Date: Tuesday, October 3rd

Place: Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center, Abingdon, VA

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/export-university-expanding-your-business-around-the-world-tickets-37275023599

About Export University

Export University is a series of courses on exporting designed by the District Export Council, a volunteer non-profit organization associated with the U.S. Commercial Service. The objective is to help U.S. companies begin an export initiative and gain new skills and innovation in expanding their international sales.

At this event you will learn:

• Key export tips from experts
• How to extend open account terms to overseas customers while protecting yourself
• How to gain entry into new markets and increase your international sales
• How to avoid costly mistakes and clear customs

For more information contact Cindy Fields

Major Patricia A. "Patra" Frame, US Air Force, founded Strategies for Human Resources which trains senior managers on effective hiring, performance management, and people-related decision-making.  Clients learn to achieve their goals by integrating their company's culture into their personnel actions.  Frame is a highly sought-after speaker and writer; she recently published Networking Guide for Military in Transition and Veterans (2016). Frame's community involvement focuses on career development, especially for women veterans in technology.

On March 23, Frame received the 2016 Virginia Small Business Veteran of the Year Award at the Veterans in Business Conference at the Army Navy Country Club.  Frame exemplifies the spirit of this award in her service to her country, her success in business, and her involvement with her community.

SBDC Day will unite the nearly 1,000 SBDC centers across the country and the hundreds of thousands of clients they serve by sharing, in real time, the success stories and notable impacts SBDC’s collectively have on the small business community at large. Help us showcase the impact of the VASBDC by being part of the inaugural #SBDCDay campaign. Check out http://americassbdc.org/SBDCDay/ to learn more.

George Mason University and the Virginia SBDC are teaming up with DC I-Corps, GWU, the SBA’s Small Business Outreach Centers and others to offer a free three-part series introducing the lean startup framework to veterans business owners. Lean startup is the state-of-the-art method used by top business startups to better understand their customers and perfect their business models. It’s the same process they use in Silicon Valley. Dates: Wed, Oct 12th (GW), 19th (Capitol Post) & 26th (GW). Learn more & register here.

Part of Governor McAuliffe’s Virginia Velocity business plan competition which launched last year, the Virginia Velocity Tour will travel by bus to five regions across Virginia from September 10 to 23. At each stop, there will be a day of events to celebrate the region’s startup ecosystem, culminating in a public pitch competition with a $25,000 equity-free grant prize. Application deadline is August 18. Learn more at virginiavelocitytour.org.

May 10th, 2016
9 am - 12 noon

Global Situation Room’s Brett Bruen will conduct an intensive half-day seminar offering sophisticated strategies for assessing and responding to global risk and crises. Companies will learn how to build a Counter-Crisis Management (CCM) program to reframe, not just respond to emerging issues. CCM helps businesses to identify their vulnerabilities early and develop reputational countermeasures that can be immediately deployed in the event of an incident. The seminar shows how to go beyond crisis plans and procedures into the creation of programs that will change the course of crises. These trainings with the White House’s former Director of Global Engagement offer a unique opportunity to gain a comparative advantage in increasingly uncertain times and an intensely competitive global marketplace.

Click here for more information and to register.

The U.S. Small Business Administration is now accepting nominations for its 2016 National and District Small Business Week Awards. Let’s show our support and appreciation of our local small business community. This year the Richmond District Office will recognize both the Small Business Person of the Year and the Exporter of the Year.

National and District nominations can be submitted to SBA’s Richmond District Office at 400 N 8th Street, Suite 1150 Richmond, VA 23219, or through SBA’s online nomination portal. Guidelines and criteria can also be found on the nomination portal. All nominations must be submitted by Monday, Jan. 11, 2016.

For More Information:  If you have questions about SBA’s award nominations or award criteria, please contact Monet Chapman at (804) 253-8133 or monet.chapman@sba.gov

For small business owners, being prepared can mean staying in business following a disaster. Explore these resources that can help you develop an emergency preparedness and disaster relief plan.

You are cordially invited to attend the Web.com Small Business Summit at the Quicken Loans National. Web.com, in association with SCORE, America's SBDC (Small Business Development Center) and the PGA TOUR, has identified you as a key local business owner to attend the event free of charge. Along with our presentation of online marketing solutions, we are pleased to announce that Bank of America, an industry leader in providing financial solutions to small businesses like yours, will have a guest speaker to discuss the importance of cash flow management for your business. Registration and complimentary refreshments will begin at 9:00am.

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Accepting the $10,000 award are James Hubbard, III, (center) and his father Dr. Jim Hubbard, Jr., (left of center).  They are flanked by last year's winner and Tech Cocktail officials.

HIS Energy, founded by James Hubbard, Jr., PhD, and his son, James E. Hubbard, III, won Tech Cocktail's "Celebrate" competition and was named the "Nation's Hottest Start-up." The honor came with $10,000, the Tech Cocktail Chalice, American Airlines Business Extra points, $5,000 in Amazon Web Services credits, as well as national exposure for their game-changing technology, "Wireless Condition-Based Monitoring Powered by Energy Harvesting."  HIS Energy's Semper Cell, which powers sensors by harvesting energy from its environment, promises to become the device to power the Internet of Things.

"We are very proud to have had the Hubbards and their team participate in our Innovation Commercialization Assistance Program (ICAP), which assisted HIS Energy during the development of this breakthrough technology," declared Jody Keenan, State Director of the Virginia SBDC Network. "And kudos, too, to the team at SHINE Systems and Technologies, who delivered the ICAP services to HIS Energy through our program."