Online Training
Business Insights On Demand
Powerful lessons are just a click away.
Can't attend a live event? Or don't have budget for training? Access our library of video recordings to learn at your own pace. Novice entrepreneurs should begin with our free, interactive, online class: SBDC First Steps to Starting a Business and watch the How-To Video Series. Recorded webinars are available ranging in topics from marketing strategies to financial planning and beyond, our recorded sessions cover a variety of topics designed to address the needs of small business owners.
Starting a Business?
If you're thinking about starting your own business, you might not know where to start. These free, online resources will help get you started.
First Steps to Starting a Business
This free, self-paced, online course will help you explore your business idea and assess your entrepreneurial readiness as well as identify your own strengths and weaknesses as a business owner. Discover what information you need and where to find it.
Entrepreneurial How-To Videos
Check out the Wisconsin SBDC Network's Entrepreneurial How-To video series. Each video provides a short tutorial for people starting a small business. Explore complex but important topics like law, lending and accounting.
Webinar Recordings
Start exploring our library of recorded webinars today. These half-hour presentations cover a wide array of topics and are packed with business insights.
Communication
How to Ask For and Get What You Want
by Terra L. Fletcher
How to Break through Public Speaking Blocks (and Get Out of Your Own Way)
by Cher Gunderson
How to Lead Your Business through Change
by Tina Schuelke
Customers
How to Find and Engage New Customers
by Michael Wentworth
How to Focus on Your Customers to Grow Your Business
by George Bureau
Secrets to Cold Calling Success
by Michael Wentworth
Data & Analytics
How to Protect Your Business Data
by Bill Prusow
How to Use Benchmarking to Increase Business Value
by Don Noskowiak
Use “Money Ball” to Grow Your Sales – Focus on Singles Not Home Runs
by Jim Ball
Efficiency
How to Boost Sales This Quarter
by Jim Ball
How to Offset Rising Energy Costs
by Brian Schwaller
How to Own Your Calendar
by Joe Simon
How Your Workflow Improves Your Bottom Line
by Dick DuBois
Financial
How to Manage Your Banking Relationship (& Not Be Managed By It)
by Tony Busch
How to Protect Your Business Value
by John Kielich
Increase Profitability and Growth with Open-Book Management
by Bill Fotsch
Secrets to Business Financing Success
by Patrick Kotowski
Marketing
How to Establish Yourself as an Expert
by Spencer X. Smith
How to Turn Your 5-Star Reputation into a Standalone Marketing Machine
by Ken Ivey
How to Use Video to Drive Web Visibility
by Corey Steiner
Selling & Buying Business
How to Buy the Right Business
by Scott Bushkie
How to Harvest Maximum Value from Your Business
by Jerry Baltus
Selling Your Business? Learn How to Prepare
by Scott Bushkie
Team Management
How to Foster an Innovative & Creative Culture
by Susan Dutton
How to Hire Leaders Who Have It All
by Carrie Schochet
How to Hire Right for Your Business
by Rick Balzan
Secrets to Successful (and Simple) Employee Development
by George Garrett
Wellness
How to Develop (& Profit from) a Culture of Wellness
by Kevin Donnelly
How to Keep Stress from Eating You
by Antonia Nelson
Want to Know more?
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The Wisconsin SBDC Network is a proud part of the Institute for Business & Entrepreneurship in the Universities of Wisconsin. It is funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. Contact the SBDC office at UW-Green Bay at sbdc@uwgb.edu or call 920-366-9065.