stuck on a particular issue\, or in need of a refresher\, this workshop will provide the jumpstart needed to get participants moving. \nWhat is covered: Three main needs faced by starters are addressed \nPart 1 – Explore Your Idea:  In this section\, participants learn how the CO.STARTERS Canvas can help get ideas out of their heads into a format that can be refined over time. They also dive deep into understanding their customers. \nPart 2 – Refine Your Model: Once ideas are mapped out on the Canvas\, participants learn how to use customer feedback to refine them. They also are encouraged to find ways to start small in order to get in front of customers sooner and begin testing their ideas. \nPart 3 – Define Next Steps: As the workshop concludes\, participants define actionable steps that can be taken in the next hour\, day\, week\, and month to move their ideas forward.
URL:https://wvhive.com/event/get-started-a-co-starters-workshop-13/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Business,business model,business plan,entrepreneur,entrepreneur education,Networking,pitch,WV Hive Sponsored
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SUMMARY:CO.STARTERS Core Business Training: Special STEM and R&D Focus (5 Weeks)
DESCRIPTION:Register for this cohort here. \nThanks to our sponsor\, Beckley Area Foundation\, the price has been drastically reduced to $52. Regular price is $500! \nOver the course of ten sessions\, you will identify your assumptions about why and how your businesses will work and then talk to customers in order to validate your ideas. This approach enables you to rapidly uncover flaws in your concept and find viable models more quickly. You’ll leave the program with a deeper understanding of how to create a sustainable business\, articulate your model\, and repeat the process with your next great idea. \nThis 5 week course will have special content geared towards people in the STEM and R&D fields who are at the beginning stages of launching a business. We will go over how to get funding\, federal contracts\, and certifications that will propel you forward. Including but not limited to: HubZone\, Exporting\, SBIR/STTR\, and Patent 101. It will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. You will be part of a cohort where you can learn from and lean on each other. It is an interactive course\, so attendance at each session is required. \n\nSeptember 6th – Kickoff Session 1: Knowing Yourself – Introduction\, Assumptions\, Working Styles\, Team Building\, Obstacles (This session will be held in person at the WV Hive Office at 205 S. Kanawha Street\, Beckley\, WV) If participant cannot attend in person\, accommodations can be made for virtual attendance.\n\n\nSeptember 8th – Session 2: Knowing Your Customer – Customer\, Problem\, Alternatives\, Idea Testing\n\n\nSeptember 13th – Session 3: Finding the Right Solution – Solution\, Benefit\, Advantage\, Starting Small\, Brand Identity\n\n\nSeptember 15th – Session 4: Getting the Relationship Right – Marketing & Message; Getting\, Keeping & Growing Customers\n\n\nSeptember 20th – Session 5: Building Blocks – Distribution\, Revenue\, Typical Offering\, Price\n\n\nSeptember 22nd – Session 6: Structures & Systems – Legal & Accounting Considerations\n\n\nSeptember 27th – Session 7: Discovering the Bottom Line – Startup & Ongoing Needs\, Fixed & Variable Costs\, Break-Even Point\n\n\nSeptember 29th – Session 8: Financial Modeling – Break-Even Point\, Sales Projections\, Cash Flow\, Raising Capital\n\n\nOctober 4th – Session 9: Planning for Growth – Growth Plans\, Goal Setting\, Celebration Prep\n\n\nOctober 6th – Session 10: Celebration – You have come a long way! It is time to be recognized and to celebrate with your peers. Your group gets to decide how this happens.
URL:https://wvhive.com/event/co-starters-core-business-training-special-stem-and-rd-focus-5-weeks/
LOCATION:WV Hive Business Hub\, 205 S. KANAWHA STREET\, BECKLEY\, WV\, 25801\, United States
CATEGORIES:Business,business model,business plan,entrepreneur,entrepreneur education,Networking,pitch,WV Hive Sponsored
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220907T120000
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SUMMARY:Government Contracting 101
DESCRIPTION:To register\, click this link. \nThis intensive webinar will give you an overview of how your small business can enter the federal marketplace\, including identifying your firm’s preparedness\, how to get registered in SAM\, finding federal opportunities\, and tools for in-depth market research. Webinar features marketing experts from the Regional Contracting Assistance Center.  \nPresenters are: Mary Hedrick and McKenzie Greer  \nMary Hedrick is a Procurement Counselor with RCAC-PTAC located in Athens\, WV. Mary is a 2004 graduate of Concord University with a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a focus in management. Prior to working for RCAC Mary was a retail store director and part of new store builds. Mary spent 5 years as a stay-at-home mom. After her daughter began school\, Mary was a substitute teacher for the Mercer County Board of Education. Mary began working for RCAC in September of 2018. Mary’s office is located at her alma mater Concord University. Mary assists small businesses throughout the state of West Virginia with local\, state and federal government contracting.  \nMcKenzie Greer is a Procurement Counselor with RCAC-PTAC located at the home office in Charleston\, WV. McKenzie is a 2017 graduate of the University of Charleston with a B.A in Communications. Before working for RCAC\, McKenzie was a Business Development Representative at N3. Prior to that position she was the Communications Coordinator for the non-profit EntreEd. McKenzie has been with RCAC since April 2019. McKenzie’s focus is to assist small businesses in WV with local\, state and federal government contracting and helping small businesses in West Virginia thrive in the government contracting arena.
URL:https://wvhive.com/event/government-contracting-101/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Business,entrepreneur,entrepreneur education,Funding/Accounting,Sales/Procurement,WV Hive Sponsored
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SUMMARY:Pitch Southern WV: Business Idea Competition
DESCRIPTION:To register\, click here \nAttend the upcoming Pitch Southern WV Business Idea Competition and watch local candidates pitch their ideas. You get a vote in who wins! \n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\n\nThe WV Hive Network\, in partnership with WVU Tech Launch Lab\, is excited to announce the return of Pitch Southern West Virginia\, a business idea competition encompassing twelve counties in southern West Virginia. The upcoming competition\, to be held at WVU Tech in Beckley\, WV\, is for residents or businesses located in Raleigh\, Fayette\, Nicholas\, Summers\, Braxton\, Webster\, Pocahontas\, Greenbrier\, Monroe\, Mercer\, Wyoming\, and McDowell Counties and WVU Tech students. \nEntrepreneurs will compete for a $2\,000 first place prize and a smaller second or third place prize. Join us as an audience member at WVU Tech on September 13th to show support for local and aspiring businesses pitch to a panel of judges. All audience members also get to vote on who you think should win! \nLocation: \nWVU Tech campus | Life Sciences Building: Room 200. \n100 Mel Hancock Way\, Beckley\, WV 25801 \nDo you have a great business idea and want to enter into the competition? \nHow do you apply? \nApply at https://wvhive.com/business-idea-competitions/ by midnight August 15\, 2022. \nWho is eligible? \n* ONLY those with new business ideas or new business start-ups less than three years in operation are eligible. \n* You must either have a business located in or live in Nicholas\, Braxton\, Fayette\, Webster\, Pocahontas\, Greenbrier\, Summers\, Monroe\, Raleigh\, Mercer\, Wyoming\, or McDowell County or be a WVU Tech Student to apply. \n* You DO NOT need to be a WV Hive client to apply.
URL:https://wvhive.com/event/pitch-southern-wv-business-idea-competition/
LOCATION:WVU Tech Life Sciences Building\, 100 Mel Hancock Way\, Beckley\, WV\, 25801\, United States
CATEGORIES:Business,business model,business plan,competition,entrepreneur,Networking,pitch,WV Hive Sponsored,WV Launch Lab
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SUMMARY:Effective Online Presence: How To Be Found By Google - Part 2
DESCRIPTION:To register\, click here. \nThis workshop is part 2 of a two part workshop. Roxy Turner of MARZ Strategies will teach you How To Be Found By Google.  \nA 1-hour practical hands on training dedicated to show you how to use the tools necessary to get traffic to your website
URL:https://wvhive.com/event/effective-online-presence-how-to-be-found-by-google-part-2/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Business,entrepreneur,entrepreneur education,Networking,Technology,WV Hive Sponsored
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SUMMARY:WV Hive Coffee Talks
DESCRIPTION:A networking opportunity for entrepreneurs and business owners to meet and learn from each other as well as industry professionals.  To register\, click here. \nJoin us for coffee and conversation at our Coffee Talks session at 8:30am on September 30th at the Seneca Health Services center in Summersville\, WV. Coffee Talks are designed to provide networking opportunities for local entrepreneurs\, business owners\, and community leaders. Also meet and get to know local CPA and entrepreneur\, Ashleigh Wall\, through an informal interview session with Judy Moore\, WV Hive Executive Director\, as they discuss the entrepreneurship journey and accounting for small businesses. \nCoffee and refreshments will be provided. \nSponsored by United Banks \n 
URL:https://wvhive.com/event/wv-hive-coffee-talks/
LOCATION:Seneca Health Services\, 131 Wellness Drive\, Summersville\, WV\, 26651\, United States
CATEGORIES:Business,entrepreneur,entrepreneur education,Networking,WV Hive Sponsored
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