Welcome to
The Women's Business Center
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WBC Membership
Back to School, Back to Work,
Back to Business:
Renew or Join this Fall
Membership at the WBC not only helps you and your business, it supports the state's only business resource center focused on women's business ownership. Could these benefits be valuable to your business?
- free one-on-one business coaching
- educational programs for all levels of development with special member pricing
- connections through Roundtables, networking events, the WomenBiz Marketplace
- free listing in the state's first online women-owned business resource, the WomenBiz Directory
Join the community of women who are the WBC today!
Renewing Member? Click here to go to 'Manage Your Account', log in, and Renew!
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Upcoming Programs
September 18, 2008
Media Marketing Workshop: "How to Creatively Advertise within your Budget"
Presented by Lori Martone, President of MediaLink, Inc.
This workshop for level 2 and 3 business owners (not beginners) brings marketing through the media to your doorstep. Learn why and when to use media based marketing, including the internet, and how and what should go into it. WBC member Lori Martone delivers media marketing seminars nationwide to every level of business owner, and for one night only will bring it home to Portsmouth. Bring a friend, a business partner or anyone who is looking to up their game in the fast paced and sometimes fickle world of media buying and strategy. You'll both leave understanding "How to Creatively Advertise within your Budget" and so much more!
6:00pm-8:00pm
Community Campus, 100 Campus Drive, 1st floor, Portsmouth, NH 03801
$15.00/members, $25.00/others Pre-registration required
September 26, 2008
The Breakfast Table with the Women's Policy Institute
7:30- 9 am E.F. Lane Hotel, Keene
To what extent are women represented at the top in business in NH, and how do we compare to other states? What are the trends affecting women’s contributions to the workforce and corporate governance over the next decade? Katherine Merrow, Executive Director of the NH Women’s Policy Institute, will present the latest research from Breaking Through the Granite Ceiling in Corporate New Hampshire, the Institute’s recent report on women in business leadership and corporate governance in New Hampshire. We are pleased to present this special program in the Monadnock region for the first time. Join other business leaders in the community for this informative morning event that includes a delicious breakfast.
Sponsored in part by the E.F. Lane Hotel
September 29, 2008
Business of Beauty
Presented by Janine Parsons
The Business of Beauty is the first of The Owner's Series courses from the WBC. This course is for working professionals in the beauty industry who are currently or will soon be salon owners. You will learn the business essentials to make your salon successful - from accounting basics to business plan development, legal issues to supplier relationships. The Business of Beauty is an intense 6 week course that will prepare you for ownership like nothing you've been taught so far. Your fee includes membership in the WBC through the end of the current fiscal year.
Program meets on these dates:
9/29, 10/6, 10/13, 10/20, 10/27, 11/3
9:00am-11:30am
Pease International Tradeport, Portsmouth, NH (exact location TBA)
$350 fee includes WBC membership, with all benefits, through June 30, 2009 Pre-registration required
September 30, 2008
Develop Your Business Plan
Presented by Sheila Kabat
The WBC guides you through the process of creating a business plan in six sessions that include the marketing plan, required business counseling and a self-made product on completion. Sheila Kabat will teach you how to maximize the productivity of this document and hone your vision for the future of your company.
Program meets on these dates:
9/30, 10/7, 10/21, 10/28, 11/11, 11/18
6:00pm-8:00pm
Bruce Mast & Associates, 11 Court Street, Exeter, NH 03833
$145.00/Members, $190.00/others Pre-registration required
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WBCares Program The WBC has received $2500 in scholarship sponsorship from Ocean Bank to subsidize program and membership costs for women entrepreneurs in NH this year. The WBCares program makes this and other funding available for women who qualify to give everyone access to the resources provided by the WBC for women business owners. For an application, contact Nancy. at 430-2892, ext. 1.
Click here to print application
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