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Presenter: Bill Wright Date: Monday, June 17, 2024 Time: 3:00 - 4:30 pm Location: 2210 Grand Ave, Des Moines, IA 50312 Register: Here This session will give you the tools to make the best decision for you and your business. Join our presenter Bill Wright in The Iowa Center office! Bill Wright, Managing Director for CBRE, has 32 years of experience in commercial real estate brokerage. He specializes in the sale and leasing of office and rental properties, and is an advisor on real estate strategies, commercial leases, lease-related legal issues, and business plans. Bill and his team at CBRE typically complete approximately 150 commercial real estate transactions per year throughout Central Iowa and the entire State. As a member of The Iowa Center Board of Directors, Bill has a keen interest in seeing Iowa entrepreneurs succeed in their small businesses. Click here to register!

Presenter: The Iowa Center Staff Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 Time: 3:00 - 4:00pm Location: Online Register: Here Turn your dream into a plan with this small group, one-hour business planning class. The Iowa Center staff will help you kickstart your business plan by providing you a road map on completing your plan and taking the next steps towards business ownership. Also connect with other aspiring small business owners to refine your business ideas as you put them into real plans. Click here to register! 

Date: June 24, 2024 Time: 9:00 am - 11:00 am Location: Online Registration: Click Here Work for Yourself@50+ is a webinar to help you gain the knowledge, support, and resources you need to make informed decisions about working for yourself and take the right first steps toward successful self-employment. The decision to start your own business can be both exciting and daunting. Work for Yourself@50+ breaks the choices down for older adults in an approachable way through five steps: 1. A careful consideration of the potential benefits and risks of working for yourself 2. Exercises to help develop the self-employment idea 3. A realistic overview of what it takes to pursue a self-employment opportunity 4. Guidance to help avoid pitfalls and scams 5. Ways to find trustworthy support and services This is an online webinar. In order to access the webinar, you will need to use either a computer, tablet for smartphone. You will receive instructions on how to join the webinar in your registration confirmation or your reminder email that will go out prior to the webinar. Please do not share the webinar access information with anyone who is not already registered. Click here to register!  The Iowa Center Women's Business Center is funded in part by U.S. Small Business Administration.