WLA/SCORE: Entrepreneur Basics - What You Need to Know

Are you contemplating opening your own business? Being your own boss? This presentation will discuss all the most significant issues and actions you will need to address to start your own business. Taking your great idea from dream to reality requires many steps and lots of preparation, and this in-person workshop will show you the way. In this fast-paced, interactive, experiential workshop, participants will gain a greater understanding of starting and owning a new small business, what’s needed to operate properly, the planning and vision to sustain and grow your business, and other skills to make the transition to being an entrepreneur.  You will:

• Learn about the common business entity structures and which is right for your business
• Learn about the various components of a business such as marketing, financial planning, cash flow, insurance, financing, and many others
• See if you and your family are truly ready for this life changing decision

Bill Mollica is retired from a 29-year career as a large national and global commercial accounts insurance broker, where he excelled at creative problem-solving, and complex, comprehensive negotiation on behalf of his Fortune 500 clients. Bill also created and delivered several training programs for insurance professionals on workers compensation, general liability, automobile liability, and excess/umbrella liability, and is thus a SCORE subject matter expert (SME) in insurance. He is a teacher, mentor, and coach, and a literacy volunteer doing individual tutoring and leading ESOL conversation groups.

Sponsored by Wilton Economic Development Commission, Wilton Chamber of Commerce and Wilton Library.

Click here to register on the SCORE website.