Growing Your Business Workshops

Are you operating a business? Our workshops address issues of interest to the small-business owner. Get up to speed quickly through our highly interactive, practical workshops. We’ll provide how-to tips, ideas, strategies and tools to help you grow your business.

Workshop Locations

Workshops are held primarily at our offices in the Willowbrook Office Park, 4755 Kingsway Dr., Suite 314, Indianapolis. Free parking is available. We have noted workshops that are held at other locations.

Workshop Fees

We are able to offer some workshops to you free while all others have highly discounted fees. The Business Ownership Initiative has received grants from the U.S. Small Business Administration, private foundations and businesses to offset a large portion of the workshop fees.

For those workshops with fees, you may mail in your workshop fees or pay at the door. Want to attend several workshops? Buy a LEAP Card and save! Attend any three $10 workshops for $25 or any five for $45. Call (317) 917-3266 for details.

No-Questions-Asked Refunds

We are confident that our workshops will present practical action steps that can help you grow a winning business. If you attend a workshop that doesn’t meet your expectations, we will gladly refund your workshop fee.

Four Steps to Starting and Growing Your Business

Starting a business is a big move. We’ve developed a four-step program to help you move forward from exploring business ownership to starting and growing a successful business. While we can’t guarantee business success, we believe that if you go through our Four Steps program you will significantly increase your chances of starting or growing a winning business.

Growing Your Business: Sales and Marketing Workshops

If you own or are starting a very small business and want to enhance your bottom line but don’t know how to increase your customer base, our sales and marketing workshops may be a perfect starting point.

Understanding Your Business and the Law: Legal Workshops

Our legal workshops will introduce you to a number of basic legal principles and ensure you understand your responsibilities as a small-business owner.

Financing Your Business: Money Management and Loan Workshops

Learn strategies and tips to manage your personal finances and position yourself to meet the financing needs of your business.

Simple Steps for a Profitable Business — Financial Management Workshops

Managing finances can test the skills of any small-business owner. If you struggle with the financial management of your business, then our Financial Workshops may be just what you’ve been looking for.

The Business Plan: Pen to Paper Series

Are you a current business owner wanting to expand? Then come put pen to paper and write your business plan!

Networking for Success Series

If you’ve already started your own small business and are seeking to gain new customers and grow sales, this series of four workshops is about using effective networking strategies to gain visibility for your business.