Archive: Calendar Events
D.C. Group Launches 'Buy Local' Campaign
Local First DC is hosting a campaign throughout July encouraging metro area residents to support local, independent businesses. Local First DC is a project of the Latino Economic Development Corp. based in the Adams Morgan neighborhood. It has declared July "Independents Month" in the hopes of inspiring residents to patronize...
By Sharon McLoone | June 26, 2008; 01:15 PM ET | Comments (2)
Calendar of Events
JUNE 17 Business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs from Spotsylvania County and environs are invited to the Entrepreneur Express: Moving Your Business Forward, a hands-on workshop designed to deliver information on business resources. The free event is coordinated by the Virginia Department of Business Assistance and sponsored by the Spotsylvania County...
By Sharon McLoone | June 12, 2008; 01:38 PM ET | Email a Comment
SBA Hosts Live Web Chat
The Small Business Administration is hosting a Web chat on how to do business with the federal government. Fay Ott, associate administrator for government contracting and business development, will host the chat today from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Ott will answer questions from chat participants on how small businesses...
By Sharon McLoone | May 29, 2008; 09:00 AM ET | Email a Comment
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MAY 1 Financial and legal issues workshop for an emerging high-tech firm. The event, held at Teqcorner in Tysons Corner, Va., from 6:15 p.m to 9 p.m. is free for MIT Enterprise Forum members and $25 for non-members. The speakers include lawyers, investment bankers and accountants. 2 Sustainable Business Incubator...
By Sharon McLoone | April 30, 2008; 01:54 PM ET | Email a Comment
Small Business Group Sponsors Filmmaking Contest
A Washington-based small business advocacy group is hosting a contest for filmmakers, including aspiring ones, who answer the question "Why does small business work for America?" in a 30-second video clip. The winner gets $5,000 in cash and a paid trip to Washington for the National Federation of Independent Business's...
By Sharon McLoone | April 16, 2008; 11:57 AM ET | Comments (1)
Calendar of Events
Here's a smattering of small business events throughout April and May. If you have any relevant events you'd like to include in upcoming postings, please e-mail smallbusiness@washingtonpost.com. APRIL 11 University of Maryland's Cupid Cup, an annual business competition showcasing young entrepreneurs from the University of Maryland. 11 Application deadline for...
By Sharon McLoone | April 10, 2008; 09:21 AM ET | Email a Comment
Contests Can Attract New Customers
Editor's Note: The deadline for this contest has been extended until Apr. 30. Elizabeth Kanna, owner of Kanna & Co., a boutique business consultancy, recently launched the Big Business Contest with the thought "there's nothing small about running your own business," she said. She saw a good fit for the...
By Sharon McLoone | March 17, 2008; 10:05 AM ET | Email a Comment
Small Business Events
Here are some programs and calendar events of interest to the small business community: Nominations Open for High School Entrepreneurs The National Federation of Independent Business has opened nominations for its 2008 Young Entrepreneur Awards. It's the sixth annual scholarship program for high school seniors designed "to promote and encourage...
By Sharon McLoone | November 28, 2007; 12:10 PM ET | Email a Comment
IRS Hosts Workshops for Non-Profits
The IRS is hosting one-day workshops nationwide beginning this month for small and midsize non-profit groups. The 501(c)(3) workshops are limited to 200 attendees and are designed for administrators, volunteers or tax practitioners in charge of their organization's tax compliance. Pre-registration is required and there is a non-refundable $45 fee....
By Sharon McLoone | November 7, 2007; 10:55 AM ET | Email a Comment
Group To Research Effect of Corporate Giving
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is partnering with Indiana University's Center on Philanthropy to study how corporations that give back to their communities fit into local economic and community development, with a keen eye toward the small business community. The project was started "to identify what some of the critical...
By Sharon McLoone | November 1, 2007; 09:00 AM ET | Email a Comment
A Green Tax Holiday in Virginia
Virginia is offering consumers the ability to purchase certain energy efficient products tax-free this weekend. All retailers of these products must take part in the sales-tax holiday. The governor signed legislation to create the Energy Star Sales Tax Holiday, which will run from Friday, Oct. 5 through Monday, Oct. 8....
By Sharon McLoone | October 4, 2007; 06:00 AM ET | Email a Comment
Entrepreneur Center To Host Open House
The University of Maryland's business school, which has a special center designed to cultivate entrepreneurs, is having an open house. The Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship, part of the Robert H. Smith Business School, is opening its doors to individuals interested in learning more about entrepreneurship and the center's resources. It...
By Sharon McLoone | September 17, 2007; 07:00 AM ET | Email a Comment
SmartCEO Seeks Fast Growing DC-Baltimore Firms
SmartCEO magazine, a monthly publication focusing on businesses around the Baltimore and Washington area, is accepting nominations for its Future 50 fast-growing firms issue. SmartCEO will profile selected firms from various industries in its January issue and congratulate them at an awards ceremony. To be eligible, a company must be...
By Sharon McLoone | September 6, 2007; 04:00 PM ET | Email a Comment
SCORE's Business Plan Workshop -- July 26
SCORE, a group that bills itself as the "counselors to America's small business" is hosting a workshop on writing a business plan later this month in Washington, D.C. The $50 fee will get you into a workshop designed to help an entrepreneur prepare a professional business plan. The class covers...
By Sharon McLoone | July 16, 2007; 02:00 PM ET | Email a Comment
