The NaperLaunch Academy offers a focused curriculum to develop fundamental business knowledge, salesmanship and leadership skills in entrepreneurs. There are six courses available: 1. Entrepreneur Assessment 2. Problem/Solution Design 3. Market/Product Design 4. The Business Plan 5. Professional Selling Skills 6. Advanced Course The first 5 are prerequisite courses required for participation in the Advanced Course in Entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurs interested in learning the "lean process" and in developing foundational business knowledge, professional and leadership skills may inquire by sending email to
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Receive customized assistance from a SCORE Mentor to help start and expand your business. First Thursday night each month in the NaperLaunch Conference Room.
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Join the Discussion on the NaperLaunch LinkedIn Group! email request to join to
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The Pitch Session
Thursday, December 29, 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
Want to practice your pitch? This is your opportunity to participate in a pitch session by making a 10 minute pitch or observing others and offering feedback. Pitchers can choose from three optional pitch formats: Request funding for growth of your business, Pitch for a strategic partner, make a sales pitch for your product or service. No registration needed to observe and give feedback at this meet up. To APPLY to give a 10 minute pitch, click on the title of this event and submit your pitch for consideration.
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Selling Yourself without "Selling"
Thursday, January 5, 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
Presented by Rich Austin, Sales Trainer at Sandler. Most salespeople are likely to blather on to prospective customers about what they love about their product or service; and then wonder why the prospect doesn't "get it" and ends up not buying. This session will demonstrate and help attendees learn how to state a proposition in a brief, targeted way so that prospective customers appreciate value and get emotionally involved enough to be motivated to buy.
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SCORE Business Roundtable
Thursday, January 12, 8:00 am
Join SCORE Mentors and other business owners in an informal roundtable discussion and learn how other entrepreneurs solve common, and not so common challenges.
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SCORE Roundtable - Website Review
Thursday, January 19, 8:00 am
Learn ideas and basic principles for web design based on feedback offered by the group while 3 or 4 websites are viewed and analyzed. The analysis will consider format, images, video placement, text, color, and potential marketing effectiveness, etc.
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SCORE Business Roundtable
Thursday, January 26, 8:00 am
Join SCORE Mentors and other business owners in an informal roundtable discussion and learn how other entrepreneurs solve common, and not so common challenges.
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Market Research at the Library
Wednesday, January 11, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Before making sales contacts, attending networking events or just for general market awareness, access the in-depth data available in S&P Capital IQ's NetAdvantage database.
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