Workshop: Start Smart: Your Business Blueprint (CATALYST)
2025-09-16 15:00 - 19:00 UTC | The CATALYST 119 N. Gilbert Road, Ste. 102 Gilbert, AZ 85234
Doors open at 7:30 am, join us early for networking!

Ready to turn your business dream into reality, build a stronger foundation for the business you just launched, or want to ensure you checked all the boxes for a newer business? Start Smart: Your Business Blueprint is an engaging, hands-on workshop designed for aspiring or new business owners who want to do it right from day one.

In this interactive session, you'll connect with local experts and walk step-by-step through the essentials every business owner should know:

How to set up your LLC, is a LLC the way to go?
Getting your EIN
Local licensing considerations
What insurance you really need
Legal essentials to consider
Best banking practices and financing
Accounting and best practices with bookkeeping
Building a marketing plan
Local resources for when you need them and where to turn

You will hear directly from experts in different areas and walk away with practical tools, checklists, and contacts to support your next steps. Whether you're still planning, just opened your doors, or have been in business just a few years, this workshop will equip you with the knowledge, confidence, and resources to move forward with clarity.

Experts:

Christie Boutain with First Western

George Kimble with SBDC

J n Simon with Foundation Insurance Services/Robertson Ryan Insurance

Heather Parker with The Parker Law Office

National Bank of Arizona

DeDe Jacques with Account on DeDe

Stuart Preston with Cingularis

Desert Financial

Bring your questions, your ideas, and your energy this isn't a lecture, it's your launchpad.

This workshop is made possible, in part, by these Foundation Donors:

When you attend this event, you enter an area where photography, audio, and video recording may occur. By attending, you consent to such recording media and its release, publication, exhibition, or reproduction, including but not limited to marketing, promotional purposes, publication, distribution, and public display, without further authorization or compensation.
