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Women Accessing Capital Training Webinars
100 Level courses are open to the general public at no charge.
200 and 300 Level courses are open only to WIPP dues-paying members. WIPP membership dues include UNLIMITED access to all WIPP’s educational webinars, including Women Accessing Capital, as well as Give Me 5, Entrepreneurs, Energy & Environment and Women And Technology Today trainings.
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Training 133: Alternative Financing to Manage Your Cash Flow
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at 3:00pm ET/12:00pm PT
Whether for business growth or to increase your contracting capacity, find out your options to accessing capital, and how to be prepared.
In this Course you will learn:
• Financing Terminology 101
• Timing – Get things in place when you need to
• Financing – Learn what you can and can’t negotiate
Course Instructor: Amy Horn, Executive Vice President, Federal National Payables, Inc.
Click here to register.
Training 345: Mergers & Acquisitions: The Agony and the Ecstasy (Part 1) – Buying Someone Else’s Company
Thursday, September 16, 2010 at 3:00pm ET/12:00pm PT
Going through an acquisition is time consuming and stressful, so knowing what to expect and having a game plan can be the difference between success or failure. Topics covered include:
• Finding, negotiating, financing, closing and integrating an acquisition.
• Explore the various business strategies that lead to an acquisition along with finding
the target companies.
• Objectives and issues that the company you are trying to purchase has as it relates to
the transaction and post transaction life so you are prepared to address them during
the courtship.
• Negotiating the transaction, financing and closing the deal are critical, as well as
understanding the impact on the seller and your organization
Course Instructor: Eric Oganesoff, Managing Director, Focus LLC
Participants must be WIPP dues-paying members. Click here to register.
2010 WIPP Annual Leadership Conference in Washington, DC
Program Overview:
September 27 – Give Me 5® Winning Contracts – An Advanced Workshop
September 28 – Advocacy: Policy Briefings, Congressional Luncheon, White House Briefing, and Hill Visits
– WIPP Awards Reception
September 29 – WIPP National Partners Breakfast and Council Meetings
– National Women’s Business Council hosts Women’s Business Summit:
Accessing Capital and Financing Growth
Click here for the full agenda and registration.
Training 125: Putting Your Business in Order: Doing the Research
Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at 3:00pm ET/12:00pm PT
• Researching your industry, competition and customers is crucial to your business
• Learn how the right type of targeted research helps you identify opportunities and
threats in your business and better prepare you moving forward
Course Instructor: Loy Sheflott, Principal/President, Consumer Financial Service Corporation
Click here to register.
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Training 380: Looking Ahead: Retirement
October 2010, TBA
Course Instructor: Jayne Black, Legislative/Social Media Driver, PAi
Training 345: Mergers & Acquisitions: The Agony and the Ecstasy (Part 2) – Selling Your Business
October 2010, TBA
Selling your company can be one of the most stressful and rewarding events on your business career. This course explores:
• Preparation (both your business and your mental state) needed to successfully
navigate selling your company
• Preparing the business for a transaction, as well as what to expect personally
throughout the process.
• Getting things in order for a merger or sale with respect to your business strategy,
operations, personnel, and financial condition.
• Issues of post-sale life
Course Instructor: Eric Oganesoff, Managing Director, Focus LLC