Smart Start Your Business

Date: 11/19/2026
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM (EST)
Registration Deadline: 11/19/2026 5:00 PM (EST)
Fee: No Fee

Point of Contact: Diane McFarland

Program Format: Online Meeting (Live)
Training Topics: Business Development - Other, Business Financing, Business Plan, Business Start-up/Preplanning, Legal Issues, Risk Management, Tax Planning
Description: Smart Start Your Business provides aspiring and emerging entrepreneurs with essential guidance for launching a strong, well-prepared business. Participants will examine their business through the perspectives of an attorney, business banker, insurance professional, and accountant. The seminar covers business registration and legal structures, financial recordkeeping and taxes, insurance protection, financing and loan preparation, marketing, and the fundamentals of developing an effective business plan. Explore your business management team and the roles your accountant, attorney, insurance representative, business banker and SBDC Consultant have as a necessary part of your business success! Presenter, Brandon Mason, Maryland SBDC

Registration Policies:

Registration and Fees: Payment of seminar fees may be made by check, money order or credit card. Payment must be received to guarantee your space in an event. You may receive special payment instructions by email once you register to the event

Refund Policy: If you wish to request a refund, please contact the conference organizer listed above to discuss. You may also elect to send a substitute in your place. If the event is cancelled, all fees will be returned.

Special Accommodations: In accordance with the American Disabilities Act and state law, you may request accommodations due to a disability by contacting the event organizer listed above. Advance notice may be necessary for some accommodations. Registration must be paid prior to accommodation requests.