Financing Your Small Business
If you have had any questions about how to start your own business, how to finance your dream is probably one of them. The Small Business Roundtable @ Headquarters Library will host a free informational session on how to finance your business. Representatives from SC SBDC and Piedmont SCORE will give a presentation and discuss business finance, offering a realistic approach for your business. Join us Tuesday, May 14 @ 9:15 am for this discussion. Coffee and snacks will be provided.
To register, go to http://calendar.clemson.edu/event/small_business_roundtable_financing_your_small_business-_spartanburg?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=Clemson+University
If you don’t have time to register, registration will be available that morning.
For additional questions, please contact christinac@infodepot.org.
See you then!
Goodwill Week
Goodwill Week is May 6-10, 2013. Goodwill Job Connection locations will host various workshops and job fairs. Workshops include interviewing skills, computer skills, and filling out job applications. Job fairs will be hosted by various companies including Automation Personnel, Waffle House, Condustrial, SMX (Amazon) and many more! For more details, contact your local Goodwill Job Connection.
Locations:
| Anderson 864-964-8202 | Haywood 864-351-0134 |
| Berea 864-269-6640 | Hillcrest 864-579-1025 |
| Blackstock 864-699-0511 | Laurens 864-681-5000 |
| Boiling Springs 864-578-5774 | Powdersville 864-295-8650 |
| Gaffney 864-487-7775 | Seneca 864-280-6349 |
| Greer 864-877-5285 | Simpsonville 864-967-4217 |
| Greenwood 864-330-1483 |
Money Smart Week: Day 2!
If you weren’t able to join us today, then you don’t know what you’re missing. Autumn Payton is back Tuesday morning to talk about some practical approaches to setting budgets. Join us from 10:00-11:30 am at Headquarters Library.
We will also have a couple of workshops for entrepreneurs and small business owners. Beth Smith will be here @ 9:15 am to talk about financing your small business. Join us at 4:00 pm for an overview of SCPL’s business databases.
Check out the MSW Full Schedule
If you have any questions, email christinac@infodepot.org or call 864-596-3505.
Money Smart Week!
We’re off to a great start! If you missed this morning’s session, don’t worry…we have plenty of workshops lined up for this week!
Join us tonight for “Why am I a 678?” Edris Tucker from CredAbility will present on credit repair. You don’t want to miss it!
Check out the MSW Full Schedule.
If you have any questions, email christinac@infodepot.org or call 864-596-3505.
Free information available at each workshop!
Need a Job?
There are two Job Fairs coming to the Spartanburg area. Thursday, May 2, 2013, SC Works will host their Job Fair at Summit Pointe from 10:00 am-1:00 pm. Veterans are able to enter at 8:00 am and you can obtain a “Preferred Pass” that will give you access at 9:00 am—an hour before the general public. For more information regarding the SC Works Job Fair please see the flyer.
Summit Pointe is located at 805 Spartan Boulevard, Spartanburg SC, 29301.
The Goodwill Job Connection-Blackstock will host a Job Fair on Friday, May 3 from 9:00 am-12:00 pm. Resource MFG & ProLogistix will be recruiting for several different positions. Please see the flyer for more details.
Goodwill Job Connection-Blackstock will also host “How to be an Exceptional Employee.” This free workshop will be held on Thursday, May 2 from 2:00-3:00 pm. For more information call 864-699-0511 or see the flyer.
SC Small Business Development Center
If you have ever started the process of opening your own business, then I’m sure you can say it’s quite an endeavor. I even bet you probably wished there was someone there to help guide you along…there is! The SC Small Business Development Center offers free advice and assistance with every aspect of owning a business. From developing your idea and creating your business plan to financing your dream and marketing your product, the SC SBDC is there to help guide you in the right direction.
There are several options for you to access their resources. You can work independently with your local representative, sign up for a workshop or attend free workshops at Headquarters Library.
SCPL, in partnership with SC SBDC and Piedmont SCORE, hosts a series of FREE small business workshops at Headquarters Library. The Small Business Roundtable meets several times throughout the year. This month’s workshops are included in our Money Smart Week Campaign. Join us on Tuesday, April 23 from 9:15-11:15 am for Financing Your Small Business and Thursday, April 25 from 9:15-11:15 am for Business Planning. Bring your questions and experience for an informative discussion on these topics!
The SC SBDC is also hosting a 2013 Small Business Series for Greer. You may have missed the March workshop, but there’s still time to attend Retail Small Business Growth Strategies, May 21 and Financing Your Small Business, August 20. Both workshops will be held at the Greer Development Corporation, 111-B South Main Street, Greer, SC 29650 from 6:30-8:00 pm. The workshops are free. Please register online at http://workgroups.clemson.edu/SBDC_Workshops/form.php
Contact your Spartanburg Area Representative today by phone, 864-592-6318 or email ES2@clemson.edu. Feel free to contact the library, christinac@infodepot.org for additional information regarding library programs and small business resources.
It’s almost here…
Money Smart Week @ Your Library is April 20-27, 2013. We have an exciting week planned and something for everyone! Workshops include anything from budgeting and small business to couponing and identity theft protection. Join us for a session, April 22-April 25. You may pick up a schedule at your local branch or call 864-596-3505 for more information. Workshops are FREE and open to the public, with the exception of the Foundation Directory Online (please see flyer for registration details). Headquarters Library and Inman Library will host this year’s events.
Morningstar will provide free webinars during Money Smart Week. For more information, just to go to http://library.morningstar.com/mkt/mirc_moneysmart_2013.pdf .
You may also want to participate in free trainings provided by Reference USA. Whether you are checking out the local business competition or gathering data for market research, Reference USA can assist your research needs. Check out their spring 2013 schedule, http://www.infodepot.org/docs/2013Q2RefUSATrainingWebcasts.pdf .
If you have any questions, please email christinac@infodepot.org.
Money Smart Week is a partnership between the American Library Association and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago held April 20-27, 2013. The overall mission is to promote personal financial literacy.
Go here for the MSW Full Schedule!
