Smart Start Workshop

SMART START WORKSHOP

Saturday, March 29, 2025

Location: ISU Research Park Core Facility, 1805 Collaboration Pl, Ames, IA 50010

Register: https://www.isupjcenter.org/event/smart-start-workshop/

The ISU Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship, Small Business Development Center (SBDC), and the Ames Regional Economic Alliance will be hosting a “crash course” workshop for anyone who has ever considered starting a business. You will learn various topics such as insurance, intellectual property, business organization, registration, and operations. Local business professionals will present topics. Smart Start provides information as well as the opportunity to ask questions on topics such as paying taxes, applying for a business loan/grant, managing your finances, applying for a patent, finding resources, forming a partnership, and more.

AGENDA

Session 1 (8:30AM-12PM)

8:30AM Registration/Doors Open

9:00 Welcome

9:15  Intellectual Property

10:00  Insurance for Small Business

10:45  Break

11:00  Banking Basics

11:45  Entrepreneur Story

12:15  Break for Lunch (included with registration)

Session 2 (1PM-4PM)

12:45  Ingredients for Success

1:00   Legal Aspects of Running a Business

1:45  Accounting for Small Business

2:30   Break

2:45   Marketing Your Business

3:30   Entrepreneur Story