If you live near a state line, please look for workshops in nearby cities of the bordering state. First Step: Starting a Business Seminars First Step Seminar: Starting and Growing a Successful Business SCORE Small Business Workshops First Step: Starting a Business Seminars The Pennsylvania Small Business Development Centers offer this educational program monthly for aspiring entrepreneurs and new business owners to learn what it takes to start a business. The seminar is offered statewide at all 18 of the SBDC’s locations in Pennsylvania. Curriculum covered in this course includes business basics such as: What lifestyle requirements are required of business owners How to assess the feasibility of your business idea What are the legal and tax implications of owning a business How to develop a business plan How to compile a bank-ready financial package How to market your product or service What are the health and safety regulations that may apply to your business Why both a marketing and financial plan are needed Where to find other resources that may help you succeed To register for a First Step course in your region, visit the PA SBDC Events website. Can’t make it to an in-person workshop? An on-demand First Step: Starting a Business webinar series is also available in English and Spanish. To view the online webinars, visit the PA SBDC First Step website. First Step Seminar: Starting and Growing a Successful Business Tax workshops are now offered in coordination with the Gannon University Small Business Development Center First Step Seminars. IRS Small Business Tools will be distributed to participants free of charge. For the dates, times, locations, and topics please refer to the Gannon SBDC website. Sponsored by: Gannon University Small Business Development Center Erie area Date: Varies by Workshop Time: Varies Location: Varies by Workshop (Erie Area) SCORE small business workshops In addition to free face-to-face counseling, SCORE can recommend low-cost workshops and seminars for both start-up and in-business entrepreneurs. Workshops are at other area SCORE offices as well as other resource partners. Training topics range from writing a business plan to e-commerce to marketing, depending on the current needs of our business community. Workshops also offer an opportunity to interact with other local small business owners. Many workshop presenters are practicing professionals including accountants, lawyers, bankers and business managers from diverse businesses and industries. Other facilitators are SCORE counselors who have years of industry and business experience. Registration: Visit the Philadelphia SCORE website, call Mark Maguire at 215-580-2712 or email scorephila@yahoo.com. Sponsored by: SCORE - Philadelphia Chapter Bucknell University Small Business Development Center 125 Dana Engineering Building Lewisburg, PA 17837 Phone: 570-577-1249 Toll Free: 866-375-6010 Fax: 570-577-1768 Email: sbdc@bucknell.edu Website: Bucknell University Clarion University Small Business Development Center 330 North Point Drive, Suite 100 Clarion, PA 16214-3873 Phone: 814-393-2060 Toll Free: 877-292-1843 Fax: 814-393-2636 Email: sbdc@clarion.edu Website: Clarion University Duquesne University Small Business Development Center 108 Rockwell Hall 600 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15282-0103 Phone: 412-396-6233 Fax: 412-396-5884 Email: duqsbdc@duq.edu Website: Duquesne University Gannon University Small Business Development Center Center for Business Ingenuity 900 State Street, Suite 100 Erie, PA 16501 Phone: 814-871-7232 Fax: 814-871-7383 Email: gusbdc@gannon.edu Website: Gannon University Indiana University of Pennsylvania Small Business Development Center Eberly College of Business 664 Pratt Drive Room 108 Indiana, PA 15705 Phone: 724-357-7915 Fax: 724-357-5985 Email: iup-sbdc@iup.edu Website: Indiana University of Pennsylvania Kutztown University Small Business Development Center 15155 Kutztown Road Kutztown, PA 19530 Phone: 484-646-4003 Toll Free: 877-472-7232 Fax: 484-646-4009 Email: sbdc@kutztown.org Website: Kutztown University Outreach Offices: Reading, Harrisburg, Lancaster, York, Exton Lehigh University Small Business Development Center 416 E. 5th Street Bethlehem, PA 18015 Phone: 610-758-3980 Fax: 610-758-5205 Email: insbdc@lehigh.edu Website: Lehigh University Penn State Small Business Development Center 119 Technology Center 200 Innovation Boulevard University Park, PA 16802 Phone: 814-863-4293 Fax: 814-865-6667 Email: sbdc@psu.edu Website: Penn State University Outreach Office: Lewistown Saint Francis University Small Business Development Center 117 Evergreen Drive Loretto, PA 15940 Phone: 814-472-3200 Fax: 814-472-3202 Email: sbdc@francis.edu Website: Saint Francis University Saint Vincent College Small Business Development Center 300 Fraser Purchase Road First Floor, Aurelius Hall Latrobe, PA 15650-2690 Phone: 724-532-6600 Email: sbdc@stvincent.edu Website: Saint Vincent College Shippensburg University Small Business Development Center 405 Grove Hall 1871 Old Main Drive Shippensburg, PA 17257 Phone: 717-477-1935 Fax: 717-477-4010 Email: sbdc@ship.edu Website: Shippensburg University Fox School of Business - Temple University Small Business Development Center 1510 Cecil B. Moore Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19121 Phone: 215-204-7282 Fax: 215-204-4554 Email: sbdc@sbm.temple.edu Website: Fox School of Business - Temple University University of Pittsburgh Small Business Development Center 230 S. Bouquet St. Wesley W. Posvar Hall Pittsburgh, PA 15260 Phone: 412-648-1544 Fax: 412-648-1636 Email: iee@katz.pitt.edu Website: University of Pittsburgh Outreach offices: Waynesburg and Washington University of Scranton Small Business Development Center AdLin Building, 1st Floor 600 Linden Street Scranton, PA 18510 Phone: 570-941-7588 Toll Free: 800-829-7232 Fax: 570-941-4053 Email: sbdc@scranton.edu Website: University of Scranton Widener University Small Business Development Center 1350 Edgmont Avenue, Suite 1300 Chester, PA 19013 Phone: 610-619-8490 Fax: 610-619-8496 Website: Widener University Wilkes University Small Business Development Center Innovation Center, Suite 200 85 South Main Street Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701 Phone: 570-408-4340 Fax: 570-408-9854 Email: sbdc@wilkes.edu Website: Wilks University Related Small business tax workshops, meetings and seminars Webinars for small businesses Workshops and Other Events in Spanish for Small Businesses
