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NxLeveL for Creatives

Presented by Create Denver, Colorado Leading Edge, and the
Denver Metro Small Business Development Center

NxLeveL for Creatives is a 10-session, 30-hour course that addresses questions every entrepreneur interested in launching a creative business or product needs to answer before starting their venture. Participants develop a business plan during the course to test the feasibility of their business concept and act as a blueprint for their venture. 

Sessions topics include:

• Session 1: Developing Your Business Concept
• Session 2: Understanding Budgets and Financials (1)
• Session 3: Market Research
• Session 4: Product/Service Description
• Session 5: Testing the Idea: Market Research and Analysis
• Session 6: Getting to the Market: Marketing Strategies
• BONUS: Accounting for Entrepreneurs
  $20 for NxLeveL students
• Session 7: Understanding Budgets & Financials (2)
• Session 8: Funding Options Panel
  Panelists:
  Small Business Administration
  Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade
  Liquid Capital of Colorado
  Wells Fargo
  Colorado Enterprise Fund
  Preferred Lending Partners
  Colorado Lending Source
• Session 9: Business Fundamentals
  
• Session 10: Getting Started & Managing the Future
  
• Session 11: Graduation/Business Plan Awards

When:	Tuesday evenings 5:30-8:30 pm Dinner is served each week.	As Creatives, we have an abundance of both creativity and passion. This gives us a bit of an advantage over more “traditional” business types. The NxLeveL for Creatives program is so inspiring and helpful! It forced me to thinks things all the way through before just going for it. I walked away from the 12-week program a better business person. Being with like-minded people in the class was essential to my success. Us creative people, we think differently, don’t we? We see the big idea first, but when it comes to the specifics, things tend to get a little murky. The counseling sessions were extremely helpful and the guest speakers were relevant. Caroline was so informative. It is a TON of work – be prepared to dig all the way in! It’ll be worth it.” Tricia Hoke, fashion designer www.triciahoke.com
Location:	Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce 1445 Market St. Denver, CO 80202
Cost:	$495 Additional employees from the same company are $175.

Registration for the fall 2011 NxLevel for Creatives class is now closed. To be notified when the next class is scheduled, please add yourself to our email list or email info@denversbdc.org.

Interested in learning what NxLeveL for Creatives is all about? Matthew Colella, a NxLeveL for Creatives graduate, blogged about his experience as a NxLeveL student! Read it here: http://www.blue13creative.blogspot.com/.

NxLeveL for Creatives Presented by Colorado Leading Edge is Sponsored By: