Tune Up Your Business with ScaleUp
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n this unprecedented time, customers are wary of taking any unnecessary trips outside of their homes. As a result, many businesses are finding their revenue streams diminished, and many business owners worry about the long-term sustainability of their businesses. Fortunately, there are several cost-free steps that business owners can take to stabilize their revenue and see increases in their leads, sales and income. Build Your Market is an online workshop, where instructor Daryl Murrow will cover the strategies business owners can use to weather the COVID-19 crisis and current economic downturn, and ways you can actively grow your business so that it’s even more resilient in the future.
WHO: Thurston EDC Center for Business & Innovation WHAT: Build Your Market WHEN: The first session begins on Friday, May 22 from 8:30 a.m. until noon. WHERE: Online Webinar COST: Due to special funding from the Cities of Olympia and Lacey, businesses located within those cities are generally eligible to attend at no cost (limited to the first 30 registrants). The City of Tumwater will pay 80 percent of the registration cost for Tumwater businesses, if granted a scholarship. Apply today at ScaleUpThurston.org FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact James Davis, jdavis@thurstonedc.com, or (360) 464-6051.
About the Thurston Economic Development Council and The Center for Business & Innovation The Thurston Economic Development Council has been supporting a strong economy in Thurston County since 1982 with a mission to create a dynamic and sustainable economy that supports the values of the people who live and work in Thurston County. At the foundation of the work we do are three main principles: recruit, retain, and expand. We work to maintain the health of local businesses by offering technical assistance, and providing advocacy on their behalf. We present market opportunities to Thurston County employers, providing support for them to expand their operations. We actively attract investment and employment opportunities into our region through outreach, promotion and trade missions.
“TuneUp helped improve our business systems and taught us how to run our business so our business doesn’t run us. Now that we’re in the COVID-19 crisis, we realized that going through the ScaleUp program gave us the tools to be able to weather this storm.” -Dean Jones, Encore Chocolates & Teas
