A-B Tech Small Business Center Seminars
Staff Reports
Learn more about minority business opportunities, how to buy and sell a business, and much more this month. These along with many other seminars are offered by the A-B Tech Small Business Center.
Small Business Jump Start Day – April 28
An annual event in which current and potential business owners can learn more about the many resources available to small businesses in our community.
Thursday, April 28 from 4 to 6:30 p.m.
A-B Tech Enka Site, 2nd Floor, Haynes Conference Center. FREE – No registration required. Sponsored by Asheville Savings Bank.
Discover Your
Leadership Instinct
What kind of leader are you? Are you a tiger? A fox? Maybe a chameleon or an ostrich? Find out today by taking a quiz at MyLeadershipInstinct.com and then attend this interactive workshop to discuss characteristics of each communication style.
Tuesday, May 10, from 6 to 9 p.m.
2046 Small Business Center, Enka.
Course Fee: Free.
Business Plan Basics
Discover how to make better decisions and give your business idea a
better chance of success. Learn the purposes of a business plan, its
different components and the questions each section of the plan should
answer.
Thursday, June 2, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
2046 Small Business Center, Enka.
Course Fee: Free.
Making Your Passion Your Business: Defining Your Values
Learn how to turn your passion into your business by determining your
core values, integrating these values into your business and providing
principles for your employees to embrace.
Thursday, June 9, from 6 to 9 p.m.
2046 Small Business Center, Enka.
Course Fee: Free.
Young Entrepreneurial Scholars (YES!) Programs
YES! is a week-long summer camp for Buncombe, Haywood, Madison, and
McDowell students. Applications are currently being accepted for both
the YES! Camp for high school students and the YES! Academy for middle
school students.
A regional week-long summer day camp for rising high school sophomores,
juniors, and seniors, and a new two-day middle school academy, are being
offered this summer at the A-B Tech Enka Site.
A-B Tech Small Business Center also offers student tours of our facility
and NC REAL Activities in the classroom. Please contact Christy Ramm at
(828) 254-1921 ext. 5857 or email [email protected] for more
information.
Regional High School Week Camp:
June 13-17, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
New Middle School Academy:
July 18-19, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Women’s Business Conference – May 27
Mountain BizWorks is proud to present this annual conference designed
solely for female entrepreneurs. We are inspired daily by you and it is
our honor to continue giving the business women of Western North
Carolina the tools to Dare to Succeed and Courageously Lead!
Early bird discount is $55 for the general public and $40 for Mountain
BizWorks’ Members. After May 11 the cost will be $65 for the public or
$50 for members. Registration opens April 18. The last day to register
is May 20!
Keynote Speaker – Denise Ryan
Denise has re-energized thousands of people, waking them up to their
full potential and helping them get everything they can out of their
lives and their work.
Her infectious enthusiasm, her big smile, and her candor are her
trademarks. Audiences love her humor and the tools she gives them to
bring the fire into their lives — both personally and professionally.
Friday, May 27, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Registration opens at 8 a.m. AB
Tech, Enka Campus, Haynes Conference Center, 2nd floor, 1459 Sand Hill
Road, Candler, NC.
For more information on these events,
please email: [email protected],
phone: (828) 254-1921 x5849, or visit
www.abtech.edu/sbc
