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SUMMARY:Diverse-Owned Business Accelerator Registration
DESCRIPTION:The 2023 cohorts are now closed. If you are interested in participating in a future cohort\, please email megan@wbcutah.org.\nAre you a small business owner and feel like you lack skills\, direction or strategy for your business?\n\n\n\nIf so\, our Diverse-Owned Business Accelerator was designed for you!\n\n\n\nThe Diverse-Owned Business Accelerator is a 7-week cohort program\n\nthat will provide a peer-to-peer environment where you will:\n\n\n	Design and niche your business to be more competitive and outline a roadmap with milestones toward your exit strategy\n	Construct and utilize a brand style guide for consistency in brand and effective marketing\n	Clarify your revenue streams and COGS/Fixed expenses and identify your break-even point and then confidently adjust pricing and sales goals\n	Systematize and automate processes and create a list of outsourcing options to multiply accomplishments\n	Establish a 90-Day action plan to make progress toward your exit strategy\n\n\nIf you are willing and able to dedicate 4 hours per week for 7 weeks\,\n\nplease review the program information below. We'd love to have you in this cohort!\n\n\n\nBy participating in the Diverse-Owned Business Accelerator\,\n\nyou will understand and create:\n\n\n	Business Roadmap with measurable milestones and dates\n	Style Guide for simplifying your brand consistency\n	Break-Even Point and Monthly Budget to help you be profitable\n	Systematized and Automated processes to get more efficiently done\n	Simple marketing plan to generate more business\n	Outsourcing Plan with contractor options and pricing\n	90-Day Action Plan to get you progressing on your business roadmap\n\n\nSign up by completing the two steps below no later than September 19\, 2023 (deadline extended):\n\nSTEP 1: Complete the registration form HERE which includes several short written sentences (type your answers in a different document\, then copy and paste them into the registration form).\n\nSTEP 2:  Upload a headshot photo HERE (or we can take one of you at the first lesson)\n\n\n\nNOTE: This application includes questions that will help us understand your situation\, needs and how to ensure the Diverse-Owned Business Accelerator Program is the most helpful.\n\n\n\nDiverse-Owned Business Accelerator Program is funded by Bank of America\, hosted by the Women's Business Center of Utah and the Salt Lake Chamber\, and in partnership with the following organizations:\n\nBlack Success Center\n\nGK Folks Foundation\n\nNative American Chamber\n\nPIK2AR\n\nSalt Lake American Refugee Services\n\nSalt Lake Center of Opportunity Partnership (CO-OP)\n\nUtah Asian Chamber of Commerce\n\nUtah Hispanic Chamber\n\nUtah LGBTQ+ Chamber\n\nUtah Muslim Civic League\n\n\n\n \n\n\n	\n		\n			Sponsored by:\n		\n		\n			\n		\n		\n			 \n		\n		\n			Presented by:
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<h3><span background-color:="" font-size:="" trebuchet=""><em><span style="color:#FF0000\;">The 2023 cohorts are now closed. If you are interested in participating in a future cohort\, please email </span><a href="mailto:megan@wbcutah.org?subject=Diverse-Owned%20Business%20Accelerator&amp\;body=Hi!%20I'm%20interested%20in%20participating%20in%20DOBA.%20Can%20you%20tell%20me%20more%3F"><span style="color:#0000FF\;">megan@wbcutah.org</span></a><span style="color:#FF0000\;">.</span></em></span></h3>\n<span background-color:="" font-size:="" style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, " trebuchet="">Are you a small business owner and feel like you lack skills\, direction or strategy for your business?</span><br font-size:="" style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, " trebuchet="" />\n<br />\n<span background-color:="" font-size:="" style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, " trebuchet="">If so\, our&nbsp\;</span><strong font-size:="" style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, " trebuchet="">Diverse-Owned Business Accelerator</strong><strong font-size:="" style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, " trebuchet="">&nbsp\;</strong><span background-color:="" font-size:="" style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, " trebuchet="">was designed for you!</span><br font-size:="" style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, " trebuchet="" />\n<br font-size:="" style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, " trebuchet="" />\n<strong font-size:="" style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, " trebuchet="">The Diverse-Owned Business Accelerator is a 7-week cohort program<br />\nthat will provide a peer-to-peer environment where you will:</strong>\n\n<ul font-size:="" style="padding: 0px 40px\; color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, " trebuchet="">\n	<li>Design and niche your business to be more competitive and outline a roadmap with milestones toward your exit strategy</li>\n	<li>Construct and utilize a brand style guide for consistency in brand and effective marketing</li>\n	<li>Clarify your revenue streams and COGS/Fixed expenses and identify your break-even point and then confidently adjust pricing and sales goals</li>\n	<li>Systematize and automate processes and create a list of outsourcing options to multiply accomplishments</li>\n	<li>Establish a 90-Day action plan to make progress toward your exit strategy</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p font-size:="" style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, " trebuchet="">If you are willing and able to dedicate 4 hours per week for 7 weeks\,<br />\nplease review the program information below. We&#39\;d love to have you in this cohort!<br />\n<br />\n<strong>By participating in the Diverse-Owned Business Accelerator\,<br />\nyou will understand and create:</strong></p>\n\n<ul font-size:="" style="padding: 0px 40px\; color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, " trebuchet="">\n	<li>Business Roadmap with measurable milestones and dates</li>\n	<li>Style Guide for simplifying your brand consistency</li>\n	<li>Break-Even Point and Monthly Budget to help you be profitable</li>\n	<li>Systematized and Automated processes to get more efficiently done</li>\n	<li>Simple marketing plan to generate more business</li>\n	<li>Outsourcing Plan with contractor options and pricing</li>\n	<li>90-Day Action Plan to get you progressing on your business roadmap</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p font-size:="" style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, " trebuchet="">Sign up by completing the two steps below no later than <span style="color:#FF0000\;"><strong>September 19\, 2023&nbsp\;</strong></span>(deadline extended):<br />\n<strong>STEP 1:</strong>&nbsp\;Complete the registration form <a href="https://business.slchamber.com/events/register/12768">HERE</a> which includes several short written sentences (type your answers in a different document\, then copy and paste them into the registration form).<br />\n<strong>STEP 2</strong>:&nbsp\; Upload a headshot photo <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSco1XkYDYWaeWM3SD-fWMHZqKFXFh_ytdoUuMEf4J4PdgW1VA/viewform">HERE</a> (or we can take one of you at the first lesson)<br />\n<br />\n<strong>NOTE:&nbsp\;</strong>This application includes questions that will help us understand your situation\, needs and how to ensure the Diverse-Owned Business Accelerator Program&nbsp\;is the most helpful.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Diverse-Owned Business Accelerator Program&nbsp\;</strong>is funded by Bank of America\, hosted by the Women&#39\;s Business Center of Utah and the Salt Lake Chamber\, and in partnership with the following organizations:</p>\n\n<p font-size:="" style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, " trebuchet=""><a href="https://blacksuccesscenter.com/">Black Success Center</a><br />\n<a href="https://www.gkfolksfoundation.org/">GK Folks Foundation</a><br />\n<a href="https://www.utahncoc.com/">Native American Chamber</a><br />\n<a href="https://www.pik2ar.org/">PIK2AR</a><br />\n<a href="https://saltlakeamerican.org/home.aspx">Salt Lake American Refugee Services</a><br />\n<a href="https://slco.org/economic-development/salt-lake-co-op/">Salt Lake Center of&nbsp\;Opportunity Partnership (CO-OP)</a><br />\n<a href="https://utahasianchamber.org">Utah Asian Chamber of Commerce</a><br />\n<a href="https://www.utahhccnegocios.com/en/">Utah Hispanic Chamber</a><br />\n<a href="https://www.utahlgbtqchamber.org/">Utah LGBTQ+ Chamber</a><br />\n<a href="https://www.utahmcl.com/">Utah Muslim Civic League</a><br />\n<br />\n&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width:500px\;">\n	<tbody>\n		<tr>\n			<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center\; background-color: rgb(0\, 51\, 102)\;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF\;">Sponsored by:</span></td>\n		</tr>\n		<tr>\n			<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;"><a href="https://www.bankofamerica.com/"><img alt="" height="113" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/2428/Image/Event_Graphics/WBC/EventPhotoMini_Bank-of-America-Emblem1.png" style="width: 200px\; height: 113px\;" width="200" /></a></td>\n		</tr>\n		<tr>\n			<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center\;">&nbsp\;</td>\n		</tr>\n		<tr>\n			<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center\; background-color: rgb(0\, 51\, 102)\;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF\;">Presented by:</span></td>\n		</tr>\n		<tr>\n			<td style="text-align: center\;"><a href="http://wbcutah.org"><img alt="" height="120" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/2428/Image/Logo.png" style="width: 150px\; height: 120px\;" width="150" /></a></td>\n			<td style="text-align: center\;"><a href="http://slchamber.com"><img alt="" height="99" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/2428/Image/Event_Graphics/WBC/ChamberLogoNavy-300x149.jpeg" style="width: 200px\; height: 99px\;" width="200" /></a></td>\n		</tr>\n	</tbody>\n</table>\n
LOCATION:Lessons held in-person at Salt Lake Community College West Valley Center 3460 S 5600 W\, West Valley City Mastermind meetings held virtually: via Zoom (link shared after registration)
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