The LAEDA Quick Start Series is a 5-part series that provides a great opportunity for individuals who wish to learn how to start a business and for more experienced business owners wishing to learn best practices in operating a business. Topics included in the series: Writing a Business Plan, Marketing Your Business and Credit Management....
Unit 5 of the Quick Start Series focuses on the role personal credit plays in starting and growing a business. Having good credit can mean the difference between success or failure for a business. Without it you can’t sign a lease, get terms with your suppliers and of course get a loan. During this seminar...
The pathway from “creating for fun” to “creating for business” is anything but straightforward, but LAEDA is here to help you navigate the swerves and curves. One part of the journey is transitioning from designing & creating for friends to producing for customers beyond your inner circle. - Do you have a product...
Unit 2 is all about identifying who your best customers are and how to reach them so they buy from you instead of your competition. Don’t worry if you haven’t had any sales yet. In this session, we’ll learn about - Identifying your target customer and why this is so important -Where...
LAEDA's Introduction to Entrepreneurship is for individuals who are in the idea stage in their entrepreneurial journey. This seminar lays out the realities of the journey and key factors to consider before getting started. Once you know where you are, you will learn about all of LAEDA's no cost courses and counseling services and how...
A sales channel is the manner by which a business sells (exchange of money) its product or service to the customer. In Session Three, we review the sales channels that work best for businesses transitioning from a few, scattered sales to more frequent sales of regularly higher quantities. These channels are public market vending and...
