For Immediate Release
May 5, 2023
SHE MEANS BUSINESS
Learn – Connect – Celebrate with Vermont’s Women Owned Businesses
Monday, May 22, 2023 | Rutland, VT
StartUp Rutland, the region’s technology-driven business incubator located at The Hub CoWorks, is pleased to announce the hosting of the VtSBDC & VSBA She Means Business event.
Join us in Rutland as we showcase and support womxn-owned businesses with workshops, speed networking (QuickConnect) with lenders and resource providers, stops into downtown businesses, and an evening reception.
You decide how you will navigate your options for the day:
- 12-1:30 pm: Workshop: Building Your Business Model (see below for details)
- 1:30-3 pm: Workshop: 9 Steps to Increasing Awareness for Your Business & Ask Us Anything (see below for details)
- 3-4 pm: Rutland Business Hop (and the weekend before): Check out the area’s vibrant small business community. Pick-up a map at The Hub CoWorks (67 Merchants Row, Suite 201)
- 4-5:30 pm: QuickConnect: Connect with lenders and statewide service providers offering insights and materials to help your small business. Start collaborations and conversations with lenders, business advisors, and experts.
- 5:30-7 pm: Reception & Networking hosted by the Vermont Women’s Fund: Celebrate the day with food, fun, and continue your networking conversations.
All activities are free. Walk-ins are welcome but we kindly ask that you register so we can plan the day.
Register – Questions? Please contact Sara at [email protected] or 802.431.8100
WORKSHOPS
Building Your Business Model
12-1:30 pm at The Hub CoWorks, 67 Merchant Row, Rutland
In this 90-minute session, you’ll hear from Center for Women & Enterprise (home of VT’s Women’s Business Center) CNPP Project Manager, business coach, and social entrepreneur Faye Longo on all things Business Model Canvas. You’ll leave this workshop with a general and complete overview of what a Business Model Canvas is, a working draft of your own, a couple templates to build from, and connections for next steps!
Whether you’re a BMC guru or not sure what a Business Model Canvas is – this class is for you!
Instructor: Faye Longo, CWE CNPP Project Manager
9 Steps to Increasing Awareness for Your Business & Ask Us Anything
1:30-3 pm at The Hub CoWorks, 67 Merchant Row, Rutland
Learn some easy tips to:
- Build relationships with your target audiences
- Enhance your business brand
- Clarify your message to all of your marketing channels
And ask our panel your most pressing questions about marketing, social media, eCommerce,
This event is free; please register ahead of time.
Instructor: Phyllis Ershowsky, VtSBDC & CNPP Marketing & Communications Specialist
Panelists:
- Phyllis Ershowsky, VtSBDC & CNPP Marketing & Communications Specialist
- Sara Munro, CNPP Project Coordinator at VtSBDC
- Nancy Shuttleworth, VtSBDC Business Advisor for Bennington & Rutland Counties
HOSTS & SPONSORS
This day is brought to you by our hosts Vermont Small Business Development Center, Small Business Administration Vermont District Office, Vermont Women’s Fund, CEDRR, Downtown Rutland Partnership, Evolve Rutland, and Center for Women & Enterprise.
This event is in partnership with the Community Navigator Pilot Program, funded in part through a grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Who should attend: Whether you own a business, are thinking of starting one, or just want to see what Vermont’s small business community has to offer, all are welcome!
The Hub CoWorks is located at 67 Merchants Row Suite 201, Rutland VT 05701
All Media Inquiries
Sarah Nadler
Community Development Specialist
