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SUMMARY:2019 Business Education Series - 4
DESCRIPTION:BUSINESS EDUCATION SERIES - 4 \n\n \n\nThe Small Business Development Center at UW-Stevens Point is excited to offer a four-part series for business owners across North Central Wisconsin!\n\n\n\nClick Here to Register\n\n\n\nThe 2019 Business Education Series will provide business owners with key insight in the following topic areas scheduled for:\n\n \n\n\nNOVEMBER 26 - Increasing the Likelihood of Getting your Business Funded\n\nFind out what it takes to get your business funded by doing your due diligence and planning before you approach a lender. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresented by: \n\n\n\nMelissa Meschke\, Director\n\nSmall Business Development Center (SBDC) at UW-Stevens Point\n\n\n\n\n\nMark Speirs\, Business Consultant\n\nSmall Business Development Center (SBDC) at UW-Stevens Point\nAbout our Speakers: Melissa Meschke is the Director of the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at UW-Stevens Point. A UW-Eau Claire graduate\, Melissa returned to Wisconsin after five years as marketing director and chief operating officer at Michigan Creative\, a marketing company in Lansing. She also served as an ambassador for the Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce for almost two years. Through heavy involvement in Lansing's entrepreneurial space\, she gained knowledge on funding sources\, business plan development\, legal issues and marketing. Her accomplishments include being nominated for the 10 Over the Next 10 award in Lansing three times\, appearing as a guest speaker at multiple events throughout her career\, and\, of course\, assisting hundreds of clients\, both in Michigan and now in Wisconsin\, with their businesses.\n\n\n\nShe holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Business Communication Certificate from UW-Eau Claire.\n\n\n\nMark Speirs is the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) business consultant at UW-Stevens Point. Mark has a strong and varied background in small business management and promotion with eight years as a small business owner and six years working in business and economic development. He is an experienced SBDC consultant who has counseled over 150 businesses and clients in starting and growing their business. His accomplishments include business planning to establish a successful start-up concrete manufacturer\, obtaining financing for several new service and retail businesses in downtown Fredericksburg VA\, and guiding clients through the processes and procedures of selling goods and services to the State and Federal Government.\n\n \n\nPrior to working in the public sector Mark spent eighteen years in the commercial and residential construction field\, eight years of which was spent as a business owner/licensed contractor working with communities and building professionals on real estate development projects in Maricopa County\, Arizona. Mark's education includes dual Bachelor's degrees in Economics and Information Technology. He is a graduate from the Temple University's School of Environmental Design with a Master of Science degree in Community and Regional Planning.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal\; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong><span style="font-family:arial narrow\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">BUSINESS EDUCATION SERIES - 4&nbsp\;</span></span></strong><br />\n<span style="font-family:arial narrow\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">&nbsp\;</span></span><br />\n<strong><span style="color:#575757\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt\;">The Small Business Development Center at UW-Stevens Point&nbsp\;</span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color:#575757\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt\;">is excited to offer a four-part series for business owners </span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color:#575757\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt\;">across North Central Wisconsin!<br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:18px\;"><a href="https://centerex.wisconsinsbdc.org/workshop.aspx?ekey=19390030">Click Here</a> to Register</span><br />\n<br />\nThe 2019&nbsp\;Business Education Series will provide business owners with key insight in the following topic areas scheduled for:</span></span></span></strong><br />\n&nbsp\;</p>\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:18px\;"><strong><span style="color:#575757\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;">NOVEMBER 26 - </span></span><span style="color:#B22222\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;">Increasing the Likelihood of Getting your Business Funded</span></span></strong><br />\n<span style="color:#575757\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;">Find out what it takes to get your business funded by doing your due diligence and planning before you approach a lender.&nbsp\;</span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<font color="#575757" face="calibri\, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18px\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;">Presented by:&nbsp\;</span></span></font><br />\n<img alt="" height="225" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/390/Image/MelissaMeschke.jpg" style="width: 150px\; height: 225px\;" width="150" /><br />\nMelissa Meschke\, Director<br />\nSmall Business Development Center (SBDC) at UW-Stevens Point<br />\n<br />\n<img alt="" height="225" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/390/Image/MarkSpeirs.jpg" style="width: 150px\; height: 225px\;" width="150" /><br />\nMark Speirs\, Business Consultant<br />\nSmall Business Development Center (SBDC) at UW-Stevens Point\n<p><strong>About our Speakers:&nbsp\;</strong><span style="font-size:12px\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\;"><strong>Melissa Meschke</strong> is the Director of the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at UW-Stevens Point. A UW-Eau Claire graduate\, Melissa returned to Wisconsin after five years as marketing director and chief operating officer at Michigan Creative\, a marketing company in Lansing. She also served as an ambassador for the Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce for almost two years. Through heavy involvement in Lansing&rsquo\;s entrepreneurial space\, she gained knowledge on funding sources\, business plan development\, legal issues and marketing. Her accomplishments include being nominated for the 10 Over the Next 10 award in Lansing three times\, appearing as a guest speaker at multiple events throughout her career\, and\, of course\, assisting hundreds of clients\, both in Michigan and now in Wisconsin\, with their businesses.<br />\n<br />\nShe holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Business Communication Certificate from UW-Eau Claire.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Mark Speirs</strong> is the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) business consultant at UW-Stevens Point. Mark has a strong and varied background in small business management and promotion with eight years as a small business owner and six years working in business and economic development. He is an experienced SBDC consultant who has counseled over 150 businesses and clients in starting and growing their business. His accomplishments include business planning to establish a successful start-up concrete manufacturer\, obtaining financing for several new service and retail businesses in downtown Fredericksburg VA\, and guiding clients through the processes and procedures of selling goods and services to the State and Federal Government.<br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\nPrior to working in the public sector Mark spent eighteen years in the commercial and residential construction field\, eight years of which was spent as a business owner/licensed contractor working with communities and building professionals on real estate development projects in Maricopa County\, Arizona. Mark&rsquo\;s education includes dual Bachelor&rsquo\;s degrees in Economics and Information Technology. He is a graduate from the Temple University&rsquo\;s School of Environmental Design with a Master of Science degree in Community and Regional Planning.</span></span></p>\n\n<p class="Default">&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;font-family:"><img alt="" height="109" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/390/Image/SBDCLogo.jpg" style="width: 150px\; height: 109px\;" width="150" />&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;<img alt="" height="62" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/390/Image/UWSPfull-logo-colorB.jpg" style="width: 250px\; height: 62px\;" width="250" /></span></p>\n
LOCATION:Portage County Business Council Foundation Conference Room 5501 Vern Holmes Drive Stevens Point\, WI 54482
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URL:https://business.portagecountybiz.com/events/details/2019-business-education-series-4-7867
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