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Virginia SBDC: Pitch Preview

Virtual – Zoom

Virginia early-stage innovative entrepreneurs: Charlottesville Angel Network (CAN) and Virginia Small Business Development Center (VSBDC) have joined forces to help you polish your pitch presentation. CAN and VSBDC are offering four pitch practice opportunities in 2021, with accredited angel investors in attendance. This is the final event in the 2021 series. There is no cost to participate and presenter(s) will leave with actionable feedback from these angel investors. Five applicants will be selected for each Pitch Preview event, held the first Thursday of the selected months, between 12:00-3:00 pm. Attendees commit to thirty-minute time slots consisting of: 5 minutes to join and meet angels, 15-minute pitch, and 10 minutes for feedback. The November 4 event will most likely be a virtual event hosted on Zoom; hosted by Central Virginia SBDC in Charlottesville, VA. More details will be provided regarding location closer to the event date. **This is not an application for funding or a formal presentation to request investment.** For more detailed qualification information and to apply, please read, and if eligible, submit an application for consideration in the program. If you aren’t sure if you are ready or if you should apply, emailcontact@cvsbdc.org to complete a request for counseling form for a confidential meeting. Deadline to apply: October 25 at midnight. APPLY for November 4 Event: Pitch Preview Application - November 4, 2021 (google.com)

Writing your Specific Aims Page for NIH SBIR/STTR WEBINAR

Virtual – Zoom

Your Specific Aims page is a critically important component of your SBIR/STTR application and typically the first page reviewers read. Yet, this one page is often the most difficult section to write! You need to “hook” the reviewers from the start as well as provide key information about your technology, the innovation and your team. This session reviews how to structure your Specific Aims page in a meaningful way. Presented by: JoAnne Goodnight, former NIH SBIR Program Director This session is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. TIME: 10:30AM-Noon COST: Virginia based companies/Va. University FREE; All Others $50 REGISTER HERE

Make Better Business Decisions with Analytics

Virtual – Zoom

Join us as we discuss and analyze trends about how customers engage with your business online, then turn these insights into well-informed, actionable decisions. We will discuss using Google Analytics to help you collect and interpret real-time information, review some of the reports and terms used so you can learn more about your target audience and how to achieve your business goals. During this session we will: Identifying business goals (and how you plan to use your online presence to achieve them) Incorporating data into your plan · A focus on introducing Google Analytics and how to use this tool to make better business decision

Understanding the Peer Review Process at NIH WEBINAR

Virtual – Zoom

The Peer Review process at the National Institutes of Health is unique -- fully understanding this process can improve your chances of success in SBIR, STTR and other peer reviewed grant submissions to NIH. This session discusses the peer review process at NIH and tips on how to craft your proposal with the reviewers in mind. Presented by: JoAnne Goodnight, former NIH SBIR Program Director This session is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. TIME: 10:30AM-Noon COST: Virginia based companies/Va. University FREE; All Others $50 REGISTER HERE

Business Plan Boot Camp

Veterans Business Outreach Center 112 Bank Street, Norfolk, VA 23510, Norfolk, VA, US

This seminar is designed for veteran entrepreneurs looking to start [...]

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