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Small Business Educational Webinar Series

A three-part webinar series for aspiring entrepreneurs

Ability360 has teamed up with BMO to provide three webinars pertaining to small business and entrepreneurship education. Each hour long presentation provides insights to how to become self-employed, financial funding and consideration, business planning, and many key components that play a role in starting a small business.

Sponsored By

B.M.O.

Webinar #1 - Is Self-Employment for You?

Items Discussed in this Webinar

  • What is self-employment?
  • Who is doing it?
  • Pros and Cons, what makes it attractive option for people with disabilities.
  • Exploring your interests and goals (skills assessment tools).
  • Panel of people with disabilities who started their own business or are an Entrepreneur, will share their experiences
PowerPoint Presentation

Webinar #2 - An Introduction to Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Items Discussed in this Webinar

  • How to start a small business plan, key components of a small business plan.
  • Challenges to creating the business plan.
  • Resources to help you to start writing a small business plan (SCORE, etc).
  • Panel of people with disabilities who started their own business or are an Entrepreneur, will share their experiences
PowerPoint Presentation

Webinar #3 - Small Businessand Entrepreneurship Funding and Financial Considerations

Items Discussed in this Webinar

  • IDEA, ABLEAccounts, Work Incentives Planning and Assistance and use of PASS.
  • Ticket to Work and Vocational Rehabilitation
  • Speaker from Bank of the West
  • Panel of Disability Service providers (Bank of the West,VR, EN, WIPA)
PowerPoint Presentation

Additional Resources

Job Accomodation Network

JAN consultants handle inquiries related toself-employment and small business development for people with disabilities. This includes referrals regarding business planning, financing strategies, marketing research, disability-specific programs, income supports and benefits planning, e-commerce, independent contracting, home-based business options, and small business initiatives for disabled veterans.

U.S. Small Business Administration

10 Steps to Starting Your Small Business Guide Information on business plans, funding suggestions etc.

Phoenix Women Business Center

Provide counseling, training, business assistance and access to capital forwomen looking to grow or start their company.

Greater Phoenix SCORE

On Demand Training, in person and virtual webinars, and access to mentorshipto support indevelopment of a business plan and starting a small business.

Arizona Small Business Development Center

Resources and training for small business.

DreamBuilder

Free online learning program developed for women who want to start or growtheir own business.

National Center for Diability Entrepreneurship

Program with curriculum for any person with a disability looking to launch orexpand a business.Visitwebsite to see if accepting new applications.

Disability Small Business Hub

A collaboration between the National Disability Institute and the U.S. SmallBusiness Administration. Provides current resources, podcasts, trainings, andevents to start, build, and grow your small business.

2Gether-International

Small business start-up and accelerator program, holds virtual peer-to-peersupport group meetings, workshops and career coaching while offering one-to-one mentoring opportunities and referral services to support entrepreneurs withdisabilities. Visit website for application requirements.

Arizona@Work

Arizona’s American Job Center has no-cost employment readiness services.From their website you can research job market trends, wages by occupation,and other analytics to inform your business plan development.