NaperLaunch

Is your business showing up when a customer searches for a business "near me"? According to Google, 18% of local searches lead to a purchase within 24 hours. To make sure your customers can easily find you online, join us Wednesday, February 21 at 6:30 p.m. for Optimize Your Google Business Profile, a free virtual workshop presented by Sherry Bonelli, owner of early bird digital marketing. Bonelli, a Google Business Profile Platinum Product Expert, will cover tips, tricks, and best practices for driving customer engagement using Google Business Profile, a free tool from Google to optimize your presence online. Register at the link below to receive the Zoom information. You do not need to have an NPL card to join this session.

Women entrepreneurs: Does your business need a boost? Join SCORE Fox Valley and NaperLaunch for this free half-day workshop! You'll get help developing or refining your business plan, whether you're a startup having trouble getting off the starting line or past that first lap or an existing business looking to scale and seeking experienced eyes on your business approach. One-on-one mentoring—and lunch! —will be provided. Seats are limited--register now at https://lnkd.in/gTMax_qM

Established business owners: What's your (strategic) plan? This SCORE program can help! Curious about how strategic planning can elevate your business to the next level? Looking for help on how to get started? If you have been in business 5+ years and are developing your business plans for the next 3-5 years, join us to learn about a more structured framework for strategic planning. This approach will leverage multiple facets for strategic planning including insights from your business financials, financial projections, industry trends and incorporating other techniques for a comprehensive roadmap for your future growth. 

We are excited to welcome back Maryanne and Henrieta from Intentional Energy 3 for this in-person workshop! Asset Mapping is a strength-based approach to looking at our businesses by identifying, connecting, promoting, and putting into action the strengths, resources, and experiences that exist within each of us, our businesses and the communities around them. In this interactive workshop, participants will discover their assets, connect them within and outside of their business or organization and lay the groundwork for developing an action plan to use these connections to drive their business forward. Space is limited, so reserve yours by registering at https://lnkd.in/gjfub7w5 #naperlaunch #assetmapping #smallbusiness #entrepreneurship #startup #naperville

More than 140 entrepreneurs, all under the age of 15!

"The Ample Hills story is a familiar one in the modern start-up world: Grow too fast, come down hard. It has also become common in the food industry, especially in the realm of desserts, a business now driven by social media fads and fickle consumers... This time around, the couple are determined not to get in over their heads." Learn more about their pivot: https://lnkd.in/gUx2hHmt #business #startup #entrepreneur #foodindustry