Leaders Lunch

Building a Bridge to Capital Markets Primer - Intellectual Property Impact

Location: 241 Ridge St. 4th floor/Sierra Capital Resources Conference Room
Price: $10 lunch included (mail check to 241 Ridge St. Ste. 440, Reno NV 89501 by March 1st)

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Thursday, March 11, 2010, 6:30pm - 8:30pm

SCORE Workshop -  - Business Start-Up Orientation

University of Nevada Reno, Redfield Campus, Reno, NV 89521
Price: FREE

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Friday, March 12, 2010 - 9am - 6pm

NCET Entrepreneur Expo

The NCET Entrepreneur Expo features about 100 exhibitors, along with a wide variety of educational workshops, all designed to help Nevadans wanting to start or grow a business.
Expo Floor: 11 am - 6pm Educational Sessions: 9am - 5pm
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa, Grand Ballroom, Reno, NV 89502
Price: FREE
More information

RSVP

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Saturday March 13, 2010 – 8am – 4:30pm

Inventors & Entrepreneur Workshop:  From Your Mind to the Market

C4Cube Conference Center, 300 East 2nd Street, Suite 1210, Reno, NV 89501
Price: $75.00 and free parking

RSVP online

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Saturday, March 13, 2010, 9am - 5pm

Million Dollar Marketing Ideas on a Zero Dollar Budget

Marketing Bootcamp for Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners

Morrison University, 10315 Professional Circle, Suite 201, Reno, NV 89521
Price: $49 in advance, $59 at the door

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Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 11:30am - 1:30pm

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Unfiltered Advice from an Advanced QuickBooks Pro Advisor.  Common mistakes – how to prevent them.  Perfect for entrepreneurs, bookkeepers, business owners, and non-profit managers.
Morrison University, 10315 Professional Circle, 2nd Floor – Room 221
Price: $15 light lunch included; proceeds benefit NCET

More information and RSVP

Please join us as we celebrate the success of the 2010 Reno Gazette-Journal’s Entrepreneur of the Year winners:

RGJ’s Entrepreneur of the Year Awards Dinner
Monday, March 8
Cocktails: 5:30
Dinner and Awards :6:30 pm

Individual tickets - $75
Tables of eight - $600

Sponsorships available
RSVP and purchase tickets here

For more information, please contact Emily at 775-853-4226 or Emily@NCET.org

2010 RGJ Entrepreneurs of the Year

Small Company
Winner

Douglas Booth
Buckbean Brewing Company

RUNNER-UPS
John L. McCarty
LUX dynamics

Liz Younger
Younger Agency

Large Company
Winner

Mike Bosma
Bosma Group P.C.

RUNNER-UP
Dion Giolito
FUMARE/ illusione cigars

Best New Company
Winner

Lori LeBlanc
DoctorsXL

RUNNER-UP
Stuart Katzoff
Reno Aces and Nevada Land LLC

Awards Dinner Generously Sponsored By

Reno – March 6 – 14, 2010

Nevada was built by entrepreneurs.  That entrepreneurial spirit is alive today, with 95% of Nevada’s companies having fewer than 20 employees.  Recent studies show that Nevada’s future economic growth, vitality and diversity will continue to be depend on small businesses. The goal of eWeek (or Entrepreneurship Week) is simple: Celebrate and encourage Nevada’s entrepreneurs — and aspiring entrepreneurs.

eWeek is coordinated by NCET, Nevada’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology, a statewide organization that connects Nevadans to the resources they need to succeed.

Las Vegas and Reno hold separate eWeeks. During eWeek, many regional organizations — ranging from large firms to nonprofits — hold events that include open houses, seminars, and meet-and-greets. The events during eWeek should act as educational opportunities for prospective entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs and small business owners.

NCET then promotes these eWeek events in emails, on websites, and in the material sent to media outlets throughout the state.

For more information, please contact NCET’s Emily Somerville at Emily@NCET.org or
(702) 944-9722 / (775) 853-4226

February 19, 2009 – 11 am > 6 pm
South Point Hotel

Sign up today to exhibit at NCET’s 3rd Annual Entrepreneur and Small Business Expo, Nevada’s only expo exclusively targeting Nevada’s new and small businesses.

• Over 1,200 – 1,500 small and new businesses expected to attend
  100 – 125 exhibitors
  Educational seminars on a wide variety of topics
  Open to the public and free to attend

Who should exhibit?

• Financial institutions
  Professional services including attorneys and accountants
  Consultants, including marketing, management, IT, finance and PR
  Printers, designers and graphic artists
  Educational institutions with programs designed for small businesses
  Federal, state, county and local agencies serving small businesses
  Agencies offering advice and training to small businesses
  And anyone whose customers include small businesses!

8’ x 10’ exhibit booths only $350
($100 for non-profits and governmental agencies)

Download Exhibitor and Sponsorship Application Here

For more information visit www.NCETexpo.com or contact 
Emily Somerville at (702) 944-9722 or Emily@NCET.org

Open to all Nevada High School Students

And

Student Entrepreneurship Conference

February 19, 2010

South Point Hotel/Casino, Las Vegas

Open to all who enter the competition

Cash Prizes to top winners!

Intent to compete and conference registration forms due December 15, 2009

Plans due Monday, February 1, 2010

For more information contact: Melissa Scott

melissascott@doe.nv.gov - 704-486-6625

Presented by Nevada Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education; Nevada Council on Economic Education; and Nevada’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology with partial funding provided by Carl D. Perkins and Merrill Lynch Foundation grants.

We’re pleased to announce that the 2010 NCET Entrepreneur and Small Business Expo will be held on Friday, February 19, 2010 at the South Point Hotel Casino and Spa.

The Entrepreneur and Small Business Expo is designed to provide small businesses — and aspiring business owners — with the advice, resources, contacts and information needed to start or grow a successful business. For 2010, the Expo will feature over 100 exhibitors and a series of 45-minute educational seminars.

However, people told us that they sometimes had to choose between attending the educational sessions and visiting the exhibits. This year, we’re looking for new ways to offer additional seminars at times and days that won’t conflict with the exhibit floor hours.

We’d like your help in selecting the educational seminar topics and how best to offer them to you. Please take this brief survey and let us know your what you’d like.

Take Survey Now

Thank you for your help. We appreciate it.

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March 13, 2009 – 8 am – 7 pm

Atlantis Hotel - Free to Attend

The NCET Entrepreneur Expo is Northern Nevada’s only Expo designed exclusively for small and new businesses. The Expo provides all of the resources, expertise and contacts you need to start or grow a business. The Expo features nearly 100 exhibits and over a dozen education sessions to help you in these challenging economic times. So, if you have a small business or plan to start one, please join us for this free Expo on Friday, March 13 at the Atlantis Hotel.

Educational sessions to help you jump start your business:

Complete speakers list and schedule here

Separate sessions in English and Spanish - Sessions: 8 - 7 pm

Nearly 100 exhibitors - each there to help you start or grow your business:

Complete list of exhibitors here

Friday, March 13 from 8 am – 7 pm at the Atlantis Hotel

More information at www.NCETexpo.com

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The event runs from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday at the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa in the second floor Grand Ballroom.

The expo is free to attend and designed exclusively for small businesses and for people planning to start small businesses. The expo will feature speakers and panels, in English and Spanish, that provide the resources and expert advice needed to successfully start or grow a business.

From 8 to 11 a.m., there will be a condensed English-language session combining marketing finance and a guide to resources to help small- or aspiring business owners.

Dave Archer, CEO of NCET, said about three or four of the workshop sessions would be held in Spanish, because "I thought it would be a good idea."

"As I watched the merger of the Sparks and Hispanic chambers, I realized I didn’t know how many Hispanic businesses there were out there," Archer said. "It made me appreciate the depth of the Hispanic business community."

He said three or four sessions will be presented entirely in Spanish.

It will probably be the core issues, such as developing a business plan, raising money and how to market, he said.

Getting back to basics is what all small businesses face in the current economic challenges, including branding and networking.

The NCET touched on similar topics at its second expo in Las Vegas in late February, which was attended by about 1,000 people.

"What we learned there was what we expect to see here: that because of the economy there will perhaps be more people attending because of the economy who are unemployed or underemployed and looking for ways they can launch a new business," Archer said.

Exhibitors will include professional services such as attorneys and accountants, federal, state and local agencies that assist small businesses, funding sources, agencies offering advice and training to small businesses, educational institutions with programs designed for small businesses and consultants who address marketing, management, IT and other critical areas.

March 13, 2009 – 8 am – 7 pm
Atlantis Hotel
Free – Open to the Public

The NCET Entrepreneur Expo is Northern Nevada’s only Expo designed exclusively for small and new businesses. The Expo provides all of the resources, expertise and contacts you need to start or grow a business. The Expo features nearly 100 exhibits and over a dozen education sessions to help you in these challenging economic times. So, if you have a small business or plan to start one, please join us for this free Expo on Friday, March 13 at the Atlantis Hotel.

Educational sessions to help you jump start your business:

• Business Finance and Accounting
• Raising Capital
• Marketing
• Networking
• Business Plans

Complete speakers list and schedule here

Separate sessions in English and Spanish - Sessions: 8 - 7 pm

Nearly 100 exhibitors - each there to help you start or grow your business:

• Banks and lenders
• Marketing, graphics design and printers
• Professionals, including attorneys, accountants and bookkeepers
• Federal and state agencies
• Educational resources
• County and local agencies
• And many, many more

Complete list of exhibitors here

Friday, March 13 from 8 am – 7 pm at the Atlantis Hotel

More information at www.NCETexpo.com or call (775) 853-4226

To register in advance for this free Expo, please visit http://events.ncet.org/expo_north