NCET Expo

This year’s Entrepreneur Expo and eWeek Nevada were tremendous successes, and with your help, next year’s will be even better!

eWeek Nevada’s activities included a wide range of activities throughout Las Vegas, Reno and Carson City, including:

• NCET Entrepreneur Expos with a wide range of exhibitors and speakers
• Kick-off mixers with keynote speakers and exhibitors
• College open houses
• Seminars and workshops
• College “Elevator Pitch” Competitions

We’re holding Southern and Northern Nevada planning sessions for the 2009 Entrepreneur Expos and eWeek Nevada in late July and we hope that you, will be able to attend.

Greater Reno-Tahoe
Monday, July 28, 2008 at 10:00 am
Morrison University
10315 Professional Circle, Suite 201
Reno, NV 89521

Las Vegas Valley
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at 9:00 am
Nevada Microenterprise Initiative (NMI)
1600 E. Desert Inn Road, Suite 203
Las Vegas, NV 89109

Please RSVP to Emily (Lowe) Somerville at Emily@NCET.org or (775) 853-4226. And, please feel free to forward this to anyone else who might be interested, or bring them with you!

NCET was honored at the Reno-Tahoe American Marketing Association’s annual ACE Awards on May 15 at Harrah’s in Reno.

The Nevada Commission on Economic Development and NCET received two Awards of Excellence for the Nevada Business Express “Bizmobile” campaign.

Noble Studios and NCET received an Award of Excellence for the “hats” campaign promoting NCET’s Entrepreneur Expos.

Dave Archer, NCET’s CEO, received the AMA’s Marketer of the Year award for his work in branding and promoting NCET.

Dave (center) receives the award from Jeff Pickett of the DuPuis Group, and Jessica Hensler, president of the AMA.

Nevada’s economy depends on small businesses more than ever—Nevada’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology shows that 85 percent of the state’s businesses have fewer than 20 employees. That’s why NCET has teamed up with TMCC’s Workforce Development and Continuing Education Division to offer a “Best of the NCET Entrepreneurial Expo” series held from 6 to 9 p.m. at TMCC’s Meadowood Center, in Reno, starting May 12.

Register for Classes Here

This series of workshops—ranging from creating a business plan and arranging financing to business legalities and Web marketing—was selected based on each topic’s vital contribution to entrepreneurial success. While the original Expo seminars were only 50-minutes in length; the series’ classes allow for more in-depth exploration. Speakers from the NCET Entrepreneurial Expo, all proven experts in their fields, will be the instructors. They include: David Branby, a Clio-winning advertising professional who owns his own advertising agency; Richard Normington, who has more than 30 years of management experience with Fortune 100 companies; David Leonard, senior area manager for the U.S. Small Business Administration; and Jarrod Lopiccolo, CEO for Noble Studios, a web development company.

While the 14-class series is broken into a basic and advanced track, entrepreneurs are invited to attend any or all of the sessions.

Basic track

• Foundations of Entrepreneurship: Business Planning~May 12
• Financing Your Business~May 14
• Raising Seed Funding~May 19
• Compliance, Credit and You~May 21
• Legal Pitfalls in Start-Up Companies~May 29
• Basic Bookkeeping for New Business Owners~May 28
• Accounting in the Trenches~June 2

Advanced track

• Five Ways to Build Profits~June 5
• Naming and Branding Your Product, Service, Business~June 9
• Behavioral Interviewing~June 12
• Risk Management~June 16
• Shameless Self Promotion~June 19
• The Foundation for Successful Web Sites~June 23
• Organize Your Entrepreneurial Style~June 26

For details and to register for individual courses, click here or call 829-9010. To register for the entire series, call 775-829-9010 to receive the discounted price.

More information here

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(Sparks Mayor Geno Martini Cuts Ribbon to Open NCET’s Reno Entrepreneur Expo)

Thanks to everyone who made the 2nd Annual Reno Entrepreneur Expo a tremendous success!

Nearly 1,000 attendees, exhibitors and speakers gathered on Saturday, March 15 at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center for this year’s Expo, which was free and open to the public.

The 80 exhibitors included non-profit groups, governmental agencies, and private companies, each there to help people start or grow small businesses. Complete list of exhibitors here

The 30 speakers and panelists provided expert advice on virtually every subject a small business might need, including financing, benefits, business plans and marketing.  Complete list of speakers and topics here

And, thanks to our generous sponsors for making this year’s Expo possible:

Nevada Commission on Economic Development

Noble Studios

Northern Nevada Business Weekly

David Branby Advertising

Charter Communications

EDAWN - Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada

Reno-Sparks Chamber of Commerce

Tanglewood Productions 

The Bosma Group

Hale Lane - Attorneys at Law 

KUNR 

Wells Fargo Bank

Stay tuned for information on how to exhibit at the 3rd Annual NCET’s Entrepreneur Expo

Reno - 2009

(Sparks Mayor Geno Martini Cuts Ribbon to Open NCET’s Reno Entrepreneur Expo)

Thanks to everyone who made the 2nd Annual Reno Entrepreneur Expo a tremendous success!

Nearly 1,00 attendees, exhibitors and speakers gathered on Saturday, March 15 at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center for this year’s Expo, which was free and open to the public.

The 80 exhibitors included non-profit groups, governmental agencies, and private companies, each there to help people start or grow small businesses. Complete list of exhibitors here

The 30 speakers and panelists provided expert advice on virtually every subject a small business might need, including financing, benefits, business plans and marketing.  Complete list of speakers and topics here

And, thanks to our generous sponsors for making this year’s Expo possible:

Nevada Commission on Economic Development

Noble Studios

Northern Nevada Business Weekly

David Branby Advertising

Charter Communications

EDAWN - Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada

Reno-Sparks Chamber of Commerce

Tanglewood Productions 

The Bosma Group

Hale Lane - Attorneys at Law 

KUNR 

Wells Fargo Bank

Stay tuned for information on how to exhibit at the 3rd Annual NCET’s Entrepreneur Expo

Reno - 2009

Small business owners wear many hats. And NCET’s Entrepreneur Expo is here to help them.

» Access to organizations that can help jump-start a business

» Expert advice on virtually every facet of starting and running a business

» 80 exhibitors - complete list of exhibitors

» 30 speakers and panelists - complete list of speakers and topics

Free - Open to the Public

Saturday, March 15, 2008

9 am -5 pm

Reno-Sparks Convention Center

Visit www.NCETexpo.com for more information

(Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman Cuts Ribbon to Open NCET’s Las Vegas Entrepreneur Expo)

Thanks to everyone who made the 1st Annual Las Vegas NCET Expo a tremendous success!

Over 600 attendees, exhibitors and speakers gathered on Saturday, March 1 at the Palace Station for the inaugural Expo, which was free and open to the public..  The 65+ exhibitors included non-profit groups, governmental agencies, and private companies, each there to help people start or grow small businesses.  (Complete list of exhibitors here)

The 25 speakers and panelists provided expert advice on virtually every subject a small business might need, including financing, benefits, business plans and marketing.  (Complete list of speakers and topics here.)

And, thanks to our generous sponsors for making this year’s Expo possible:

Washington Mutual
Nevada Commission on Economic Development
KLAV 1230 am – The Talk of Las Vegas
Las Vegas Chamber
Nevada Business Journal
TBAN
Vanguard Media
Vegas PBS
Status Group LLC
Barbara Grey Krause Designs 

Stay tuned for information on how to exhibit at the 2nd Annual NCET’s Entrepreneur Expo
Las Vegas - Spring 2009

www.flickr.com NCET.org’s Las Vegas Expo - March 2008 photoset Photos courtesy of Janice Routsong, Clark Country School District

Small business owners wear many hats. And NCET’s Entrepreneur can help!

If you have a small business or plan to start one, you should attend Saturday’s Expo. It’s free and open to the public. The Expo features:

- Access to organizations that can help jump-start a business
- Expert advice on virtually every facet of starting and running a business

75 exhibitors - Complete list of exhibitors

- Small Business Administration
- Nevada Small Business Development Center
- Nevada Microenterprise Initiative
- Management Assistance Partnership
- And, many many more!

25 speakers and panelists - Schedule and complete list of speaker

- Writing Business Plans
- Financing Your Business
- Licenses You Need
- Bookkeeping, Marketing, Networking
- And, many many more!

Saturday, March 1, 2008 - 8 am -3 pm - Palace Station Hotel

Free - Open to the Public

Visit www.NCETexpo.com for more information

Small business owners wear many hats. And NCET’s Entrepreneur can help!

If you have a small business or plan to start one, you should attend Saturday’s Expo. It’s free and open to the public. The Expo features:

- Access to organizations that can help jump-start a business
- Expert advice on virtually every facet of starting and running a business

75 exhibitors - Complete list of exhibitors

- Small Business Administration
- Nevada Small Business Development Center
- Nevada Microenterprise Initiative
- Management Assistance Partnership
- And, many many more!

25 speakers and panelists - Schedule and complete list of speaker

- Writing Business Plans
- Financing Your Business
- Licenses You Need
- Bookkeeping, Marketing, Networking
- And, many many more!

Saturday, March 1, 2008 - 8 am -3 pm - Palace Station Hotel

Free - Open to the Public

Visit www.NCETexpo.com for more information