{"id":477,"date":"2018-01-26T19:34:51","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T19:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/richmondchamber.org\/?page_id=477"},"modified":"2019-07-19T21:12:27","modified_gmt":"2019-07-19T21:12:27","slug":"starting-a-business","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/richmondchamber.org\/index.php\/economic-development\/starting-a-business\/","title":{"rendered":"First Steps to Starting a Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-482 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/richmondchamber.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/SBTDC-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"379\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richmondchamber.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/SBTDC-logo.png 379w, https:\/\/richmondchamber.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/SBTDC-logo-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/richmondchamber.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/SBTDC-logo-360x142.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px\" \/>Are you looking for the basics of starting a new business? The UMKC Small Business &amp; Technology Development Center (SBTDC) provides an excellent resource for Dislocated Workers (unemployed or laid off) with scholarships for a number of trainings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sbtdc.umkc.edu\/missouri-dislocated-workers-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The First Steps to Starting a Business<\/a> is a three-hour class providing a quick overview of the critical first steps needed to start a business.<\/p>\n<p>Participants learn to assess their strengths and weaknesses in terms of business ownership, and the importance of planning, meeting legal and regulatory requirements and identifying sources of financing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topics include:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Basics of business ownership and planning<br \/>\n\u2022 Forms of business ownership and other regulatory issues<br \/>\n\u2022 Marketing and financing<br \/>\n\u2022 Business resources and training opportunities<br \/>\n\u2022 Determining if business ownership is for you<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dates:<\/strong><br \/>\nMay 18, June 13, July 25, August 17, September 12<\/p>\n<p><strong>Time:<\/strong><br \/>\n9:00 a.m. &#8211; 12:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong><br \/>\nUMKC SBTDC<br \/>\n4747 Troost Ave.<br \/>\nKansas City, MO 64110<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fee:<\/strong><br \/>\n$75<\/p>\n<p><strong>To apply for the scholarship:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/sbtdc.umkc.edu\/apply\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a> and fill out the application.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information contact:<\/strong><br \/>\nUMKC SBTDC<br \/>\n816-235-6063<br \/>\numkcsbtdc@umkc.edu<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sbtdc.umkc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sbtdc.umkc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you looking for the basics of starting a new business? The UMKC Small Business &amp; Technology Development Center (SBTDC) provides an excellent resource for Dislocated Workers (unemployed or laid off) with scholarships for a number of trainings. The First <a href=\"https:\/\/richmondchamber.org\/index.php\/economic-development\/starting-a-business\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":250,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-477","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/richmondchamber.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/richmondchamber.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/richmondchamber.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richmondchamber.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richmondchamber.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/richmondchamber.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":494,"href":"https:\/\/richmondchamber.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/477\/revisions\/494"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richmondchamber.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/richmondchamber.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}