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BIPC launches Bedroom to Business

Have you got a gem of a business idea, but aren’t sure what next steps to take? Then this is the course for you! Starting on the 8th September, Our FREE 10-week course, Bedroom to Business, takes you through week by week, step by step, the key skills you need to launch a successful small business. By the end of those 10 weeks, you will have everything you need to turn your passion into profit!        Course Overview: The Deep-Rooted Why?- Exploring Your Motivations to Start a Business  The Goal Achiever – Setting your Business Goals Plan, Do, Check, Act – Is your Business Ready to Go? What’s your Worth – Knowing How to Set Your Prices Building Your Business Plan – Creating Strong Foundations The Untold Power of Doing Great Research- Why is Research Important? Key Business Relationships That Help you to Succeed Making Habits that Work- Set Yourself Up for Success Selling – The Customer Journey Using Feedback to Fly Forward in Your Business   Beginning on the 8th of September, this course is designed to help you take that gem of a business idea, and turn it into a reality. Each Thursday at 10am, qualified

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Getting Started with Business Finances…it’s not as scary as you think!

This session is all of the things I now know, that I wish I had known then; taking the fear out of finances. If business finance is something new to you (and if it isn’t), it can be one of the most daunting parts of starting and running your business. Yes, there is a lot of training and support available, but personally I needed something a bit different to build my confidence in this area. When I was starting out I attended a lot of free business finance workshops and support sessions, but they often seemed to be starting in a place I hadn’t yet reached. I wasn’t confident that I could apply the knowledge they gave me, sometimes I didn’t really understand what they were saying or how it applied to me and my business, and, if I’m being honest, half the time I left those sessions feeling like I was failing because I just hadn’t got my head around this part of my business yet. Business finances used to scare and worry me. They used to make me feel like I “wasn’t really a business owner”, even after I was making sales and delivering results for my customers.

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Bedroom to Business: Starting your Market Research with BIPC Devon (ONLINE)

Discover the tools & resources, available in Devon and across the UK’s Business & IP Centre Network, to help you start your market research Understanding your market can make the difference between success and failure in a business that’s starting up. In this session, we’ll look at How market research can help your business Key resources available in local libraries in the UK through Business & IP Centre Devon (and the wider Business & IP Centre network). These include COBRA start-up guides, IBISWorld industry reports, Statista… and much more! Primary research – the next step. There’ll be plenty of opportunity to ask questions throughout. This event is part of our Bedroom to Business Course, to sign up for the other events in the course go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/bedroom-to-business-875549 Please send any questions you have prior to the session to bipc@librariesunlimited.org.uk About Rachel Rachel Oakes is BIPC Devon’s Information Specialist. A Chartered Librarian, with a background in business information in both academic and public libraries, she has also run her own small business. Booking/Joining information Zoom webinar – details will be sent to you 2 hours before the session via email. The session will be recorded for BIPC Devon’s archive. You are

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Bedroom to Business: Identify & Protect your Intellectual Property (ONLINE)

Intellectual Property: what do you have in your business? How is it valuable? And what steps can you take to protect your IP? An awareness of intellectual property (IP) from the very start of can help you build your business and avoid costly problems further down the line. In this session, we’ll look at: What is intellectual property (IP)? How can it be valuable (or costly)? Identifying the intellectual property in your business. Different ways of protecting your IP – with copyright, trademarks, designs, patents & more. Where to get further support This event is part of our Bedroom to Business Course, to sign up for the other events in the course go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/bedroom-to-business-875549 Please send any questions you have prior to the session to bipc@librariesunlimited.org.uk About Rachel Rachel Oakes is BIPC Devon’s Information Specialist. A Chartered Librarian, with a background in business information in both academic and public libraries, she has also run her own small business. Booking/Joining information Zoom webinar – details will be sent to you 2 hours before the session via email. The session will be recorded for BIPC Devon’s archive. You are free to leave your cameras on or turn them off as you

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Bedroom to Business: Using Feedback to Fly Forward (Online)

Feedback is so valuable in growing your business and enhancing it, yet often it’s overlooked unless it is harming the business. In this workshop, Clare will be looking at how to capture feedback and why feedback is valuable. You will also learn: How can you use it to promote what you do. How can you use it to enhance what you deliver. How to deal with negative feedback. Clare will help you plan how to capture feedback, look at how you will review and categorise it and how you can start to use it to positively impact your views and actions within your business. Why not start looking at how other businesses in your market space actively engage with their customers to get feedback, what results or actions would you expect from those businesses if you gave feedback to them? This event is part of our Bedroom to Business Course, to sign up for the other events in the course go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/bedroom-to-business-875549 Any questions you have before the session can be sent directly to bipc@librariesunlimited.org.uk About Clare Clare Palmer – Award-winning coach and founder of Clarity Coaching by Clare Palmer Clare is an inspiring coach recognised as outstanding in

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Bedroom to Business: Selling – The Customer Journey (Online)

This workshop will help you focus on the experience you want to give your customers. We will uncover why customer experience is key and how you can create the journey you want by putting the customer at the heart of what you do. Clare will help you identify what you want your customers to say about you and your business so they promote it to others and how you can use that to deliver the best sales experience possible. You’ll also look at how you can upsell, cross-promote and manage reciprocal sales, so come along and enter the world of sales. This event is part of our Bedroom to Business Course, to sign up for the other events in the course go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/bedroom-to-business-875549 Any questions you have before the session can be sent directly to bipc@librariesunlimited.org.uk About Clare Clare Palmer – Award-winning coach and founder of Clarity Coaching by Clare Palmer Clare is an inspiring coach recognised as outstanding in her field and nominated for a South West Women Award in the category “Best Support Act” Clare’s passion lies in helping people break back self-imposed barriers, increase self-belief and become more conscious of their thoughts, emotions and actions to

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Bedroom to Business: Marketing Habits That Work- (Online)

Businesses struggle to get their marketing right, there are several reasons for that and in this workshop, Clare will discuss best practises Clare will discuss with you some marketing pitfalls you may want to avoid. You’ll also explore with Clare how you can build a marketing plan that works for you for both inbound and outbound sales. You’ll explore the advantages of marketing through different platforms whilst maintaining a consistent brand identity to attract new customers. Get ready for this workshop by looking at how other businesses market their products, what styles do you like, and which approaches do you feel suit your business and potential customers. This event is part of our Bedroom to Business Course, to sign up for the other events in the course go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/bedroom-to-business-875549 Any questions you have before the session can be sent directly to bipc@librariesunlimited.org.uk

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Bedroom to Business: Key Relationships For Business Success (Online)

In this session we will cover who do you need to engage with to enable your business to grow. In your business, you’ll need to manage relationships with suppliers, customers, business support etc. but you’ll also need to invest in building and managing new relationships and ultimately end some. So how do you do that effectively so you can still do what needs to be done to keep your business doing what it does? It’s a balancing act but Clare will help you start to build a relationship management plan that works for you and the needs of your business as well as provide some helpful networking tips during this workshop. Get ready for this session by thinking about who do you need to engage with to enable your business to grow and who would you like to engage with in the future, think about what communication tools you’re happy to use and which do you feel less comfortable with. This event is part of our Bedroom to Business Course, to sign up for the other events in the course go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/bedroom-to-business-875549 Please send any questions you have prior to the session to bipc@librariesunlimited.org.uk About Clare Clare Palmer –

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Bedroom to Business: The Untold Power of Great Research (Online)

Your perception & reality may be worlds apart so how do you know your research is telling you what you need to know, not just what you want? Your perception and reality may be worlds apart so how do you know your research is telling you what you need to know not just what you want to know? During this workshop Clare will help you start to create a research plan, you’ll start to understand the principles of good research and how by doing your research across a broad area you can discover hidden opportunities that benefit your business or spark new ideas. Get yourself ready for this workshop by thinking about your ideal research subject and who you would have in your target research group. This event is part of our Bedroom to Business Course, to sign up for the other events in the course go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/bedroom-to-business-875549 Please send any questions you have prior to the session to bipc@librariesunlimited.org.uk About Clare Clare Palmer – Award-winning coach and founder of Clarity Coaching by Clare Palmer Clare is an inspiring coach recognised as outstanding in her field and nominated for a South West Women Award in the category “Best Support

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Bedroom to Business: Building Your Business Plan (ONLINE)

Come along and find out how you can build a business plan and have the appropriate controls in your business such as profit and loss account Building a business plan for the first time, hey, that can feel scary! How do you know you’ve done it right? Have you covered everything you need to? How will you be judged by other people? What if it’s not good enough? Can I change it in the future? What if I don’t achieve my plans? STOP, you don’t need that fear! During this workshop Clare will help you take the first steps in creating a business plan that’s right for your business, taking this first step will help you see if not as scary as you imagine, in fact, Clare’s confident you find it a great experience. Come along and find out how you can build a business plan and have the appropriate controls in your business such as profit and loss accounting, legal needs and contingency plans to make your business resilient. This event is part of our Bedroom to Business Course, to sign up for the other events in the course go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/bedroom-to-business-875549 Please send any questions you have prior

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