How do you take your idea for a great product and turn it into a functioning business? What are the steps and where do you even start? Jon Jaggers, Lead SBDC Consultant, will walk through the process of taking your product from the initial idea stage to the production stage and selling it to market.

This course is a six-week program designed to help child care providers in the state of Colorado to improve their business practices to both better serve their customers and promote their business sustainability with increased revenues. No prior business training is required, all are welcome! The class will meet online via Zoom, and participants are also invited to meet online one-on-one with an SBDC business consultant during and after the course for specific and continued training and support.

Some call it the Great Resignation or the Great Reshuffle, we call it the Great Boss Evolution! In this era where the tight labor market is being felt across Colorado and especially in the rural and frontier parts of the state, it is more important than ever for employers to be able to hire and retain great employees. This highly interactive session will provide attendees with an opportunity to engage with the panelists and their peers to explore insight into best practices for hiring and actionable ideas for increasing employee retention and loyalty.

We’ve all been there! We’re an at-will state…why can’t we just fire the employee that is making our lives miserable? The truth is, while we are an at-will state, we still need to follow the law and do what’s right for the employees and the organization.

Coaching, discipline, and documentation are all components of a strong performance management plan. Join Courtney Berg, SBDC Human Resources Consultant, for this webinar where we will talk about the best practices for correcting employee behavior. You will learn when to coach an employee, when to start a disciplinary process, and what to document regarding the employee’s behavior that could help you down the road.