WomenVenture: Business Development


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Business Development

May 17, 2008

Need help starting or learning to better manage your business? WomenVenture is here to help. For over 30 years we have been giving people tools and information to make their business dreams come true and we can do the same for you.

If you're new to WomenVenture, we recommend you to attend our free orientation session, The Best Place to Start, followed by a free 10-minute business consultation. Our post-orientation classes offer additional information to help you start - or manage - your business.

For more information about individual classes and services available, click on the class names in the right hand column.

I want to start a business, what classes should I take?

WomenVenture's eight-part Planning to Succeed series is just what you need! Planning to Succeed (PTS) features proven curriculum that has helped thousands of entrepreneurs get started.

Taken as a series, these must-have classes cover the business fundamentals you need to know to get your business off the ground. By completing in-class and out-of-class exercises, you will create a rough draft of a business plan during the eight weeks of classes.

Learn more about Planning to Succeed by clicking on Planning to Succeed in the right hand column. Or call 651-646-3808 to discuss your needs with one of our knowledgeable Client Service team members.

The Business of Small Business

The Small Business Administration estimates that over half of small businesses fail due to lack of proper planning. Order this essential workbook to help you plan a successful business today! Click here for more information or to order.

Meet Linda Taylor,
Small Business owner
By Betsy Kroon

During Jobs in the Trades training in 2000, Linda Taylor learned the art of marketable construction skills, but the lessons she learned about herself proved to have the greatest effect on her. "WomenVenture helped me realize that anything I set my mind to, I can do," says Taylor. "WomenVenture expanded my horizons."

After spending six years climbing scaffolding and installing sheet rock, Taylor realized it was time to do what she loved.

Paper crafts and card making had always been a hobby for Taylor. Having moonlighted as a paper designer at Paper Depot, she knew she had the talent to design her own paper products but she credits WomenVenture's ever-present support for giving her the confidence to launch her own business. "It made me a stronger woman, to know that support is there." Taylor says the business consultations helped her to believe, "I can do this."

And she has.

No longer an after-hours pastime, Taylor has launched Adnil Designs and is successfully selling her custom made cards and paper products at Midtown Global Market.

WomenVenture is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with U.S. Small Business Administration. All opinions, conclusions, or recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SBA. All SBA funded programs are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis.
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