All of these classes are available online and On-Demand.
Square One Orientation Webinar (On-Demand)
FreeWhether you’re new to Business Impact NW, in the idea phase or already in business, or looking to apply for a business loan, this 1 1/2 hour orientation will give you actionable first steps to start...
Your Business-Start Smart On-Demand Online Course
FreeAre you a military spouse, veteran or active-duty service member who is thinking about starting a small business or are you already running a small business and looking for some free training to help ...
Package & Price Services to Maximize Revenue
FreeDeciding what to charge for services is a balancing act. With Value- Based Pricing, service fees are based on your competitive advantage and brand (perceived value). The main goal is to better align f...
Business Expert Session: Leading with Confidence
FreeThis workshop will focus on ways to increase your self-confidence by understanding where your thoughts and beliefs come from and practical strategies to improve your confidence. No matter how we prese...
Government Contracting 101: Doing Business with Washington State and the Federal Government
FreeGovernment Contracting 101: Doing Business with Washington State and the Federal Government Would you like to sell your products or services to the State of Washington and the Federal government? Gove...
Business Expert Session: How to Launch Your Dream Business in 90 Days
FreeThis workshop is for you if... You want to be your own boss, doing what you’re passionate about while supporting yourself. You feel overwhelmed with everything you need to do to get started. You fee...
Business Expert Session: Washington Healthcare Coverage for Entrepreneurs
FreeThe Washington Health Benefit Exchange operates Washington Healthplanfinder the state’s official online marketplace to shop, compare and sign-up for quality health and dental coverage. Join us a...
Business Expert Session: 5 Steps to Profit Master Class
FreeIs it possible to increase your leads and sales without wasting money on who-knows marketing and advertisement experiments? Is it possible to see a HUGE increase in profits and work fewer hours at t...
Business Certification: How to Increase Contracting Opportunities as a Certified Business
FreeGovernment contracts are a tremendous financial opportunity for small businesses. There are opportunities to sell to state and federal governments as well as local governments such as cites and coun...
Re-energize Your Growth Potential: Get Your Big Dream Mojo Back
FreeEvery entrepreneurial journey starts with a dream of creating something. Even us small business owners dream bigger than our current situation and set of resources. Making these dreams a reality can...
Business Expert Session: Disability Inclusion & Accessibility
FreeThe inclusion revolution is here! In this presentation, we will discuss how disability is diversity. Disability is not only diverse itself in that no disability is alike, but disability also intersect...
Celebrating Dreams Webinar: Bringing Diversity to Your Organization
FreeThis is an On-Demand Webinar Business owners that wanted to survive, let alone thrive, during the pandemic had to adapt to the rapidly changing circumstances and regulations. To remain competitive in ...
Celebrating Dreams Webinar: Community Connections for Business Success
FreeThis is an On-Demand Webinar Small business owners know community connections are important to building their network and meeting new clients. Leveraging and linking together your existing resources w...
Understanding the Gig Economy Training
FreeThis course is designed to give an overview of factors Gig Economy workers should consider - among those considerations are financial, tax, legal and insurance. You'll get an overview of these areas a...
Business Expert Session: Perform Better Under Pressure
FreeFeeling overloaded, anxious, or scattered isn’t fertile ground for growing your business, or for keeping operations running smoothly. By the end of this hands-on, interactive workshop, leave with se...
Business Expert Session: Using a Virtual Assistant to Grow Your Small Business
FreeAre you dealing with overwhelming tasks every day? Do you feel like you need assistance, but don’t know where to start? Are you interested in learning the benefits of hiring a Virtual Assistant? If ...
Content Marketing and Strategy Coaching
$75.00Are you a small business owner ready to implement a practical marketing strategy tailored to your business? Sign up for this 3-session virtual content marketing and strategy coaching program with Smal...
Business Expert Session: Website Building Pt. 1: Know Your Options, Pros & Cons
FreeCongratulations on starting a business! Now you need a website. But where to start? Fortunately, you have many options when it comes to hosting, domain registration, and content management system (inc...
Business Expert Session: Stop, Look & Listen: Market Insight for Business Success
FreeIs there really a market? How do you serve it? Why should anyone choose you to meet their needs? These questions all fit together, and you don't need a market research firm or weeks of toil to answer ...
Celebrating Dreams Webinar: Marketing for Business Recovery
FreeThis is an On-Demand Webinar Is your marketing plan recovery ready? Jumpstart your business with Marketing for Business Recovery. Finding new clients and keeping existing clients has been challengi...
Diversifying your Income: How to Launch on an Online Marketplace Community
FreeLaunching your business in today's environment can be thrilling, and also daunting. E-commerce sales increased 44% in 2020 as the pandemic forced brick and mortar businesses online. The tremendous e...
Business Expert Session: Website Building Pt. 2: What’s Important & Best Practices
FreeFollowing Part 1, you have figured out the best place to start building your website. Your website is your first impression, and it’s doing so, most of the time, without you even knowing it. So, you...
Virtual Lender’s Panel: Access to Capital
FreeAre you looking for capital for your business? Do you have unanswered questions about loans, lines of credit, or which lending product is best for your business? Do you want to know how to qualify for...
How to Manage Business Debt
FreeIn this workshop you will learn about the different types of debt, debt and financial management, budgeting and managing expenses, ways to improve cash flow and loan fund management. This webinar is g...
How to Fill Out a Personal Financial Statement
FreeThis webinar is designed for borrowers who have been asked by their Business Impact NW loan officer (or other lender) to fill out a Personal Financial Statement. This webinar goes step by step through...
Loan Readiness Certification
FreeWelcome to the Loan Readiness Center Certification Course. This course is a requirement for the BINW Impact Loan in addition to the prospective borrower attending an approved accelerator or business c...
Business Expert Session: Getting Loan Ready: Business Loan Basics
FreeApplying for a business loan can seem like a confusing and daunting process. Matt Hrdlicka with Columbia Bank will demystify the process by explaining what goes into getting a business loan. We’ll d...
Business Expert Session: Repairing Personal Credit & Building Business Credit
FreeWe're going to talk about some exciting, sometimes scary, often complicated world of credit! We will focus on the world of business credit. Most businesses fail within the first few years due to fundi...
“Ready to Sell” Farm E-Commerce
FreeThe purpose of this course is to provide you with the tools and resources to develop an effective online presence through which you will be able to connect with new customers, build and maintain custo...
Business Expert Session: A Farmer’s Guide to Reporting to the IRS
FreeAs farmers look for ways to increase income and diversify activities, they need to be aware that income from events, workshops, and other non-farming activities need to be recorded and reported differ...
Food Biz Week 2022
FreeFood Biz Week is an opportunity for food and farm businesses at all levels of food production and food retail in the Pacific Northwest to learn from industry experts and fellow experienced colleagues ...
Farm-to-Food Assistance: Intro to Community-Centered Wholesaling
FreeThanks to the expansion of funded “farm to community” programs, the emergency food system of food pantries, meals programs, and other food assistance providers has developed as a viable market cha...
Packaged Foods On-Demand Online Course
FreeFor entrepreneurs considering moving into the packaged food space or farms looking to develop value-added product(s), this on-demand, self-paced online course will provide a basic overview of the proc...
Farmer Finance 101: Building a Successful Financial Foundation
FreeFarmer Finance is a 3-part series aimed at providing the beginning farmer the knowledge and resources to approach their farm with a business mentality. The 3 courses covers financial management and us...
Farmer Finance 201: Farming for Profit – Introduction to Enterprise Budgets
FreeFarmer Finance is a 3-part series aimed at providing the beginning farmer the knowledge and resources to approach their farm with a business mentality. The 3 courses covers financial management and us...
Farmer Finance 301: When Why and How to Access Capital
FreeFarmer Finance is a 3-part series aimed at providing the beginning farmer the knowledge and resources to approach their farm with a business mentality. The 3 courses covers financial management and us...
Washington Food & Farm Finder: Finding Growers, Producers & Getting Yours Listed
FreeAre you a food or farm business looking for local growers, producers, markets, or restaurants in Washington State or are you a local food/farm business looking to get listed? Then, join us! We will be...
Business Expert Session: Farm Bookkeeping Basics: Planting Solid Roots for Growth
FreeGetting your bookkeeping set up correctly at the outset provides solid roots and a foundation for the growth of your farm business. In this presentation we will review the basics of what is needed for...
Food Biz Week 2021
FreeFood Biz Week is an opportunity for food and farm businesses at all levels of food production and food retail in the Pacific Northwest to learn from industry experts and fellow experienced colleagues ...
Business Expert Session: Farm Bookkeeping Deeper Dive: Entering Online or Market Sales
FreeWondering the most efficient way to enter your sales in QuickBooks? In this session we’ll cover the options and take a deeper dive into walking through some example summary entries – for both farm...
Business Expert Session: Food Biz Resources to Grow, Make Connections, and Find Market Opportunities
FreeAre you a food business that’s looking to connect with other food & farm businesses, find market opportunities, and get support to grow your new or established business? Then, join us! We will b...
Water Cooler Session 1: Farm Bookkeeping Basics – Setting up Your Chart of Accounts
FreeAs a follow up to our recent “Farm Bookkeeping Basics” Business Expert Session with Jocelyn Campbell, we are happy to have her back for 2 Water Cooler Sessions. Each of these sessions will have a ...
Water Cooler Session 2: QuickBooks Online vs Desktop
FreeAs a follow up to our recent “Farm Bookkeeping Basics” Business Expert Session with Jocelyn Campbell, we are happy to have her back for 2 Water Cooler Sessions. Each of these sessions will have a ...
How to Sell: An Overview of Sales Channels
FreeHow to Sell: An Overview of Sales Channels is an on-demand resource for farmers exploring the varied avenues you can use to get your agricultural offerings into customers’ hands. Learn about retail...
Business Expert Session: Food Borne Outbreaks: What Happens When Prevention Doesn’t
FreeChristopher Skilton is a Public Health scientist with years of combined experience in Environmental Health, including wastewater treatment, hazardous waste management, communicable disease epidemiolog...
Seattle Labor Standards Ordinances 2022 Overview
FreeJoin us for this webinar as we speak with a representative from the Seattle Office of Labor Standards regarding the 2021/2022 labor ordinances. We will discuss: Minimum Wage Paid Sick & Saf...
WA State Labor Standards: Workers’ Rights
FreeThis is an on-demand, self-paced course This webinar will provide an overview of workers’ rights by the Department Labor & Industries for WA state employers. This course includes information ab...
WA State Labor Standards: Workers’ Compensation
FreeThis is an on-demand, self-paced course. This webinar will provide an overview of the Department Labor & Industries workers’ compensation requirements for Washington state employers. This course...
Understanding Workers’ Rights & Benefits as a Business Owner in Washington
FreeAre you a business owner in the state of Washington with employees or planning to have employees? A representative from Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) will provide an ...
Business Expert Session: Seattle Labor Standards Ordinances 2022/2023 Overview
FreeThis course provides an overview of the 2022/2023 Seattle Labor Standards Ordinances and what you need to know as a small business owner with employees working in the City of Seattle. This course incl...
Cursillo de Certificación del Centro de Preparación de Préstamos
FreeBienvenido al curso de Certificación del Centro de Preparación de Préstamos (Loan Readiness Center). Este curso es un requisito para el Préstamo de impacto (Impact Loan) de Business Impact Northwe...
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COVID-19 Finance Options
Apply for the finance options you can take advantage of right now. These include loans through Business Impact NW, and SBA-direct funding.
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COVID-19 Information and Advice
Answers to frequently asked questions and how to sign up for info sessions, classes and coaching to help your business now.
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COVID-19 Info Library
Local, state and national resource list, supporting your business during COVID-19