Business Financing, Planning and Developing New Market Opportunities- Hayward, WI

As a new or established growing small business, you may face many challenges. For your business to succeed, you need to develop and use a toolbox of resources. These sessions will connect you to business development resources from your area and the State of Wisconsin that could fuel your business growth strategy.

Attendees will have the opportunity to network and speak with presenters before and after the program!

Businesses may also exhibit at the workshop – please indicate in your registration if interested. Exhibitors will be able to set up at 3:00 pm.

AGENDA:

2:30 pm – 3:00 pm – Exhibitor Setup

3:00 pm – 3:45 pm – Registration & Networking

3:45 pm – 4:00 pm – Welcome and Introductions

4:00 pm – 4:20 pm – Welcome and Introductions – presented by David Fleming, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College

• Local, State and Federal Marketplace Opportunities & Certification – presented by the Wisconsin Procurement Institute (WPI)

4:20 pm – 4:45 pm – Tribal Marketplace Opportunities (E.G. Doing Business With the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa) and Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Community College Business Development Resources – presented by David Fleming, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College

4:45 pm – 5:30 pm – Small Business Development Resources

• Business Planning
• Financial Planning
• Marketing Products & Native American/Tribal DBE Resources

5:30 pm -5:45 pm – Small Business loan Programs – presented by WIBA/WI-CLANS and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)

5:45 pm – 6:00 pm – Networking