Learn from the experts with SCORE’s small business training workshops.
On this page you’ll find instructor-led training offered by SCORE locally or online. You can also find interactive courses to help you learn new business strategies.
SCORE currently sponsors six regular workshops:
Starting a Business (always held on the third Wednesday of the month in San Luis Obispo and every 3rd month in Santa Maria), Marketing with Social Media, the Business Plan Workshop (every other month in San Luis Obispo and every 3rd month in Santa Maria), Marketing with Technology (website development), Growing Your Business (essential topics for business success, held every month in San Luis Obispo and every 3rd month in Santa Maria), and the BYOBB (Bring Your Own Brown Bag) a monthly lunchime seminar on current topics of interest to small businesses.
New workshops are also being added continually. These workshops are given at various locations in San Luis Obispo and Santa Maria. View the current offerings in the announcements below and click on the Register Now button to reserve your seat For further information call 805-547-0779 or email us at info@sloscore.org.
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Identifying Your Sales Strategy
This free online business workshop will help you develop your company's sales strategy by preparing a sales forecast. Read more
Valuing a Business
This free online business workshop will explain reasons to assess your company's fair market value, illustrate the 3 approaches to determining the value of a business, and provide Read more
Conducting a Market Analysis
This workshop explains the importance of doing a market analysis and how to best conduct your research. Case studies are included to help you start your analysis today. Read more
Analyzing Your Competition
This workshop will show you how to gather competitive intelligence, provide case studies, and help you set yourself apart from the competition. Read more
Creating A Strategic Plan
This free online business workshop will help you create a strategic plan for your company. Read more
Creating a Profit and Loss Statement
This free online business workshop will help you develop a profit and loss statement for your company by implementing a single-step or multi-step formatted statement. Read more
Determining Your Company's Legal Structure
This business workshop will provide an overview of different legal structures and help you decide which is best for your company. Read more
Growing with Partners and Investors
This free online business workshop will identify ways your company can grow and attract new partners and investors. Read more
Developing a Business Plan
For a business to be successful and profitable, the owners and the managing directors must have a clear understanding of the firm's customers, strengths and competition. Read more
Getting Your Business Online
Take this module to learn why it’s important for your business to have a presence online and how to choose between a social media page and a website for your first webpage. Read more
Building and Growing Your Online Brand
In this module, we’ll discuss the difference between branding and marketing. We’ll also cover some branding basics and review the key ways you can brand your business online. Read more