Tag - startup

Pitch Night: Your Startup Cohort SPONSORED BY PNC BANK

Pitch Night is the showcase event to celebrate and recognize recent participants of the Your StartUp Cohort. At Pitch Night, participating Your StartUp founders will give a five-minute pitch in front of a captive audience of entrepreneurs, mentors, investors and community members. Pitch Night 2022 will take place on April...

Women Entrepreneurs Leadership Forum

The City of Dallas Small Business Center proudly presents the 2022 Women's Entrepreneurs Leadership Forum held virtually from March 30 - April 21, 2022. Join us to receive valuable information about writing business plans, marketing, and building strategic lender relationships to finance your business. This forum is for businesswomen who are in the idea/concept phase of their...

Women’s Entrepreneur Leadership Forum – She has an IDEA!

She Has An Idea This forum is for businesswomen who are in the idea/concept phase of their business. This phase of the forum will help identify and understand: Risks Necessary research Market Analysis Competition Necessary financial statements needed Ability to Increase your credit score

Women’s Entrepreneur Leadership Forum – She’s On Her Way Up!

She's on her way UP! New start up small businesses earning under $500K annually who has a solid business plan in place and has already established herself as a business owner who knows how to make money. In this session she will learn: How to separate herself from her competition through marketing Get out...

Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprises

The City of Dallas welcomes the involvement of qualified Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprises (M/WBEs) to the greatest extent feasible in the City's construction, professional services, and procurement programs. In consideration of this policy, on October 31, 1984, pursuant to resolution 843501, the City Council adopted the Good Faith Effort...

The Basics to Starting a Business: Where to Begin

Is there a simple step-by-step guide for starting a small business? Continue reading to learn about some ways to find the right steps you need to take depending on your small business.

What’s in a name?

What’s in a name? When it comes to naming your business, the better question might be “what’s not in the name?” After all, the company we know as Apple is Apple. Not Apple Computers. Not Steve Jobs’ Apple. Microsoft? Again, just Microsoft: not Bill Gates’ Microsoft. Many other companies follow...

Your Business, Your Responsibility?

You decide to start your own small business. You’ve done the necessary research, and answered these fundamental questions: What to name your business? What products or services will you offer? Who are your customers? Who are your competitors? Will the business be a sole proprietorship? You even created a business...

In the Beginning: Before Entrepreneurship

Prepare yourself for entrepreneurship. Continue reading to understand how to evaluate your own skills as well as resources for helping you develop those skills that will help you launch your business.