How to Research and Write Your Business Plan

Topic: Business Plan Provider: The Greenhouse, USF – SBDC Businesses that fail to plan, plan to fail. Most business problems arise from not planning ahead. Your business plan, provides you a method to take a look inward at yourself and your business. Join is for […]

The Fast One-Page Business Plan

Topic: Business Planning Provider: The Greenhouse, SCORE Learn to sharpen your business plan, clearly communicate your company’s message, target your most important customers and uncover your competitive advantages using the popular one-page “Lean Canvas” tool! In this Fast One-Page Business Planning session you will learn […]

Successfully Launching Your Business: Grand Opening and Beyond

Topic: Start-up Assistance Provider: The Greenhouse The Greenhouse, in collaboration with SCORE and the St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce, presents an innovative workshop offering tips for successful grand openings & strategies for growing your customer base AFTER the ribbon is cut. Workshop Highlights Include: […]

Setting up Your Financial System – It’s Easier than You Think

Topic: Business Accounting/Budget Provider: The Greenhouse, SCORE Eighty percent of small businesses fail in the first 18 months because they run out of cash. Many entrepreneurs don’t devote enough time and preparation to setting up their bookkeeping and monitoring their finances, because they think it […]

Pricing for Profit

Topic: Business Basics Provider: The Greenhouse, SCORE Many businesses set their selling prices by simply copying what their competitors charge. While this might work, this will often lead to losses and not profits for any individual company. In order to Price for Profit, a company […]

Nonprofit Business Startup

Topic: Start-up Assistance Provider: The Greenhouse Interested in starting a non-profit organization? This webinar consists of a two-part presentation (with Q/A) and will help you understand the principal operations of the non-profit organization and if it is the right fit for you. Other highlights include: […]

Establishing a Home Based Business

Topic: Start-up Assistance Provider: The Greenhouse, SCORE There are many advantages to a home-based business. This workshop focuses on the unique issues that go with it: addresses, tax implications, insurance, homeowner association covenants, and creating a private and professional space for visiting clients. Speaker: Janet […]

City Services and Incentives

Topic: Start-up Assistance Provider: The Greenhouse Are you considering opening up or relocating your business to a physical location? Join this webinar to learn about key points for selecting your business location from a zoning and permitting compliance standpoint. Grease trap requirements for food and […]

Best Practices for Buying a Franchise

Topic: Start-up Assistance Provider: The Greenhouse, SCORE “Owning” the American Dream can become a reality: every 8 minutes a new franchise location opens in the US, 1 out of every 12 businesses in America are franchises, and 50% of all retail sales are through – […]

What’s a Good Idea For a Business?

Topic: Start-up Assistance Provider: The Greenhouse, SCORE What you should consider when thinking about starting your startup. There are good ideas, and there are excellent businesses. How can you determine if you have both and what to do to validate your idea has legs? The […]