Your Small Business Dream to Reality-What It Takes

Presented by SCORE Greater Cincinnati
New entrepreneurs will gain valuable insights into Small Business Fundamentals!  From validating your concept to planning your next steps, this course will take you through the myths, the realities and the adventure of becoming a successful business owner.  
 
If you have been dreaming about starting your own business then this workshop is your first step.
 
This course is sponsored by SCORE, a nonprofit resource partner of the Small Business Administration.  SCORE is dedicated to fostering successful small businesses through mentoring and education.  

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• Myths & Realities of small business ownership
• Critical Success Factors
• Options (Startup, Buy, Franchise, etc)
• Owner Characteristics & Duties
• Structure (Legal & Other Issues)
• Capital, Funding & Cash Management
• Self Assessment 
• Business Plan Why & How 

Featured Speakers   Jim Stahly, Past Chair of Greater Cincinnati SCORE

Jim Stahly joined SCORE in 2009. In addition to being an        experienced seminar presenter, he was the 2015 and 2016 Chapter Chair, is an active participant in the Outreach and Marketing committees and is a member of the chapter's Board of Directors. Prior to joining SCORE, Jim worked for 35 years in healthcare distribution, the last 20 years as a president, chief operations officer, or senior vice president with full operational and profit-and-loss responsibility. Companies or divisions he was responsible for ranged in size from startups to more than $2.5 billion in annual revenue. He left corporate America in 2005, but still works as an industry consultant and SCORE volunteer."   Rick Johnston, Past Chair of Greater Cincinnati SCORE   Rick Johnston joined SCORE in 2005.  Former Chapter Chair, current  Group Counseling Leader and Chair of the Membership Recruiting committee and serves on the chapter's Board of Directors. He has personally mentored hundred's of small business entrepreneurs.   Prior to joining SCORE, Rick served in the U. S. Army, earned a B. S. in Engineering from U. C. and M.S. in Management from Vanderbilt. Rick has been a Product Manager for P&G as well as an owner of a small manufacturing business.