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Charles Fred: Can Your Stakeholders Endure a Long Journey?

Conference Rooms in Longs Peak Student Center 4616 S Shields St, Fort Collins, CO, United States

Can your stakeholders endure a long journey? Consider this immutable fact: Only 3% of all firms operating in the U.S. eventually reach $10 million in sales. Most will take an average of 12 years to reach the $10 million threshold. Few entrepreneurs have prepared their stakeholders for this extended journey. But there are steps you …

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How to Sell Anything to Anybody – The Psychology of the Pitch & 90% Close with Carl Hartman

Challenger Point Lecture Hall Classroom 4616 S Shields St, Fort Collins, CO, United States

Carl Hartman has pitched and sold billions of dollars in projects to major corporations. This program was originally designed to teach his neurodiverse coaching clients how to read why people buy and sell to them almost every time. His clients experience a phenomenal 93% close rate. During this workshop you will learn how to see …

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How to Build a Financially Resilient Business and Prepare it for Scale with CJ Whelan

Conference Rooms in Longs Peak Student Center 4616 S Shields St, Fort Collins, CO, United States

C.J. Whelan is a serial entrepreneur (and bicycling fanatic and car nut) who founded, scaled, and sold several multi-million dollar businesses. He now serves as the Executive Director for the Rockies Venture Club. RVC is angel investing group with a strong focus on entrepreneurial education.  Hear how angel/venture backed companies should be thinking about scaling. In …

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Appreciate, Relate & Collaborate with Curt Bear

Challenger Point Lecture Hall Classroom 4616 S Shields St, Fort Collins, CO, United States

This session would unpack the progression from Emotional Intelligence to Relational Intelligence, using a framework known as Hallos TRIADS methodology - in wide use in South America and Europe, but only now being introduced in USA. This simple and memorable framework is useful for developing leaders, building strong teams, and appreciating and relating with one …

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Work Less to Earn More! Productivity tools to decrease your stress and increase income! with Chrysta Bairre

Conference Rooms in Longs Peak Student Center 4616 S Shields St, Fort Collins, CO, United States

When you think about earning more do you come up with a list of more things to do? Many service providers are working more hours and giving more expertise for less and less return. Get control of burnout and boost your business revenue with a few simple and easy-to-implement productivity tools! You can increase your …

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Psychological Safety is the key with Jamie Moyer

Larimer SBDC Classroom 4616 S. Shields Street, Fort Collins,, CO, United States

Diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging (DEIB+) is trending, but how do we actually create environments that allow for difference? Research points to psychological safety. During the great resignation people were leaving jobs at staggering rates due to disrespect, lack of DEIB+, and toxic leadership/cultures. Creating psychologically safe culture isn't easy, but the payoff is actual diversity …

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Use LinkedIn to Build Credibility and Fill Your Sales Pipeline with Candyce Edelen

Conference Rooms in Longs Peak Student Center 4616 S Shields St, Fort Collins, CO, United States

LinkedIn is a powerful platform for finding clients. Candyce Edelen will teach you how to find leads on LinkedIn and engage them in conversations, so you can book sales calls with your ideal prospects and quickly grow your business. Candyce teaches from experience. In 2018, she pivoted her business and needed leads fast. In 6 …

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Gain Creative Breakthroughs by Hiring People With Disabilities

Conference Rooms in Longs Peak Student Center 4616 S Shields St, Fort Collins, CO, United States

People with disabilities face roadblocks every day. When they lean into their challenges, they develop resourcefulness and adaptability that people without disabilities could never gain. Their perseverance and resilience make them incredible assets to any team. Because of this, hiring people with disabilities can be a huge differentiator for your business. They bring a different …

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Mental Health and Entrepreneurs with Chrysta Bairre

Conference Rooms in Longs Peak Student Center 4616 S Shields St, Fort Collins, CO, United States

Entrepreneurs are 50% more likely to report having a mental health condition than the general public. Let's get real and talk about mental health. We all have mental health, and one of the most effective ways to treat mental illness is to talk about it. In this session you'll learn: How to manage mental illness …

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How I Built It: Zubaida Bai, ayzh

Larimer SBDC Classroom 4616 S. Shields Street, Fort Collins,, CO, United States

"A midwife in rural India proudly showed me the tool she used for cutting umbilical cords. It was a sickle, also used for cutting grass. I knew in that moment that I would bring life-saving change to women in need," - Zubaida Bai Zubaida Bai innovates health and livelihood solutions for under-served women and girls …

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Courage to Show up Brilliantly for Your Brand with Julie Ulstrup

Larimer SBDC Classroom 4616 S. Shields Street, Fort Collins,, CO, United States

Marketing, branding, showing up in your business authentically is crucial to build connection with your ideal clients. Julie's talk focuses on four embodiment practices to show up brilliantly in your business, so you can attract your ideal clients and power partners with ease. Speaker: Julie Ulstrup Attendees will walk away knowing this one thing: Four …

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Verns Toffee: How to Build a Resilient, Family-Owned Business with Patrick O’Neill

Conference Rooms in Longs Peak Student Center 4616 S Shields St, Fort Collins, CO, United States

Founded in 1976, Vern's Toffee is a 3rd generation, family-owned and operated FoCo business that handcrafts butter almond toffee the old-fashioned way. Join the 3rd generation owners, Patrick and Stefanie as they share the struggles and victories of taking over and running this business. Learn about how they've pivoted from a business perspective while sticking …

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Ayurveda for Better Nutrition and Health with Bina Mehta

Conference Rooms in Longs Peak Student Center 4616 S Shields St, Fort Collins, CO, United States

Local businesswoman and cookbook author Bina Mehta will share her knowledge from her Indian heritage and formal study of Ayurvedic philosophy. Her presentation, Ayurveda for Better Nutrition and Health, will explain Ayurveda, the three doshas to determine your body type, the dosha quiz, and how to eat for the three body types (types of food …

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Interviewing to Build the Right Team, not a ‘Right Now’ Team with Jennifer Bilger

Larimer SBDC Classroom 4616 S. Shields Street, Fort Collins,, CO, United States

Building the Right Team in the challenging landscape of today that many business owners are facing can be difficult, especially if the need to hire is urgent. Hiring the wrong person because they are the 'best' right now or because 'we need someone immediately' can be a costly mistake that causes major productivity issues, stress, …

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Brain Crawl

Conference Rooms in Longs Peak Student Center 4616 S Shields St, Fort Collins, CO, United States

A mental health resource fair for freelancers, entrepreneurs, and small business owners, Brain Crawl returns to Founded in FoCo in 2022, featuring: White Light Guidance Web: www.withwhitelightguidance.com FB: https://www.facebook.com/WhiteLightLifeCoach/ IG: @WhiteLightLifeCoach Boundaries Coach, Mary Brown Web: www.BoundariesCoach.com FB: https://www.facebook.com/theboundariescoach/ IOME Web: www.iowemenow.com IG: @iowemenow Health District of Northern Larimer County Web: www.healthdistrict.org FB: www.facebook.com/healthdistrict IG: …

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Harnessing Your Neurodivergence And Using It To Your Advantage with Kristin and Bill Mastre

Conference Rooms in Longs Peak Student Center 4616 S Shields St, Fort Collins, CO, United States

After being married and working in our career fields for 20 years, then merging our agency together for over 5 years, 2020 brought some big changes. TikTok took off as a social platform and of all things, made us look a little deeper into our minds. The next thing we know, one of us was …

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Creating a Strengths-Based Career as an Entrepreneur with Jennifer Vancil

Larimer SBDC Classroom 4616 S. Shields Street, Fort Collins,, CO, United States

Creating a strengths-based career means creating a work role for yourself as an entrepreneur that uses your natural talents. When you base your work life on what comes naturally to you and find ways to partner with others or delegate what drains you, you create a work-life that energizes and engages you. Isn't that why …

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Stop Focusing on Your Weaknesses and Start Leverage Your Strengths in your Business with Elizabeth Mahoney

Conference Rooms in Longs Peak Student Center 4616 S Shields St, Fort Collins, CO, United States

What if you were able to do more of what is easy, and you do naturally well, in your business and you were able to stop focusing in on all the things that you don’t do well. You know, the things that bring you down in your business and put you at risk for burnout. …

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Storytelling for Sales with Ron Ben-Joseph

Larimer SBDC Classroom 4616 S. Shields Street, Fort Collins,, CO, United States

Whether you are presenting in front of a large group, pitching your vision to an investor, or are meeting with prospects one-on-one, communicating your ideas in an honest and clear way is crucial to your success in sales. Storytelling helps you engage your potential clients and keep them interested throughout the presentation or pitch all …

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5 Client Attraction Basics for Freelancers & Service Providers Worried About “The Economy.” with Mari Geasair

Larimer SBDC Classroom 4616 S. Shields Street, Fort Collins,, CO, United States

Don’t fear about paying the bills throw you off track. In this highly actionable and interactive session, you will learn what you can do to stand out from the crowd and attract new and better business, even in a turbulent economy. We will explore five core actions that are essential to attracting and keeping business …

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Digital Detox: How To Protect Your Mental Health While Marketing Your Business On Social Media with Jade Shebelski

Conference Rooms in Longs Peak Student Center 4616 S Shields St, Fort Collins, CO, United States

As entrepreneurs, we wear many hats, and one of those hats is being your business's social media manager. Social Media has evolved from a photo-sharing platform to staying in touch with family and friends, morphing into a place where we share the most perfect, staged, curated highlight reels of our lives. As a social media …

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The Myths and Reality of Earning a Living While Being True to You with Ariana Friedlander

Larimer SBDC Classroom 4616 S. Shields Street, Fort Collins,, CO, United States

Stepping into the world of entrepreneurship is both thrilling and terrifying. You get to meet awesome people and feel extraordinarily lonely. You have to do things you don’t particularly enjoy - marketing, sales, accounting, copywriting, etc. so you can make a living while being true to yourself. In this engaging talk, Ariana shares insights she's …

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Reduce “quiet quitting” with intentional hiring and recruiting with Dayle Wickizer

Conference Rooms in Longs Peak Student Center 4616 S Shields St, Fort Collins, CO, United States

What is “quiet quitting” and how to identify it in your organization. Learn 1 strategy to help hire the right fit the first time. Use onboarding to set your hire up to succeed. Steps to build relationships and reduce “quiet quitting” Speaker: Dayle Wickizer Attendees will walk away knowing this one thing: Real life practices …

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You are ignoring a market larger than China worth over $13 trillion – Panel with Angela Wilson

Larimer SBDC Classroom 4616 S. Shields Street, Fort Collins,, CO, United States

When you are building your product and service’s features or go-to-market strategy, your business is actively removing 25% of your potential customer base or 1.97 billion consumers, if you realize it or not. Who are they? Consumers with short-term and long-term disabilities. That population is larger than in China (1.44B). Our panel will discuss the …

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Work-Life Boundaries: How to Create a Contract with Yourself with Mary Brown

Conference Rooms in Longs Peak Student Center 4616 S Shields St, Fort Collins, CO, United States

Work-Life Balance Boundaries: How to Create a Contract with Yourself Are you looking for the ever elusive work-life balance?  I call BS! What you really need is Work-Life Boundaries!  You will learn: How to decide your boundaries with confidence How to have both good boundaries and good customer service How to create a working contract with yourself

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Workforce Trends – HR & Benefits with Angela Kelton

Conference Rooms in Longs Peak Student Center 4616 S Shields St, Fort Collins, CO, United States

Well-being incorporates much more than physical health. We will take a look at overall Organizational Well-being and how Physical & Emotional, Financial, and Career wellness all come into play every day when our employees come to work. We will address ways employers can better the well-being of their organizations by providing ideas and exploring tools …

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Motivated Money with Karl Dakin

Larimer SBDC Classroom 4616 S. Shields Street, Fort Collins,, CO, United States

Raising capital is difficult, if not impossible, for small businesses when seeking capital from investors who stand to gain only a return on their investment (ROI). Raising capital is easier, with a higher probability of success, a lower cost and time of raising capital and possibly a lower price of money when seeking capital from …

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The Just-Right Business Model with Karen Joy Fritz

Larimer SBDC Classroom 4616 S. Shields Street, Fort Collins,, CO, United States

What if you don’t want to grow a bigger business? What if you actually want a *smaller* one? The Great Resignation doesn’t only apply to employees. Many small business owners have lost our appetite for building an empire. But we need more than a hobby! How can we find that just-right size and flow to …

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Larimer SBDC’s Show Me The Money

Conference Rooms in Longs Peak Student Center 4616 S Shields St, Fort Collins, CO, United States

Are you seeking funding for your small business but are unsure of where to begin? With all the options available for small businesses today, it’s normal to feel overwhelmed! The Larimer SBDC is bringing together multiple types of funding sources for you to ask questions and get answers. In this unique event, we will have …

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The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace: The Secret to Employee Engagement with Diana Rogers Jaeger

Larimer SBDC Classroom 4616 S. Shields Street, Fort Collins,, CO, United States

79% of employees who quit their jobs cite lack of appreciation as a key reason for leaving. On the flip side… 81% of employees say they’re motivated to work harder when their boss shows appreciation for their work. In today's war for talent, appreciation is a necessity, not a nicety. The 5 Languages of Appreciation …

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