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Business Enterprise Startup Training (BEST)-Accounting for Startups

Center for Business & Innovation
$99 Scholarships are available

Business resiliency and success are created with a strong accounting platform. For most business owners accounting is the least favorite business activity. It is, unfortunately, the most important. This course will guide you step by step through setting up and maintaining a strong accounting system.

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Business Enterprise Startup Training (BEST)-Branding and Marketing for Startups

Center for Business & Innovation
$99 Scholarships are available.

Learn how to create your brand, identify your target market and select the right marketing tools. Branding and Marketing for Startups presents a simple and straight forward system for developing a successful marketing strategy.

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Business Enterprise Startup Training (BEST)-Business Plan Writing for Startups

Center for Business & Innovation
BEST is listed at $249, but cost for the program is based on location. Scholarship funding offered when available.

BEST was developed to guide new entrepreneurs through the process of starting a business while writing a business plan at the same time.

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Business Enterprise Startup Training (BEST)-Structures and Licenses for Startups

Center for Business & Innovation

Learn how to choose the right legal structure for your startup, form that legal structure, and obtain the required business licenses. BEST-Structures and Licenses for Startups is a $99 course. Scholarships are available.

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Business Q&A

Center for Business & Innovation
No Cost

Do you have a question you need answered about your startup or early growth stage business? Schedule a 15 minute Business Q&A session on Zoom and get that questions answered by one of our team.

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Business Resource Hotline

Center for Business & Innovation

Free Business Resource Hotline. Just call the number during business hours (M-F 9:30 am - 3:30 pm PST) and a live person will assist you with your questions and direct you to current resources available in Washington State..

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Business TuneUp

Center for Business & Innovation
Scholarships Available

Business TuneUp is a workshop model training program that helps businesses in early growth stages complete specific tasks to ensure success.

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CB&I Consulting

Center for Business & Innovation
This free service is offered based on grant funding availability, to all businesses in Washington state that have been operation for at least one calendar year. Preferential placement to businesses that have completed an approved CB&I training program.

CB&I Consulting connects business owners directly with consultants for direct technical assistance. Consultants complete projects or provide consultations to businesses

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City of Lacey Business Startup Training

Center for Business & Innovation
Scholarship for $750 Training Value

The City of Lacey in partnership with the Thurston EDC Center for Business & Innovation is offering scholarships for Business Startup Training.‍

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City of Olympia Business Growth and Startup Support

Center for Business & Innovation

The City of Olympia provides scholarships and grant funding for many of the programs of the Center for Business & Innovation for existing businesses and startups in Olympia.

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City of Tumwater Business Startup Training

Center for Business & Innovation
$750 Scholarship Provided by the City of Tumwater

The City of Tumwater in partnership with the Thurston EDC Center for Business & Innovation is offering scholarships for Business Startup Training.‍

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Green Business Startup Training

No Cost

Green Business Startup Training is a course tailored to the unique aspects of starting an environmentally responsible/friendly business.

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Intro to Business Startup

Center for Business & Innovation
Intro to Business is available at no cost for all residents of Washington state.

This no cost course is intended to help get you started on the right path for your entrepreneurial journey. It will present 8 steps for you to take to start your business.

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Lacey MakerSpace

Lacey MakerSpace
Lacey MakerSpace is a membership program with a monthly fee, from $50-$30 a month.

The Lacey MakerSpace is a workshop for builders and inventors. Located on the St. Martin’s University Campus in Zaverl Hall the space serves as a catalyst for economic growth. The Lacey MakerSpace benefits the community by providing access to advanced design and fabrication tools, business and education resources, and skill development. 

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Lacey/Olympia SBDC Entrepreneur Video Series

Lacey/Olympia Small Business Development Center
This is a no cost resource.

The Lacey/Olympia Small Business Development Center as created as series of video to help guide entrepreneurs through various stages of their business journey

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Let’s Talk Business

Washington Center for Women in Business
Let's Talk Business is a no-cost bi-monthly webinar and podcast series. View upcoming events.

The WCWB presents a no cost bi-monthly webinars series featuring business professionals from across the State of Washington with various expertise.

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Market Research

Cost for market research assistance varies depending on requirements and partnership. Contact Gene to learn more about opportunities.

The Thurston EDC CB&I has the ability to provide market research that can give businesses access to economic data and subject matter expertise for the local economy. Market research products developed by the research director can help businesses understand local economic markets. Research can provide businesses with anything from setting employee wages to industry trends and consumer demand.

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OMWBE Resources and Services

Center for Business & Innovation
No Cost

The Office of Minority & Women's Business Enterprises is providing complimentary resources to minority and women certified firms in the transportation sector to help them bid on and win more government contracts.

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Property Search and Site Selection

Center for Business & Innovation

Are you looking for a new location in Thurston County but need a little help? Use our GIS map of listed available properties in Thurston County Zoom Prospector site selector.

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Quick Startup Program

Washington Center for Women in Business
Approved applicants will receive a $1500 grant to cover cost of the training and annual E-Commerce subscription fee.

Do you have a product or service you're ready to sell online? Quick Startup will set you up with the tools and technical training to build and launch your online storefront!

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SPSCC Corporate and Continuing Education

Noncredit courses through CCE are designed to help you grow personally and professionally. While you won't earn college credit, many courses can help you reach continuing education requirements for your job or industry certification.

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ScaleUp Business Training

ScaleUp Business Training
This immersive program teaches experienced entrepreneurs how to transform their enterprise into an automated business enterprise capable of generating seven figure revenues.

This advanced business training is delivered through 3 key components: The ScaleUp Washington online learning environment, live instructional sessions with peer roundtable discussions, and direct mentorship through our weekly Study Hall program. Work on your business rather than in your business, the path to seven figures starts here!

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Small Business Development Center Business Advising

Lacey/Olympia Small Business Development Center
SBDC services are available to all businesses in Washington state with no associated cost.

The Washington Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is a network of more than 30 expert business advisors working in communities across the state to help entrepreneurs or small business owners start, grow or buy/sell a business. The SBDC provides confidential, no-cost advising for all stages of business development.

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ThINK

Contact ThINK for pricing structure and funding opportunities.

The Thurston Investment Network (ThINK) is a group of local investors interested in investing in Washington businesses with high growth potential. Businesses pitch to the investment network and interested investors work with businesses to negotiate investments. There is no maximum investment limit.

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WCWB Business Coaching

Washington Center for Women in Business
WCWB Coaching services are available at no cost to all business owners in Washington state.

The WCWB offers no cost one-on-one business coaching with professionals experienced in business startup, finance, accounting, marketing, and operations.

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Washington Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) Counseling

Procurement Technical Assistance Center
PTAC is a no-cost service available to all businesses in Washington State.

The Washington State Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) assists businesses through the government-contracting marketplace.

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