USC Columbia Technology Incubator

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We hope that you'll come visit us soon!

- Benjamin Ellison & Benjamin Frear

Core Four Business Planning: The Entrepreneurial Blueprint has been used nationally by hundreds of thousands of pre-nascent, and existing small business owners to start, plan, position small business for financing and investors, and expand small businesses.

We will discuss the myths and realities of financing a small business and the financing options available to small business owners today.

Conference Room 218 on the 2nd floor from Noon to 2 p.m.

$35 at the door
$30 in advance

To register online visit our website at: www.scwbc.org

How to Start a Business, Step by Step, is a comprehensive seminar that covers the "rules" of owning a business, business structure, licenses, taxes, etc. It concludes with how to write a Business plan.

To register, visit our website at http://www.scwbc.org and follow the steps below.

1. Go to our website: http://www.scwbc.org
2. Click on the Menu Item: Training
3. Select the Class you would like to attend from the highlighted list (i.e. CORE FOUR)
4. Under the class description, click on the highlighted link to access the class scheduling information.

How to Finance Your Business deals with myths and realities of ufnding your business. Some of the topics include: grants, loans, venture capital, and angel investors. To register following the steps highlighted below.

1. Go to our website: http://www.scwbc.org
2. Click on the Menu Item: Training
3. Select the Class you would like to attend from the highlighted list (i.e. CORE FOUR)
4. Under the class description, click on the highlighted link to access the class scheduling information.
5. The Registration Page is in alphabetic order: scroll down for the class you would like to attend

The South Carolina Business Initiative (formerly SC Women's Business Center) is sponsoring, How to Write a Business Plan, on Wednesday, June 10 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the USC-Columbia Incubator Fourth Floor Conference Room.

How to Write a Business Plan covers how to maximize the results of your ideas and make your business flourish.

The fee is $30 in advance or $35 at the door. To register online, please visit our website http://www.scwbc.org and then click on the "Training" menu item:

Join us at the May 2009 CORE FOUR Business Planning Course hosted by Midlands Community Development Corporation, C.R. Neal Dream Center on May 6, 13, 20 and 27 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Help us get the word out!
The SC Women's Business Center is offering a comprehensive seminar to aspiring and existing entrepreneurs that covers the four key areas of business success. If you know of entrepreneur or existing small business owner that wants to know how to target their market segment, build financial stability, and create successful business strategies, our CORE FOUR Business Planning Course is what they need. If you have questions about the seminar please contact us at 803.461.8900 extension 232. You can view more information about the seminar at www.scwbc.org.

We would like to extend a thank you to all who were able to attend the 2008 USC/Columbia Technology Incubator Graduation on December 1, 2008. Also, congratulations to our three recent graduate companies: Alala; Spanish Vines; and DigitalDerm. As the evening began it was a pleasure to hear from President Emeritus, Dr. Andrew Sorensen about the importance of collaboration between the University of South Carolina and the City of Columbia. Dr.

Thanks to Andrew Epting with Palmetto Solar and American Document Shredding paper recycling is now available in the building. There is a black container located in the copy center in which to dispose of all paper. Thanks again to Andrew Epting for taking this initiative.