Riverside County MADE
MADE is aimed at assisting startup product-based businesses with entering the marketplace to validate their concepts. Participants will discover the core concepts to create a successful business. Over five weeks, you will learn about planning, marketing, financing, and how to make your business dreams a reality.
Week 1
- Entrepreneurial mindset
- Developing your product for the market
- Building your idea into a business
- Overview of permits and licenses
- Business structure
- Naming your business
- Funding your business
- Business plan and financial projections
Week 2
- Feasibility
- Business planning
- Market research
- Identify and research competition
Week 3
- Financial management
- Account and accounting systems
- Sourcing, costing, and pricing your products
- Accepting payment
- Business liability insurance
- Business bank account and accounting methods
Week 4
- Financial Literacy By AmPac
- Access to capital
Week 5
- Developing your marketing plan
- Advertising
- Digital marketing
- Understanding social media and how to attract customers/repeat customers
- Your canopy and space
- Return policy and customer satisfaction
- Revisiting grant requirements
Week 6
- Financial projections
- Event preparation and needs
- Signage and promotion
- Further dteps
- SBDC assistance
- Setting up your marketplace booth
