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NxLeveL for Entrepreneurs, the cornerstone training program of the Nevada Small Business Development Center, is now offered throughout Rural Nevada for the first time.

The Nevada Commission on Economic Development has always supported educational efforts to Rural Nevada, and is funding (through a Community Development Block Grant) this 13-week course to assist business owners, and those seeking to start a small business, with NxLeveL On-Line. The standard on-line cost of $480 is greatly reduced down to only $95.00, and for those who fall into the category of low-moderate income, that fee is returned in full once they complete the course with a written business plan.

Failure to plan is a key reason that more than 60% of small businesses close their doors within the first 2 years of operations. NxLeveL demands planning on part of the business owner, and provides the tools to write a comprehensive business plan.

Whether you are in the planning stages, or have been in business for several years, NxLeveL will help your business grow. This class, facilitated by Marie Gibson, is for everyone who sees themselves as an entrepreneur, now, or in the near future. The course outline is complimented with guest speakers each week who offer an expertise on these topics. The on-line version allows each student one week in which to complete each topic at their own convenience.

Week 1: Introduction, Overview & Entrepreneurship

Week 2: Planning & Research: Entrepreneurial Essentials

Week 3: Organizational Matters: Management & Legal Structure

Week 4: Marketing – “Behind the Scenes”: Analysis & Understanding

Week 5: Marketing – “On Stage”: Strategies, Tactics & Implementation

Week 6: Financial Overview: Books, Records & Controls

Week 7: Managing Your Money: Financial Planning, Budgets & Assumptions

Week 8: Managing Your Money: Developing & Using Cash Flow Projections

Week 9: Understanding & Using Your Financial Statements

Week 10: Financing Your Business: Alternative Sources of Money

Week 11: The Deal Making Process: Negotiating in the Real World

Week 12: Your Business Future: Managing Growth and Plan Conception

NxLeveL On-Line begins the week of June 8, 2009 and runs 13 consecutive weeks, and is limited to 20 students, who MUST be a resident of Rural Nevada and 10 of the 20 must fit the low-moderate criteria. Registration information, instructor biography and complete program details are available on-line at www.nsbdc.org and program questions, low-to moderate criteria, and additional information can be directed to Kathy Carrico, NxLeveL State Administrator at (775) 784-6879, or kcarrico@unr.edu.

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Please join NCET for this high-energy networking event on June 3 at Bahama Breeze, Las Vegas!

NCET’s Wi-Fi Wednesdays feature:

• - The very popular “Speed networking”, with more networking rounds than ever before
• - Free Appetizers
• - Great Door Prizes
• Wednesday, June 3
  5:30 - 7:30pm
  $10 PAID IN ADVANCE ONLINE
  $20 at the door
• RSVP and Prepay ONLINE
• For more information contact:
  Emily Somerville at Emily@NCET.org or
  (702) 944-9722

Bahama Breeze
375 Hughes Center Dr.
Las Vegas, NV 89109

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High school students from Elko, Fernley, Incline Village, Las Vegas and Reno will be among the more than 1,500 finalists competing in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) May 10-15 at the Reno Sparks Convention Center. The event is expected to bring more than 6,000 visitors to the region, including the finalists representing 51 countries and 46 states. It is estimated that Intel ISEF will generate $6.6 million in tourism revenue for the region.

Millions of high-school level children participate annually in local science fairs around the world. Those who compete at Intel ISEF have advanced from the more than 550 ISEF-affiliated regional fairs. “Team Nevada” includes winners from Nevada’s three affiliated fairs held in March 2009: the Elko County Science Fair in Elko, the Southern Nevada Regional Science and Engineering Fair in Las Vegas, and the Western Regional Science and Engineering Fair in Reno.

Team Nevada competitors, including one team and eight individual finalists, are:

Christian Thomas Burleson, 15, a sophomore, and Amberleigh Dawn Thompson, 17, a senior, both attending Fernley High School and presenting “Lichen as Indicators of Human Impact”

Anthony James Fidaleo, 14, a freshman attending The Davidson Academy of Nevada in Reno, presenting “The Effect of 1/f Noise on Harmonic Resonance”

Christopher John Heslop, 18, a senior attending home school in Incline Village, presenting “Water Shapes the Desert, Year III”

Kallie Ann Kappes, 16, a junior attending Elko High School, presenting “The Effects of the Transformation Process on the Ethanol Production of Enteric Bacteria”

Alastair Eric Moody, 16, a sophomore attending Reno High School, presenting “Effects of Feeder Color and Nectar Quality on Hummingbird Feeding Behavior”

·Ronita Mukherjee, 17, a senior attending The Meadows School in Las Vegas, presenting “Chemical Soil Analysis of Anasazi Corn”

Erin Elizabeth Perry, 18, a senior attending Elko High School, presenting “The Creation of a Biophotovoltaic Device Using the PS-I Complex Stabilized by Peptide Surfactants”

Taylor Ramon Wilson, 14, a freshman attending The Davidson Academy of Nevada in Reno, presenting “Subcritical Neutron Multiplication in a 2.5 MeV Neutron Flux”

The week-long Intel ISEF schedule includes a free Public Visitation Day, May 14, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Convention Center. Finalists will be at their projects from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thousands of Nevada school children are expected to attend as part of school tour groups.

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In Business Las Vegas’ Small Business Administration’s Small Business Awards 2009: “Succeeding in Tough Economic Times,” will be held Thursday, May 7 at 11:30 a.m.
at The Orleans, Esplanade Ballroom. Cost is $55 per person or $500 for a table of 10.

Honorees Include:

Rob Dorinson - Small Business Person of the Year for the State of Nevada
Majority owner and president, Evergreen Recycling, Las Vegas

Mary A. Kerner - Region 9 (Guam, Hawaii, California, Nevada and Arizona)
Financial Services Champion of the Year
Lending administrator for the Rural Nevada Development Corp., Ely

John C. Holliday - Small Business Exporter of the Year
President, Aloha Medicinals, Inc., Carson City

Lisa McQuerrey - Microenterprise Business Person of the Year
Owner, Professional Writing Services, Henderson

Connie Brennan - Small Business Journalist of the Year
Publisher and CEO, Nevada Business Journal, Henderson

Janis Stevenson - Minority Small Business Champion of the Year
Business development advisor, Nevada Small Business Development Center, Las Vegas

Shawn D. Lane - Home-Based Business Champion of the Year
Owner, Cheyenne Marketing, Las Vegas

Carrie Michelle Henderson - Women in Business Champion of the Year
President, BESTAgency, Las Vegas

The honorees are judged by an independent panel of small business leaders on a variety of criteria, including staying power, growth in number of employees, increase in sales, current and past financial reports, innovativeness of product or service, response to adversity, evidence of contributions to community-oriented projects and small business advocacy.

CLICK HERE TO RSVP
For more information: email sbaevent@gmgvegas.com or call 702.990.2448.

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Today’s economy continues to challenge the survival of many local businesses. A partnership of Northern Nevada organizations and the University of Nevada Reno will conduct a second Business Survival Workshop on Saturday, May 30.

The workshop, to be held at the UNR Continuing Education Building, 1041 No. Virginia St., will run from 8:30 to 4:00 p.m, with check-in beginning at 8:00 am.

Admission is free, but registration will be required for both the workshop and the individual breakout sessions. Workshop registration is now open through the UNR Extended Studies web site (www.extendedstudies.unr.edu). Registrants should select the Business Survival Workshop link to register for the workshop and desired breakout sessions.”

The day’s agenda will include a guest speaker; breakout sessions on surviving the current economic environment; networking time for attendees; and, an open forum Q&A panel with the workshop presenters. The breakout sessions will be led by experienced professionals drawn from the partners and the community. The breakout session topics were selected through a survey of Northern Nevada Small Businesses and will include:

• Controlling and Reducing Expenses and Cash Management - “Keeping your financial ship afloat”
• Marketing strategies for success – “A Practical Approach to Marketing”
• Understanding legal issues that can affect your business - “Understanding how best to minimize your liability.”
• Preparing for eventual recovery – “Being viable when recovery arrives”

Business Survival Seminar Program

Saturday May 30, 2009

8:00-8:30 Check-in and Registration- Light refreshments

8:30-8:45 General overview of the program, agenda and Partner introductions; Judy Haar SCORE chair.

9:20-10:50 Session I
-A practical approach to Marketing-Gary Smith
-Keeping your Financial ship afloat-Steve Weich
-Being Viable when recovery arrives-Erica Olsen
-Understanding Legal issues that can affect your business- Bonnie Drinkwater

10:55-12:25 Session 2
-A practical approach to Marketing-Gary Smith
-Keeping your Financial ship afloat-Steve Weich
-Being Viable when recovery arrives-Erica Olsen
-Understanding Legal issues that can affect your business- Bonnie Drinkwater

12:30-1:00 Lunch & Networking

1:05-2:35 Session 3
-A practical approach to Marketing-Gary Smith
-Keeping your Financial ship afloat-Steve Weich
-Being Viable when recovery arrives-Erica Olsen
-Understanding Legal issues that can affect your business- Bonnie Drinkwater

2:40-3:40 Panel Q&A

3:40-4:00 Networking

4:00 Adjourn

For additional information contact: Nevada Small Business Development Center – Rod Jorgensen: 775-784-1717; rodj@unr.edu.

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