Are You an Encore Entrepreneur?

What's an encore entrepreneur? 

Someone who starts a business after leaving or retiring from another career path. 

If you're over the age of 40 and interested in receiving free information on the nuts and bolts of starting your own business, join us on October 2 for National Encore Entrepreneur Mentor Day. 

  

Featured entrepreneurs include a former Mrs. USA, a fashion designer, and a health service executive who have all started "encore" careers by entering the business world after celebrating their fortieth birthday.

 Come out to hear their stories and learn about starting your own business.

National Encore Entrepreneur Mentor Day is part of a larger effort by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) to promote entrepreneurship among individuals ages 50 and older. With one in four individuals ages 44 to 70 interested in becoming entrepreneurs and 63 percent of Americans planning to work during retirement, small business ownership is a good option. Small business owners with long-term counselors see bigger sales, hire more workers, and last longer.

There is no fee to attend this event, but please secure your spot by registering in advance.

Small Business Owner Stories

A new SBA platform lets small business owners tell their stories through video. “Small Business Owners Speak” is an interactive platform featuring videos by entrepreneurs from across the country who have started or grown a business with the help of the SBA. The videos featured on the "Small Business Owners Speak" website were submitted during SBA’s 2012 National Small Business Week video contest. You can search for videos geographically (via an interactive map) or by topic (such as capital, counseling, federal contracting or disaster loans).

Want to submit your own video? You can! Learn more about submitting your business story to "Small business Owners Speak." 

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E-Magnify features successful local women entrepreneurs in the Success Stories column. Read some of their inspiring stories (and learn how to nominate yourself or someone else to be featured).

Alternative Financing to Start/Grow Business

Join E-Magnify and Sue Malone at this special event to learn how alternative financing can help you to start or expand your business.    

Date: September 24, 2012
Time: 3:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Location: Reeves Theatre Administration Building, 3rd floor, Room 303
Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA [updated 9/21/12: please note venue change]

Who should attend?  Those thinking about starting a business and current business owners

Meet Sue Malone
Sue Malone is the founder of Strategies For Small Business, and her sole mission for the last five years has been to help people obtain access to capital to start or expand their businesses. In doing so, one of her specialties has been small business start-up loans. And she has done so exceptionally well. She is the undisputed, number one SBA loan provider for the Community Express Loan Program in the nation. As of April 2008, she is responsible for closing more than 20,000 of these much needed loans.




Register today for just $10.
 
For more information, contact Debra Mason, E-Magnify Education and Training Manager, at (724) 830-4614.
 
This event is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration.

QuickBooks Clinics

Learn QuickBooks this fall! 

E-Magnify is hosting three upcoming QuickBooks Clinics. Register for individual sessions, or save 10% when you register for all three. 

• Session I (Sept. 17) – QuickBooks Navigating, Accounting Review, Sample Company, Chart of Accounts, Set–Up QuickBooks, Working with Lists
• Session II (Oct. 1) – Sales-Invoicing, Payments-Deposits, Entering and Paying Bills
• Session III (Oct. 8) – Bank Accounts, Inventories Payroll, Estimating and More

Instructor: Maureen Ciarolla

Time: 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. (for all sessions)

Location: Maura Hall, Second Floor, Room 235, Seton Hill University, 1 Seton Hill Drive, Greensburg, PA 15601

Registration (register online)

• Regular Rate: $50 per session
• Triple Session Discount: $135 for all three sessions (save 10%) 


• Student Rate: $40 per session

Learn more and register for any or all of the clinics. 

PA Conference for Women: Oct. 2

Are you attending the Pennsylvania Conference for Women on October 2? This year's theme is Imagine: Find your purpose, make a difference.

E-magnify is proud to be a Supporting Organization for the conference. Use promo code PACP98 to save on individual and table registrations.

Held in Philadelphia, this is the largest women’s conference in the state. The event offers community and connection, information and inspiration, motivation and momentum. In addition to dozens of breakout session speakers, this year's conference will feature the following keynote speakers:

• Barbara Bradley Baekgaard (co-founder of Vera Bradley)
• Charlotte Beers (advertizing mogul & former Undersecretary of State)
• Arianna Huffington (president and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post Media Group)
•  Tory Johnson (fouunder & CEO, Women for Hire and Spark & Hustle)
• Sonia Sanchez (award winning poet, activist, and scholar)
• Cheryl Strayed (#1 New York Times bestselling author of the memoir Wild)
• Stanford Thompson (musician and educator)

Of special note for E-Magnify readers is the Spark & Hustle Small Business Boot Camp, which will be offered on the day of the Conference at no additional charge. The Boot Camp includes the main conference morning general session, the featured keynote lunch session, as well as specialized breakout sessions focusing on the needs of the small business owner. Breakout sessions will focus on branding, funding, pricing, social media, muscle marketing, public relations, sales and entrepreneurial success.

Learn more about the conference and the business boot camp, and register at www.paconferenceforwomen.org. (Remember to use promo code PACP98 to save on individual and table registrations.)

Growing Your Business Passion

If you missed August's SBA web chat about growing your business passion, you can access the archived chat here. This month's web chat was hosted by Martha Ross-Rodgers, co-owner of Rodgers’ Banana Pudding Sauce and one of SBA’s video contest winners for National Small Business Week 2012.

The web chat series from the U.S. Small Business Administration provides small business owners with an opportunity to discuss relevant business issues online with experts, industry leaders, and successful entrepreneurs.

D'Imperio's & Macy's Celebrate WBO

 E-Magnify is pleased that D'Imperio's is celebrating 35 years in business with a focus on women-owned and led companies! Join D'Imperio's and Macy's on August 15 for "Accents of Autumn," a creative dressing workshop for the professional woman. 

 

D'Imperio's invites E-Magnify clients and friends to stop by the restaurant during August for a special menu and a free personal loaf of artisan bread and oil dip, homemade in their kitchen.