Business Basics for Creative Minds

-Turn your passion into profit.

 

Top five things you didn’t know you had to know.

• How do I get started
• Pricing your product or service
• Marketing vs. Promotion
• Evaluate your strengths and weaknesses
• Leave with a startup guide

Learn how others have used basics to succeed.

• Register Now
• Brochure - [PDF] - Will be published soon.
• Who Should Attend
• Presenter(s)
• Fee
• SBDC

Date/Time/Location

Thursday, May 1, 2008
5:30pm-9:30pm

Racy D’Lene’s Coffee Lounge
404 Riverside Ave.
Eau Claire, WI, 54703
715-834-0000

To The Top

Who Should Attend

Anyone interested in making a living using their creative and artistic talents.

Painters; sculptors; photographers; musicians, writers, graphic artists, web designers, actors, culinary artists, crafters, interior designers and other talented individuals.

To The Top

Presenter(s)

Jean Accola – artist and successful business owner.  Jean has been a watercolorist throughout her professional painting career and has built a reputation for her artistic skill as well as her technical abilities.  She started her business in the old Railroad Depot in Durand in 1985, with six hundred dollars and a bit of training.  She kept the overheard very low and gave marketing and building a customer base top priority.  Jean started doing reproductions of her work five years later, purchased a building, a wide format high-end printer and some part-time employees.  She starting wholesaling prints and framing in 1998 with distribution throughout the upper Midwest and a few national sites.  She thought of marketing as a "creative venture" itself.  Jean networks with organizations with common interests.  Commissions from those organizations were relevant to her business growth and she has seen a accumulative affect from her various forms of promotion.

Jim Mishefske - Director of the Small Business Development Center at UW-Eau Claire Continuing Education.  Jim focuses on equipping entrepreneurs and managers to meet the challenges they face when starting or growing a business.  The Small Business Development Center provides critical information and alternative approaches that work through one-on-one counseling and/or small group workshops.

To The Top

Fee

$35

Transfers/Cancellations/Refunds: To receive a full refund you must cancel no later than five (5) business days prior to the start of the program.  Cancellations after this time will not receive a refund.  Substitutions may be made at any time.  Just call the Continuing Education office (715-836-5811 or 1-800-582-5182) and we will take care of everything.  If you no show or cancel the day of the program, you are responsible for the full program fee.  Walk-ins are welcome – please call 24 hours ahead to ensure space availability.

Accommodations: Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance.  Contact Jim Mishefske at 715/836-5811 / toll-free 800-582-5182, or use the Wisconsin Relay System by dialing 7-1-1-715-836-5811.

An EEO/Affirmative Action employer, University of Wisconsin provides equal opportunities in employment and programming, including Title IX and ADA requirements

SBDC

The Small Business Development Center and University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Continuing Education are partners in education with University of Wisconsin-Extension and the U.S. Small Business Administration.  The Small Business Development Centers are members of the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Network, a coalition of more than 100 partner organizations which provide access to services for small business throughout Wisconsin.  The SBDC is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. All opinions, conclusions or recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SBA. 

To The Top