Listening to Your Business--4 Hour Live Workshop

Do you want to develop a strategic three-year plan? Would you like the opportunity to network with other small business owners and KU SBDC consultants as well as SeedCo staff? If so, this is the workshop is for you. Listening to Your Business is a four-hour live workshop meant for existing business owners.

Where: 737 Constitution Dr. Exton, PA
When: April 22, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Cost: $20
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Where: MetEd Auditorium, 600 S 5th Ave. Lebanon, PA
When: 8:45 a.m. to noon
Cost: $25

Click here to register and for more information on both these workshops.

Certification Made Simple

This 3 hour informational session discusses and reviews the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Minority Business Enterprise/Women Business Enterprise (MBE/WBE) certification application.

Participants will be led through the application line by line by a representative from the Department of General Services Bureau of Minority and Women Business Opportunities (BMWBO).

Where: Harrisburg Regional Chamber of Commerce, 3211 North Front St.
When: May 6 from 9 a.m. to noon

Click here to register or call Peter Hornberger at 484-646-4012.

Moving Up in State Contracting

Do you own a small business? Have you ever thought about doing business directly with the Commonwealth? Do you wish you knew more about becoming a Commonwealth prime contractor? Now is your chance to take your business to the next level. The Bureau of Minority and Women Business Opportunities is conducting this workshop where small business owners can learn:

• how to write and understand Requests for Proposals (RFPs).
• how to write effective proposals
• find and market your company to Commonwealth agency heads, purchasing agendas, and RFP administrators.
• learn the do's and don't's of becoming a prime contractor for the State.

Where: Tek Park, 9999 Hamilton Blvd. Breinigsville
When: May 4 from 9 a.m. to noon
Contact: BMWBO at (717) 783-3119

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Patriot Express is Your Key to Business Success

The Patriot Express Loan is meant for veterans, service-disabled veterans, active duty service members eligible for the military's Transition Assistance Program, Reservists and National Guard members, current spouses of any of the above, and the widowed spouse of a service member or veteran who died during service or of a service-connected disability.

Learn step-by-step how to apply for a Patriot Express loan, which has working capital loans from $5,000-$25,000. This is not a credit card loan; these are SBA-guaranteed loans, payable over ten years with no prepaid penalty. This loan program does not compete with local banks; it works in conjunction with the banks in the community.

When: Monday, April 20, 2009 from 6-8 p.m.
Where: Slate Belt Chamber of Commerce, 856 W. Pennsylvania Ave. Argyl, PA

Click here to learn more and to register for this event.

Government Cost Accounting

This is an intermediate to advanced level seminar that will explore government accounting system requirements, recent regulatory changes/court cases, and how to get equitable price adjustments.

Learn about:

• allowable cost rule revisions
• court decisions on cost allowability
• DCAA audit attitude
• contract changes and modifications
• incurred cost submissions
• mandatory ethics programs
• pricing proposals
• GSA schedules
• cost accounting standards

Where: 3211 N. Front St. Suite 201 Harrisburg, PA 17110
When: Wednesday, May 6, 2009 from 1-4:30 p.m.

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Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to read our newsletter. We appreciate your participation in the KU SBDC community.

Sincerely,

Ernie Post, Director
Kutztown University Small Business Development Center