Ideas Into Actions Workshop | Your Customer, Your Market

Understanding the needs of your customer is one of the most important first steps in any new venture. Learn how to identify your market segment and customers and evaluate whether (and how much) those customers value your product, service or business solution. You’ll develop questions to ask a potential customer to better validate your market, […]

Caltech Rocket Fund 2022 Informational Webinar

Fast. Flexible. Cleantech Funding! Caltech’s Rocket Fund offers equity-free grants to help early companies build commercial prototypes and demonstrate with customers The awards are fast and flexible and provide the means for academic and garage innovators to validate their technologies in the real world and produce data that attracts customers and investors. This informational webinar […]

SBDC: Business Plans that Work

– This webinar will provide a detailed format for writing Business Plans that get Funded. Steve Roth developed this model over 40 years of investing and has successfully used it for hundreds of companies across all industries. We will feature a panel of experts to answer questions. Add to Google Calendar Add to iCalendar

1 Million Cups with 2 Exciting Speakers To Be Announced!

A weekly Zoom meetup where 2 entrepreneurs present their early-stage businesses to an audience of their peers for advice and feedback.You’re invited to 1 Million Cups! Every Wednesday morning, two entrepreneurs present their early-stage businesses in 6 minute presentations that are followed by 20 minutes of questions, feedback and advice from an audience of their […]

1 Million Cups Chico – Forward Forestry

Stoble Coffee Basement 418 Broadway St, Chico, California

– A weekly event that brings together entrepreneurs and the Chico community over coffee and conversations. It is FREE and open to the public. Add to Google Calendar Add to iCalendar

GWG – Launch Your Business with Customer-Focused Marketing

– As a new entrepreneur, you’ll need more than good products or services to grow your business. It’s also important to have strong customer-focused marketing strategies to reach your audience and turn theminto loyal customers.  In this workshop, you will learn how to: Create a compelling brandDefine your audienceConvert customersBuild loyalty and advocacy Click here […]

Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Office Hours

Join Zoom Meeting, https://zoom.us/j/99506195601?pwd=SUEwY08rNnJQbHhRam9PZGQ5WVh2dz09, , Meeting ID: 995 0619 5601, Passcode: 234642, One tap mobile, +16699006833,,99506195601# US (San Jose), +13462487799,,99506195601# US (Houston), , Dial by your location

Have a question or need advice about the Big Bang!, Little Bang! or how to move your venture forward? Join us for online office hours. Wednesdays, 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Thursdays, 5-6 p.m. | 5-5:45 p.m. before every Ideas into Action workshop!

Virtual Entrepreneurship Toolkit Series

Virtual, via Zoom

Cost: 0.00Event Type: Professional Development,Student Activity,Training,WorkshopLink: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-entrepreneurship-toolkit-series-tickets-176724988197?aff=TrumbaTake your business or business idea to the next level with this five-week long online series!The Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship presents a new virtual series of workshops designed to teach participants about building the foundation of a new enterprise. This Virtual Toolkit Series guides participants through hands-on activities to […]

Financial Management for your Business

– Don’t miss this exclusive webinar on understanding your financials for your business. Add to Google Calendar Add to iCalendar

Securing SBIR/STTR Funding Through NSF

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs provide an opportunity for businesses to tap into non-dilutive federal funding to conduct research and development on promising new innovations and technologies. With $3 billion available annually, the programs are a source of seed capital for early stage companies. SBIR/STTR funding can […]

SBDC: Quickbooks: Setting up items and Creating Forms

– Continue your Quickbooks Online experience with our expert, Rebecca Lehman (Certified QuickBooks Pro). This webinar will cover: Setting up items, using purchasing orders, customizing invoices, setting up items and creating forms in QuickBooks Online. Add to Google Calendar Add to iCalendar

Cleantech to Market (C2M) Informational Webinar

Commercialize Your Cleantech Innovation! Cleantech to Market (C2M) is now accepting applications for 1,000 hours of free commercialization support - including the identification of early-stage market opportunities, prospective customers and partners, and funding sources - for promising innovations in low-carbon energy, green chemistry, and water technologies. C2M supports innovators from leading accelerators, universities, and government programs, including […]