SCORE Client Experience: Nantucket Spider
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Close friends Jeffrey Busch and Nancy Jack, who both left the workforce to take care of their families, have been getting together for weekly lunch for years. At lunch after a vacation on Nantucket, Busch lamented how much the horseflies irritated him on the beach, and the two started joking about a “Nantucket spider”: the creature they wished had evolved to keep those annoying flies at bay.
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Then Jack had the idea to make their own spider; not a creature to eat the flies, but rather a spray to keep them away — mosquitoes and ticks, too. She knew how to make a natural bug repellent and shared her recipe with Busch.
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Why Every Startup Needs a Business Concept Statement
In the early stages of your business’s development, you’ll hear from plenty of experts and prognosticators who will emphasize the need to create a sound, air-tight business plan. While it’s true that a business plan is an important tool for defining your strategy, detailing deliverables for stakeholders and developing cashflow forecasts for investors, it’s important to first crystallize the idea behind the business by putting together a Business Concept Statement.
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How to Brand Yourself (Even if You Hate the Term “Personal Branding”)
In an age when anyone with an internet connection and the right content can reach an audience of millions, personal branding is officially a priority. But even if you aren’t looking to be the next big influencer, your personal brand still matters. Whether you’re working for a business or running your own, branding yourself correctly can give you a huge leg up on the competition.
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10 Free Social Media Marketing Tools Every Business Owner Should Use
Just about anyone can get into social media marketing with a smartphone and little to no extra cost. But as you keep doing it, you’ll want to find ways to make it more efficient, especially as a business owner.
Fortunately, there are plenty of tools available online to make social media marketing easier and less tedious. A lot of the best tools have paywalls, which is not ideal for small business owners looking to up their game.
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LinkedIn for Personal and Company Branding
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Westport Library
Power up your personal and company brand on the world’s premier professional networking site. It’s time to rethink how you use LinkedIn to position your brand; share thought leadership; and build a meaningful network.
Learn how to leverage an individual profile and company page to:
- Be Memorable: Demonstrate your unique brand for potential clients and business partners
- Be Found: Optimize your LinkedIn profile and Company page
- Be a Thought Leader: Demonstrate your expertise using LinkedIn’s newest content sharing options, publishing, and company page features.
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Your Business Needs Professional Graphic Design
Tuesday, October 17
from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Weston Library
In this workshop you will learn that graphic design is a visual marketing language and is vital to making your advertising appealing and compelling to a potential customer.
You will learn:
- How working with a seasoned, professional graphic designer can save your business.
- You use graphic design whether you know it or not
- 3 mistakes business owners make on their business cards
- Why hiring a graphic designer is a great investment
- 3 things to look for when you hire a designer
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Running a Restaurant
Tuesday, October 22
from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Building One Community
Stamford, CT
Whether thinking about running a restaurant or deciding how to improve margins on a restaurant you currently own/manage, this workshop presents the detail about the beginning of operation, clarity of concept, and avoiding the pitfalls of failure. Listen, learn, and participate in restaurateurs’ business analytics and decisions.
You will learn:
- Positioning your restaurant: what you want to do and why?
- The financials of starting a restaurant
- The physical planning of a restaurant
- Permits and licenses required
- Marketing
- Operating a successful restaurant
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In a recent, independently verified one-year study, our chapter started 330 new businesses and created 890 non-owner jobs.
We are very proud of our track record and accomplishments and welcome you to take advantage of our services at your convenience.
We would also encourage you to volunteer with us and help continue the mission of being America's top small business advocates. The leaders of our Chapter are committed to maintaining the highest standards and performing for our clients at the highest possible level.
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SCORE Fairfield County
203-831-0065
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SCORE is a nonprofit association dedicated to helping small businesses get off the ground, grow and achieve their goals through education and mentorship. We have been doing this for more than 50 years.
Because our work is supported by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), and thanks to our network of 10,000+ volunteers, we are able to deliver our services at no charge or at a very low cost.
Find out more about our Mission, Vision and Values
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