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Ask an Expert – Rural Business Ownership

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“The economic potential of small businesses in rural America is far-reaching and has the potential to be a significant contributor to the country’s sustained economic growth.” Amazon While this may be the case, there are significant barriers entrepreneurs in rural environments face, some of which include access to capital, connectivity and labor. Join us for this hour-long session solely dedicated to answering your questions by an expert panel, including members from the USDA and SCORE Mentor Kent Adams, who specializes in assisting rural business owners. ABOUT THE PRESENTER(S) • Experienced in Agriculture and regenerative operations include water, carbon sequestration, and carbon credits. • Experienced in packaged goods marketing including OTC, Skin Care, Personal Care, and first aid. • Experienced in industrial adhesives, cleaner, and specialty chemical products direct to large users and through distribution. • Work in SCOPE 2 and SCOPE 3 carbon analysis.... Kent Adams SCORE WEBSITE REGISTRATION

Free

SLO Chamber Member Mixer

Bank of America 1102 Higuera St, San Luis Obispo, CA

Every month SLO Chamber members gather after hours to catch up, meet new members, do a bit of networking and get an inside glance at a local business. Membership Mixers happen on the third Wednesday of every month and provide an opportunity for members to get to know each other and share business contacts all in the friendly confines of a member business. A benefit to all Chamber members, these networking events provide the opportunity for the host to showcase their digs, show off what they do and maybe even boast a little about the services they offer. All members are welcome to invite a non-member as a one-time guest. The guest will be contacted at a later date about the benefits of a membership. Please see Mixer Guidelines for potential hosts. REGISTRATION

Small Business Cybersecurity (SCORE)

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Small Business Cybersecurity and Scam Defense Strategy Update for 2022-2023 As cyber threats and scams increased rapidly in the past 12 months, Trend Micro and Scamadviser experts team up to provide important updates about today's digital technology landscape and how to keep your business protected. Join this webinar to hear Mitchel Chang, Jon Clay and Jorij Abraham go into detail about: Digital transformation and its impact to cyber defenses, such as a zero-trust strategy Threat updates and an introduction to the cyber “risk” index How criminals are leveraging various technological advancements and social engineering to commit fraud and scams BROUGHT TO YOU BY Trend Micro For over 33 years, Trend Micro’s unwavering vision has been to make the world safe for exchanging digital information. This single-minded passion has inspired our innovations that keep up with the bad guys despite a changing IT landscape, riskier user behavior, and constantly evolving threats. Trend Micro Initiative for Education includes all of our community outreach efforts working to provide digital safety education and user awareness. Trend Micro Initiative for Education | Facebook | Twitter More from Trend Micro ABOUT THE PRESENTER(S) Mitchel Chang VP of Corporate Social Responsibility & Education, Trend Micro Mitchel heads Trend’s CSR and the Trend Micro Initiative for Education—bringing his […]

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Manufacturing: Building a Process Improvement Mindset

CIE HotHouse + Zoom 872 Higuera St, San Luis Obispo, CA, United States

In this workshop, we will cover topics related to continuous improvement and the associated Lean and Six Sigma thinking, and how they relate to both product and process design. A quick overview on some specific lean tools will also be discussed in order for many of the starting companies to envision their production and scaling up phase. Dr. Deif has a diverse portfolio in his industrial experience ranging from automotive to steel to electronic industries, and finally assembly industry at various engineering and consultancy capacities. As a lean and six sigma certified expert, Dr. Deif helped various industries in improving their production performance and conducted various lean and six sigma trainings in North America, Africa and Asia over the last 20 years. REGISTER LEARN ABOUT PART TWO

$20

Manufacturing: Beyond Product Prototyping: Self-Producing Startups

CIE HotHouse + Zoom 872 Higuera St, San Luis Obispo, CA, United States

If your startup plans to produce or manufacture your products this workshop will get you thinking about efficient production and capacity plans as well as the inventory management associated. If your startup plans to subcontract production, learn more here.  Dr. Deif has a diverse portfolio in his industrial experience ranging from automotive to steel to electronic industries, and finally assembly industry at various engineering and consultancy capacities. As a lean and six sigma certified expert, Dr. Deif helped various industries in improving their production performance and conducted various lean and six sigma trainings in North America, Africa and Asia over the last 20 years. REGISTER

$20

Good Morning SLO (SLO Chamber)

Grace Central Coast Church 1350 Osos St, San Luis Obispo, CA

Your community newspaper brought to life. Good Morning SLO is our platform for sharing ideas, news and inspiration. A monthly program that brings community leaders, business owners, nonprofit executives and staffers together, and enables us to reconnect, engage and learn from each other. Our goal is to provide insight into business, community and legislative issues and share the stories of those making a difference. We want audience members to leave with ideas and information about how to better their personal and professional lives. Good Morning SLO happens on the fourth Thursday of every month except November when it is on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. Thank you to this month’s featured sponsor: REGISTRATION        

$25 – $35

Manufacturing: Beyond Product Prototyping: Contracting Startups

CIE HotHouse + Zoom 872 Higuera St, San Luis Obispo, CA, United States

Are you a startup that plans to subcontract production? This workshop will be dedicated to thinking about global supply chain opportunities and challenges and how to manage your suppliers and ensure quality and resilience. If your startup plans to produce or manufacture your products, learn more here.  Dr. Deif has a diverse portfolio in his industrial experience ranging from automotive to steel to electronic industries, and finally assembly industry at various engineering and consultancy capacities. As a lean and six sigma certified expert, Dr. Deif helped various industries in improving their production performance and conducted various lean and six sigma trainings in North America, Africa and Asia over the last 20 years. REGISTER

$20

Your Marketing Roadmap – Content, Publicity and Personal Branding (SCORE)

Zoom Webinar Online, San Luis Obispo, CA, United States

Join SCORE and small business expert and entrepreneur Ramon Ray for part 3 of our 4-part marketing series. We'll take you through the ultimate marketing essentials you will need for your business to be a success. Workshop 3: Content, Publicity and Personal Branding Ramon will show you how to integrate content marketing, publicity and personal branding to grow your business. You’ll see how you can leverage these three pillars in your marketing tool book. In this webinar you will learn how to: Use content to build trust with your audience. Enhance the credibility of your brand using publicity. Start and build a personal brand. Identify why a community of fans is often more important than a sale. ABOUT THE PRESENTER(S) Ramon is a serial entrepreneur, keynote speaker and author of several books, including Celebrity CEO. He's the founder of SmartHustle.com. Get to know more about Ramon at www.RamonRay.com Ramon Ray Entrepreneur, Founder, Author SCORE REGISTRATION

The Impact of Digital Equity on our Businesses and Community

Madonna Inn 100 Madonna Road, San Luis Obispo

Maria Kelly breaks down the Broadband for All initiative, infrastructure and people needed, and how Digital Equity impacts our communities. This is a topic you are going to hear more about, and it is really important to know how it touches our businesses because it goes beyond just your internet service. Maria Kelly Consulting applies her collaborative spirit, problem solving and networking skills to support companies and organizations with their social impact initiatives, communications strategies, government affairs and community relations. She has successfully built capacity through community engagement, promoting organizational sustainability and strengthening strategic relationships for both public and private organizations. Building community while solving problems with transparency and authenticity are core to how she approaches her work. With her 20 years of experience in economic development, renewable energy, and community government affairs, she is able to help organizations do just that! REGISTER

$38 – $50

Coffee and Conversation with Alla Weinstein

CIE HotHouse + Zoom 872 Higuera St, San Luis Obispo, CA, United States

This month, Alla Weinstein of Castle Winds will join us to discuss the upcoming changes to the Morro Bay coastline. In Jan 2016 Trident Winds submitted an unsolicited lease request to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for the development of a commercial offshore wind farm off the coast of Morro Bay.  By the end of this year BOEM will be conducting a competitive lease auction that will see 3 developers securing sites off the coast of Morro Bay.  The original site defined in 2916 lease request is now part of the Morro Bay lease areas. She will provide an overview of the process that will be followed from now till the auction and what will take place post the auction, including offshore wind technologies that will be used for the installation of offshore wind in the water depths found off the coast of Morro Bay and along the West Coast. REGISTER