Learn how to set up your company with QuickBooks Online! This free webinar will lead you through Online QuickBooks with selling, buying, inventory and sales taxes. This webinar will be led by Cal Poly Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship's Director of Finance and Operations, Damon Watkins. Registrants will be emailed a zoom webinar link one day before the event. Registration is limited to 25 people.
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Cal Poly’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) Small Business Development Center (SBDC) will virtually host six brilliant tech-driven startups from the region in a pitch competition to win up to $100,000 in equity-backed funding at the third annual AngelCon 2020. The event will take place June 30th, 2020 on YouTube live from 4 - 6 PM. Tickets are available on Eventbrite and are $10. Registered attendees will receive the event link via email, one day before the event. AngelCon 2020 Agenda: Update from 2019 winner, De Oro Devices Update from AngelCon Fund 3 Investors Six Competitors' Pitches Keynote Speaker Winner Announcement Visit our page for more information. Purchase your tickets here. Thank you to AngelCon's event sponsors and vendors for making this virtual event possible with the implementation of social distancing and precautionary health measures.
Hear from three Angel Investors as they share their experience being part of AngelCon 2020. An angel investor (also known as a private investor, seed investor or angel funder) is a high-net-worth individual who provides financial backing for small startups or entrepreneurs, typically in exchange for ownership equity in the company. While most people know AngelCon as a pitch competition that happens once a year, becoming an investor is a year-long training process that leads up to the main event. AngelCon 2020 investors Chad, Donica and Jolie will share what the process was like, what they seek in a startup and why they invested in Atlas Alpha. Q & A will be available for attendees. Register here.
Join us for coffee and hear from a great guest speaker! Katerina Axelsson CEO and Founder of Tastry, will share her entrepreneurial experiences and journey to creating a company in San Luis Obispo. Katerina, is a graduate of Cal Poly with a B.S. in Chemistry. While in school, she worked at a custom-crush facility and noticed that one of their batches imprinted with two different labels received drastically different industry scores: it was then that she knew there had to be a more science-based way to score wine. Thus, Tastry was born. Tastry is a sensory sciences company that uses advanced chemistry, machine learning and artificial intelligence to match consumers to products they will love
As the biggest revenue-making quarter of the year approaches, we are bringing together experts in strategy and digital marketing to make sure your business is ready for the upcoming holiday season. 9:00 AM - 10:05am General Session 10:05 AM -10:10 AM - Break 10:10 AM -11:00 AM - Industry Break Out Sessions This workshop is led by Lani Lott, expert consultant in economic revitalization and Steve Burnside, a digital marketing specialist. Lott will lay out the “Road Map to Prepare for the Holiday Season,” including customer outreach strategies and the importance of collaborating with fellow business owners. Burnside will discuss in-practice tools and platforms to digitally market strategies. Receive a valuable policy and regulation update from Downtown SLO and participate in breakout sessions, specific to your industry. Register at: https://bit.ly/cpsbdcwebinar
QuickBooks Online (Intermediate) Training! QuickBooks Intermediate is the second step in a three part workshop series. Learn how to manage and secure company files, list items, order and sell inventory and how to apply vendor discounts. Damon Watkins, Director of Finance and Operations for Cal Poly Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, will lead this webinar. He is a motivated, personable business professional with a 15+ year track record in multiple aspects of financial control, management and policies / procedures. He prides himself on having strong communication skills, and is accustomed to working with sensitive and confidential records, always protecting and maintaining confidentiality.
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Jenny Kassan, owner of Jenny Kassan Consulting, will join us this month to discuss business funding and ways to seek the right investors for your company. She will teach you the steps to get funding on your own terms, where to find investors, and how to confidently speak to them on behalf of your business. With 25 years of experience as an attorney and advisor for mission-driven enterprises, she is empowered by helping businesses achieve their maximum economic potential.
