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Starting a business can be exciting, but it's easy to make mistakes that can hinder your success. Join our upcoming webinar to learn how to avoid common pitfalls and gain valuable insights to help you navigate the difficulties of starting a business.

In this SCORE webinar, you will learn how to avoid common mistakes and practical strategies for a successful startup. Whether you're just starting your business or looking to improve, this session will provide you with valuable guidance to keep you on track. 

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the importance of effective business planning and learn how to create a roadmap for success
• Discover how to define and communicate a clear business vision that aligns with strategic goals and objectives
• Identify pitfalls, learn strategies to prioritize tasks and maintain focus on core business activities
• Find out how to cultivate disciplined practices to ensure consistent execution of your business strategies
• Enhance your self-awareness to improve decision-making, leadership skills and business success.

If you’re an entrepreneur, start-up or small business owner, it’s important to understand how to protect yourself using intellectual property rights. In this session, we’ll be joined by experts from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and a successful inventor and entrepreneur who will break down the basics of patents, trademarks and copyrights.

In this SCORE webinar, we’ll discuss the federal trademark registration process, the importance of trademarking goods and services, how patents can protect innovative ideas and preserve your creative work with copyrights. 

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the different types of intellectual property
• Learn the federal trademark registration process
• Practical application of trademarks, patents and copyrights in the business world

Maximize your Chamber membership! Don't miss Chamber 101, a forum exclusively designed to engage new members and investors.

Whether you are brand new to the Chamber, were appointed to your organization’s membership roster, or are curious about amplifying your membership benefits, this free virtual learning opportunity is your key to understanding your membership and enhancing your Chamber experience to its fullest potential.

Join fellow members of our Chamber community in this interactive learning session to master the art of navigating the Chamber's resources and building a strategic engagement plan to achieve your professional and personal objectives through your Chamber membership. Participants will walk away empowered to elevate their business presence and nurture meaningful connections throughout our 11-county regional business community.

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Are you thinking about launching a small business? Not sure what is involved? Unsure if you have a viable business idea? Join this introductory presentation with SBDC to break down the nuts and bolts of what is needed to start a business.

Attendees will be able to:
- Recognize steps to starting a business
- Utilize a business concept analysis to understand the viability of their business concept
- Understand differing legal structures
- Learn how to decide if starting a business is right for you!

Target Audience:
- Start-up businesses
- Individuals in the ideation and research stages
- Individuals preparing to launch their business
- Intermediate businesses looking for refreshers

Isabel Krome, a Start-Up Consultant at Temple SBDC, will be presenting this webinar. She brings over eight years of small business development experience. Her work has been wide ranging, including business model planning, market research, business formalization, accessing capital, strategic planning, diversity certifications and more. When she isn’t working with entrepreneurs, Isabel enjoys drinking coffee, rock climbing, and watching her daughter boss around her cats.

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It’s a tale as old as time: How can businesses scale and grow successfully while protecting their revenue and brand from fraud? Businesses can leverage technology and third-party partners to implement smart payment solutions, but what indicators should they look for before fraud and chargebacks become a problem? No business wants to lose hard-earned revenue to fraudsters, and our webinar aims to help merchants learn how to protect their businesses.

Our payment, fraud and dispute experts from Authorize.net and Verifi will be sharing how businesses can improve their payment experience, expand payment methods, protect their business against fraud and minimize post-purchase risk.

Attendees will learn:

• Actionable tips and best practices to boost revenue through improved card conversion and additional payment methods.

• The technology and tactics available to businesses to prevent true fraud and combat friendly fraud and chargebacks.

• Trends and market factors affecting small to medium businesses and their customers.