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Good Business Connections

Thu 8 August 2024 Washington Hall, 98122

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Good Business Connections

Thu 8 August 2024 Washington Hall, 98122

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Join Seattle Good and Seattle Restored at Good Business Connections

Connect with the services you need to run your business or art career!

Good Business Connections brings together over 40 trusted small business service providers from graphic designers and photographers to accountants, legal representation, HR consultants and more.

This event will also host speed coaching sessions from seven small business service providers where you can connect for a quick format question and answer session. Bring your ideas, road blocks and questions! Speed coaching sign – up will occur at the event on a first-come first-served basis.

Finally, enjoy networking with other small business owners and creative entrepreneurs while enjoying complimentary light refreshments.

When:
Thursday, August 8th from 4 – 7 pm.

Where:
Washington Hall, 153 14th Avenue, Seattle, 98122 (map)

Cost:
Free

Small Business Service Providers and Speed Coaches

Speed Coaching

Speed coaching sessions are on a first come, first served basis. There will be sign up sheets at the door for these unique ten minute sessions. Guests are requested to limit their speed coaching sessions to two coaches.

Coaches and prompts are as follows:

Accounting For Taste - Looking for accounting support; Software vs Bookkeeper, Accurate sales tax recording, Tracking business income and expenses

Aeolidia - Quick ecommerce/Shopify review of your website with actionable tips, Email and SMS marketing for ecommerce, Migrating to Shopify or taking a brick & mortar store online, How to sell wholesale online

Andrew Konstantaras Consulting - Finding, working with and managing outside counsel, Approaching contracts and negotiations, Patents/copyrights/trademarks and other IP issues

Art Stone Consulting - Branding your business, Assessing and strengthening staff levels and employee culture, Developing and documenting staff, owner and manager processes and procedures

Be Possible - Executive and equity coaching - how to navigate change internal or external, Leader Development - Who you are as a leader depends on who you are as a person, Is your business ready for executive coaching?, Working as BIPOC and minority leaders to thrive in white culture, Bring your concerns and chat with Kristina

Connected Haven - Small Business Grant Readiness; what you need to do to get ready for the grant process, Grant websites geared towards small businesses & startups, Alternative funding options; various options available to get funding for your business

Electric Butter Marketing - Maximizing your Google business profile: strategies for higher rankings through effective updates and optimizations, Building a thriving Instagram community: techniques for increasing follower engagement, Leveraging Facebook events: strategies for enhancing event awareness and reach

IRC Small Business Program - Credit building personal & business loan program information, Business capital readiness with the 4C’s of credit, Family budget or budgeting, Credit building and credit repair tips, Debt recovery and restructuring for those facing foreclosure, repossession and the likes

Launch Industries - Human resources support, Support in finding software tools for collaboration, How to develop efficient project management processes, What to know about working with employees vs. contractors, Capacity-Building

Merchant Method - Product merchandising for pop-up markets and craft shows, Assorting product lines and managing the number of customer choices, Partnering with vendors and collaborating with other small businesses

Seattle Startup Coaches - Development of a Go-to-Market Plan, Meeting growth goals with a smart demand plan that focuses on marketing channels or brand, Building and leading teams, Operational efficiency that brings AI and new tactics when doing more with less.

WebCami LLC - Improving website accessibility: striving to make your WordPress site accessible to all users, including those with disabilities, Boosting website performance and speed: tips for optimizing your WordPress site to load faster and perform better, Using ChatGPT effectively for content creation: adopting best practices to generate engaging and relevant website content that doesn't sound like a robot wrote it.

Business names updated continuously.

Vendors with (ABC) next to their name are businesses associated with the Office of Economic Developments Accounting and Business Consulting program. Find out more here. Vendors with a (CSC) next to their name are associated with the Office of Economic Developments Commercial Space Consultant program. Find out more here.

* Indicates that this business supports services in multiple languages. (A) Arabic, (CM) Chinese - Mandarin Specified, (SP) Spanish, (V) Vietnamese, (SW) Swahili, (D) Dari, (F) Farsi, (P) Pashto, (H) Hindi, (U) Urdu, (R) Russian, (UK) Ukranian, (PO) Polish, (FR) French, (CR) Creole

The Office of Economic Development

Seattle Good Business Network

Shunpike

Umpqua Bank *(SP) (F)

BECU *(SP)

Vision 7 Advertising (ABC) *(SP)

Kirsti Rochon Design (ABC)

Motley Brown Consulting (ABC)

Growing Contigo (ABC) *(SP)

Salinas Tax and Accounting LLC (ABC) *(SP)

Medzam Consulting (ABC) *(SP)

Launch Industries LLC (ABC) - Speed Coaching Mentor *(SP)