Local small business owners learn how to prepare a business for sale
Sunday, November 6, 2016
On Tuesday, local small business owners attended the second of three Quick Start Shoreline working sessions providing information on preparing business valuations prior to selling or as part of a business loan application.
Bryce Hansen, the owner of Hansen Business Advisory in Shoreline, conducted the session and noted that small business owners frequently find the process of valuing a business very challenging and emotional. Far too often a decision to sell, or the need to provide a valuation prior to a loan application or divorce settlement, comes at the last minute.
The process of valuing a small business should begin three to five years before a valuation is done because valuation experts routinely ask for financial statements covering the previous 5 years and business projections for 3-5 years in advance.
Besides the company’s balance sheet, valuations also take into account discounts and premiums or whether a purchaser would have a controlling interest in the organization, the company’s overall marketability, known valuations of similar companies, and potential risks associated with the business or its operating space.
The sheer number of factors that contribute to a complete valuation make the process an inexact science, however, professionals use proven valuation approaches that can help owners and sellers gain confidence that a negotiated price would be equitable for both parties.
Hansen also noted that, while the field of professional business valuations is relatively new, beginning only in the 1960’s and really taking hold during the savings and loan crisis of the 1990’s, there are several reputable organizations certifying appraisers including the American Society of Appraisers (ASA), and Institute of Business Appraisers (IBA) and the organization to which Hanson belongs, the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA).
The third working session in the series will be held on November 15 and interested small business owners can contact Tiffany McVeety with the SCC Business Accelerator via email at accelerator@shoreline.edu.
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Brenda Kohlmyer is a freelance writer working in Snohomish and King counties. She is a frequent contributor to BrandVisionary.com. This is her first article for the Shoreline Area News.
QuickStart Shoreline 2.0 starts fall quarter sessions Tuesday Sept 13
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
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Join the business community for a special Quick-Start Summer Social Tuesday
Sunday, July 10, 2016
Join the Shoreline business community for a special Quick-Start “Summer Social” on Tuesday, July 12 from 12:00 to 1:30pm at Shoreline City Hall – Council Chambers, 17500 Midvale Ave N for the last Quick-Start of the season.
Quick-Start Shoreline will resume in the Fall with a new line up of guest speakers, quarterly Quick-Start After Hours events, and monthly business advising sessions in partnership with the Small Business Administration (SBA).
Quick-Start Shoreline is presented by Shoreline Community College Small Business Accelerator and the City of Shoreline. These workshops are designed to be helpful for start-up, existing or potential business owners. Sessions are free and open to the public. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch.
Learn how to use Facebook for your business with simple tips and how-tos presented by local entrepreneur, Cher Martin. If you’re looking for a general overview of how to use Facebook to help your business grow, these fundamentals will set you up for success. Focus your activity on Facebook to meet specific business goals.
About Cher Martin:
My philosophy is a simple one. I believe that we should each do what we do best and partner with others so they can do the same. We are all happier and more successful when we are doing what we enjoy.
My goal is to support you and your business so that you can enjoy more, laugh more, and grow your success.
Quick Start Shoreline Tuesday - entrepreneurs
Monday, February 15, 2016
Join the business community at a Quick-Start “Working Session” TODAY Tuesday, February 16 from 12:00 to 1:30pm at Shoreline City Hall, 17500 Midvale Ave N, 98133.
Quick-Start Shoreline is presented by Shoreline Community College Small Business Accelerator and the City of Shoreline. These workshops are designed to be helpful for start-up, existing and potential business owners, and business leaders who want to sharpen their innovation and entrepreneurial skills in a welcoming environment. Sessions are free and open to the public. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch. Noon Networking. 12:15 lecture. Free.
Entrepreneurs are known risk-takers who seek ways of disrupting business-as-usual practices. They are endowed with characteristics that allow them to modify the environment and they possess traits that give them personal competitive advantages. They have vision, are risk tolerant, yet seek to avoid it.
They are explores whose passion and perseverance allow them to manage resources and design pathways to success, while they minimize risk along the way. Though their ventures will sometimes fail, they are quick to pick up again. They trust their instincts, they work through intuition, and they continually evaluate self-identify. Yet, there is still much to learn.
Join this Entrepreneurial Leadership workshop to learn new ways to develop your strengths. Highly engaging. Bring your lunch! Leave when you need to.
Thought Leadership
People use the term “thought leader” as if all you have to do to become one is set up a Twitter account and start tweeting. This is hardly the case. True thought leaders have expertise, passion, and a track record of changing the world. They become thought leaders when they rise above themselves by sharing their knowledge so that others can change the world, too. Perhaps most importantly, they are recognized by their peers — they do not declare themselves. It is only through a sincere commitment to share the path forward to a better future that they earn the right to be called a thought leader.
- - Guy Kawasaki
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| Greg Price |
He earned his BA in Economics from the University of Washington, his MBA from the University of Phoenix and he is presently a Doctoral Candidate earning a Doctor of Education degree with an emphasis in Organizational Leadership at City University of Seattle.
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Quick Start Shoreline Tuesday featured hypnotist
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Join the business community at a Quick-Start “Working Session” TODAY Tuesday, February 9 from 12:00 to 1:30pm at Shoreline City Hall, 17500 Midvale Ave N, 98133, room 301.
Quick-Start Shoreline is presented by Shoreline Community College Small Business Accelerator and the City of Shoreline. These workshops are designed to be helpful for start-up, existing and potential business owners, and business leaders who want to sharpen their innovation and entrepreneurial skills in a welcoming environment. Sessions are free and open to the public. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch. Noon Networking. 12:15 lecture. Free.
Quick-Start Shoreline features peak performance hypnotist Whitney Buckingham.
Whitney Buckingham, CHT, NLP, graduated from Whitworth University before attending The Institute for Therapeutic Learning. She became a member of the National Guild of Hypnotists in 1994.
After becoming certified in Hypnotherapy and Neural-Linguistic Programming in 1992, she began using her skills professionally both in therapeutic and entertainment contexts.
Her extensive client list includes Microsoft, Boeing, Washington State Firefighters, Fred Hutchinson Hospital, Children's Hospital, University of Washington and more than fifty High Schools throughout the Northwest, California and Alaska.
Quick-Start Shoreline resumes with 'working session' Tuesday
Sunday, January 31, 2016
Join the business community at a Quick-Start “Working Session” on Tuesday, February 2 from 12:00 to 1:30pm at Shoreline City Hall, 17500 Midvale Ave N, 98133.
Quick-Start Shoreline is presented by Shoreline Community College Small Business Accelerator and the City of Shoreline. These workshops are designed to be helpful for start-up, existing and potential business owners, and business leaders who want to sharpen their innovation and entrepreneurial skills in a welcoming environment. Sessions are free and open to the public. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch.
Quick-Start Shoreline Working Session: Business Model Canvas – Customer Focus
Have you heard of the Business Model Canvas? Have you tried to use it to define your next big idea, but ended up staring at a – well – blank canvas? This Quick-Start Working Session is the first in a series that will help you use this visual planning tool to help you uncover new possibilities, define top opportunities, and create a visual game plan to get you there.
This Business Model Canvas workshop will help you:
- Identify your top current customers and uncover new ones.
- Create a visual representation of your key partners, top customers, and channels to take your venture to the next level.
- Take home a world-renowned business planning tool that is both easy to use and paints a picture of your future business potential.
Business planning is future planning – a Business Model Canvas is another tool for your business and professional development toolkit that works! Simple, useful, proven and fun – this will be a great kick-off Quick-Start for 2016.
Goal of the Quick-Start Working Sessions
To provide our SCC Business Accelerator Community with access to leading experts and cutting edge business tools that can close the GAP in idea-to-expansion knowledge. These workshops will give start-ups, teams, students and leaders a chance to gain practical knowledge, as well as engage in hands-on training, networking, and knowledge sharing in a safe and collaborative environment that elevates the playing field for all who participate.
Format of the Quick-Start Working Sessions
Each working session will focus on a single topic. Quick-Start staff and area experts providing key insights and knowledge regarding the topic in a 20 minute lecture format. After the lecture, the attendees will break into working sessions to engage with the topic as it relates to them. We will invite Quick-Start mentors and local entrepreneurs as a resource to the attendees to help answer any questions and think through any problems they may be facing.
Networking will begin at noon.
Lecture will begin at 12:15pm.
The working sessions will be open from 12:35pm to 1:30pm.
Shoreline Community College Small Business Accelerator
Staff
Tiffany McVeety, MBA
Tiffany McVeety is author of the Entrepreneurial Edge Small Business Toolkit and two other books. In addition to her role as Shoreline Community College Small Business Accelerator Director, she serves The International Alliance for Women as their Director of Micro Credit and trains emerging leaders through the US State Department International Visitor Leadership Program.
Get Connected! Visit is on Facebook: SCC Small Business Accelerator. Get involved! Tiffany can be reached at 206-289-0523 or tiffany@tiffanymcveety.com.
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Quick Start Connect Series: How to Present at a Trade Show - From Break Out Sessions to Keynote
Sunday, December 13, 2015
Join the business community for a special Quick-Start “Working Session” on Tuesday, December 15th, 2015 from 12:00 to 1:30pm at Shoreline City Hall, 17500 Midvale Ave N for the kickoff of Fall 2015.
Quick-Start Shoreline is presented by Shoreline Community College Small Business Accelerator and the City of Shoreline. These workshops are designed to be helpful for start-up, existing or potential business owners. Sessions are free and open to the public. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch.
Quick-Start Shoreline
Connect Series: How to Present at a Trade Show - From Break Out Sessions to Keynote
Come to QuickStart Shoreline this Tuesday to discuss tips and tricks on:
- How to identify the best trade show or conference to speak at to promote your business
- How to acquire and complete a speaker registration form
- What to expect from the room and the format you will may be following
- How to turn contacts you make into leads for strategic partnerships or customers
Goal of the Quick-Start Working Sessions
To provide our SCC Business Accelerator Community with access to leading experts and cutting edge business tools that can close the GAP in idea-to-expansion knowledge. These workshops will give start-ups, teams and students a chance to learn practical knowledge, as well as provide hands-on training, and networking opportunities with professionals in various branches of business.
Format of the Quick-Start Working Sessions
Each working session will focus on a single topic. Quick-Start staff and area experts providing key insights and knowledge regarding the topic in a 20 minute lecture format. After the lecture, the attendees will break into working sessions to engage with the topic as it relates to them. We will invite Quick-Start mentors and local entrepreneurs as a resource to the attendees to help answer any questions and think through any problems they may be facing.
Networking will begin at noon.
Lecture will begin at 12:15pm.
The working sessions will be open from 12:35pm to 1:30pm.
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Quick Start Shoreline Tuesday - Decision Making - Designing a Path to Success
Sunday, December 6, 2015
Quick-Start Shoreline is presented by Shoreline Community College Small Business Accelerator and the City of Shoreline. These workshops are designed to be helpful for start-up, existing or potential business owners. Sessions are free and open to the public. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch.
Come to QuickStart Shoreline this week to learn tools and tricks to help you with Decision Making to help you and your small business!
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| Jean Sagvold-Simpson |
With a unique perspective gleaned from two decades of working with non-profit, for-profit and government contracts, Jean brings analytical and fresh tools, a strong professional and community service experience, formal leadership training all to create “wins” with “ positive outcome “for small to mid-size enterprises.
Having attended and delivered professional development training's and workshops throughout her career Jean is choosing to focus consulting on Business organizational development issues including: branding/identity, marketing, finance, operations, storefront and growth management.
Specializing in Organizational change, strategic planning, long and short term growth planning, utilizing LEAN practices, risk management planning, public relations, media relations, technology and network infrastructure.
Goal of the Quick-Start Working Sessions
To provide our SCC Business Accelerator Community with access to leading experts and cutting edge business tools that can close the GAP in idea-to-expansion knowledge. These workshops will give start-ups, teams and students a chance to learn practical knowledge, as well as provide hands-on training, and networking opportunities with professionals in various branches of business.
Format of the Quick-Start Working Sessions
Each working session will focus on a single topic. Quick-Start staff and area experts providing key insights and knowledge regarding the topic in a 20 minute lecture format. After the lecture, the attendees will break into working sessions to engage with the topic as it relates to them. We will invite Quick-Start mentors and local entrepreneurs as a resource to the attendees to help answer any questions and think through any problems they may be facing.
Networking will begin at noon.
Lecture will begin at 12:15pm.
The working sessions will be open from 12:35pm to 1:30pm.
Quick Start Shoreline Tuesday: Running a trade show booth
Sunday, November 29, 2015
Join the business community for a special Quick-Start “Working Session” on Tuesday, December 1st, 2015 from 12:00 to 1:30pm at Shoreline City Hall, 17500 Midvale Ave N for the kickoff of Fall 2015.
Quick-Start Shoreline
Running a trade show booth for maximum value
From local business fairs to international trade shows and conferences there are few better ways to directly connect with potential customers, partners and even future employees than by hosting a trade show booth.
Attend QuickStart Shoreline this Tuesday to discuss tips and tricks to run a tradeshow booth for maximum value. We will discuss:
- Techniques to turn your first conversation into a mini needs analysis meeting complete with an actionable "lead sheet" to make follow-up easier and organized.
- Effective and memorable promotional products so that the visitors to your booth remember you. We will have special guest Judy Smith, a Shoreline business community leader and Solutions Provider for American Solutions for Business to help guide us through the process of picking the most effective promotional products.
- Personal goal setting and strategies for finding the right trade show or conference for your business!
To provide our SCC Business Accelerator Community with access to leading experts and cutting edge business tools that can close the GAP in idea-to-expansion knowledge. These workshops will give start-ups, teams and students a chance to learn practical knowledge, as well as provide hands-on training, and networking opportunities with professionals in various branches of business.
Format of the Quick-Start Working Sessions
Each working session will focus on a single topic. Quick-Start staff and area experts providing key insights and knowledge regarding the topic in a 20 minute lecture format. After the lecture, the attendees will break into working sessions to engage with the topic as it relates to them. We will invite Quick-Start mentors and local entrepreneurs as a resource to the attendees to help answer any questions and think through any problems they may be facing.
Networking will begin at noon.
Lecture will begin at 12:15pm.
The working sessions will be open from 12:35pm to 1:30pm.
Quick Start Shoreline Tuesday - Maintaining Business Momentum through the Holidays
Sunday, November 15, 2015
Join the business community for a special Quick-Start “Working Session” on Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from 12:00 to 1:30pm at Shoreline City Hall, 17500 Midvale Ave N for the kickoff of Fall 2015.
Quick-Start Shoreline is presented by Shoreline Community College Small Business Accelerator and the City of Shoreline. These workshops are designed to be helpful for start-up, existing or potential business owners. Sessions are free and open to the public. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch.
Quick-Start Shoreline Working Session: Maintaining Business Momentum through the Holidays
Special Event with Jean Sagvold-Simpson
Learn tools and tricks to keep the cash flowing in and your company moral high, during the holidays. Take away simple, free or low cost tips to attract customers, keep them spreading your cheer and coming back for more. This will be a fun and interactive talk, come and join in the fun.
Learn to incorporate theses simple steps into designing your Holiday attractions, whether it is store front, online or in your mailings.
-Lights. Camera. Action.
-Your team, can win hearts, spread Holiday cheer while bringing in cash flow
-Create meaningful experiences for your customers.
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| Jean Sagvold-Simpson |
With a unique perspective gleaned from two decades of working with non-profit, for-profit and government contracts, Jean brings analytical and fresh tools, a strong professional and community service experience, formal leadership training all to create “wins” with “ positive outcome “for small to mid-size enterprises.
Having attended and delivered professional development training's and workshops throughout her career Jean is choosing to focus consulting on Business organizational development issues including: branding/identity, marketing, finance, operations, storefront and growth management.
Specializing in Organizational change, strategic planning, long and short term growth planning, utilizing LEAN practices, risk management planning, public relations, media relations, technology and network infrastructure.
Goal of the Quick-Start Working Sessions
To provide our SCC Business Accelerator Community with access to leading experts and cutting edge business tools that can close the GAP in idea-to-expansion knowledge. These workshops will give start-ups, teams and students a chance to learn practical knowledge, as well as provide hands-on training, and networking opportunities with professionals in various branches of business.
Format of the Quick-Start Working Sessions
Each working session will focus on a single topic. Quick-Start staff and area experts providing key insights and knowledge regarding the topic in a 20 minute lecture format. After the lecture, the attendees will break into working sessions to engage with the topic as it relates to them. We will invite Quick-Start mentors and local entrepreneurs as a resource to the attendees to help answer any questions and think through any problems they may be facing.
Networking will begin at noon.
Lecture will begin at 12:15pm.
The working sessions will be open from 12:35pm to 1:30pm.
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Quick Start Shoreline Tuesday - creating a game plan for expansion
Sunday, November 8, 2015
Join the business community for a special Quick-Start “Working Session” on Tuesday, November 10, 2015 from 12:00 to 1:30pm at Shoreline City Hall, 17500 Midvale Ave N for the kickoff of Fall 2015.
Quick-Start Shoreline is presented by Shoreline Community College Small Business Accelerator and the City of Shoreline. These workshops are designed to be helpful for start-up, existing or potential business owners. Sessions are free and open to the public. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch.
Quick-Start Shoreline Working Session: Ramping Up Special Event with Mr. Kim Causey
Tools to go from 3 to 30 Employees
Have a Game plan? What is your vision, anticipates problems before they occur, have people around you that can give you good advice, where they can also anticipate roadblocks and problems and help with recovery plans. Remembering how got to this first bit of success, Begin with your values, integrity on how you want to be seen and treated with respect and honesty.
- 1, 3, 5 year written plan
- Anticipate problems ahead
- Make accounting your friend “numbers don’t lie”
- Advisors can support you through the good and the bad
- Sales and marketing can always bring you customers
- Maintain your core values
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| Kim Causey |
He was invited to head up all “sales and marketing” for a startup company, expanded their reach and later purchased the company expanding it to 34 states.
He is focusing on helping businesses better strategize their growth by looking at organizational development issues including: branding/identity, marketing, finance, operations, storefront and growth management, organizational change, strategic planning, long and short term growth planning, risk management planning, public relations, media relations, technology and network infrastructure. Kim believes in giving unsurpassed customer service while building your business on integrity, respect and honesty.
Goal of the Quick-Start Working Sessions
To provide our SCC Business Accelerator Community with access to leading experts and cutting edge business tools that can close the GAP in idea-to-expansion knowledge. These workshops will give start-ups, teams and students a chance to learn practical knowledge, as well as provide hands-on training, and networking opportunities with professionals in various branches of business.
Format of the Quick-Start Working Sessions
Each working session will focus on a single topic. Quick-Start staff and area experts providing key insights and knowledge regarding the topic in a 20 minute lecture format. After the lecture, the attendees will break into working sessions to engage with the topic as it relates to them. We will invite Quick-Start mentors and local entrepreneurs as a resource to the attendees to help answer any questions and think through any problems they may be facing.
Networking will begin at noon.
Lecture will begin at 12:15pm.
The working sessions will be open from 12:35pm to 1:30pm.
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Quick Start Shoreline Tuesday: Working Session
Sunday, November 1, 2015
Join the business community at Quick-Start “Working Session” on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2015 from 12:00 to 1:30pm at Shoreline City Hall, 17500 Midvale Ave N.
Quick-Start Shoreline is presented by Shoreline Community College Small Business Accelerator and the City of Shoreline. These workshops are designed to be helpful for start-up, existing or potential business owners. Sessions are free and open to the public. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch.
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Connect Series: Tips and Tricks to getting the most value out of attending a trade show
A Quick-Start Shoreline Working Session
In this Quick Start Working Session entrepreneurs and experts will gain insights into attending industry trade show and conferences for maximum value.
As we've covered over the past "Connect Series" workshops, industry trade shows and conferences are the heart of where connections and knowledge come together for your business.
Join us for this workshop to gain tools to successfully:
- Have private meetings with the top leaders of your industry.
- Identify leading trends in your industry that you can bring back to your organization or your own business.
- Keep from being overwhelmed by the huge amount of information.
- Prepare a strategic plan before attending so that you can get maximum value out of making new connections and attending the most valuable workshops and keynotes.
Goal of the Quick-Start Working Sessions
To provide our SCC Business Accelerator Community with access to leading experts and cutting edge business tools that can close the GAP in idea-to-expansion knowledge. These workshops will give start-ups, teams and students a chance to learn practical knowledge, as well as provide hands-on training, and networking opportunities with professionals in various branches of business.
Format of the Quick-Start Working Sessions
Each working session will focus on a single topic with Quick-Start staff and area experts providing key insights and knowledge regarding the topic in a 20 minute lecture format. After the lecture, the attendees will break into working sessions to engage with the topic as it relates to them. We will invite Quick-Start mentors and local entrepreneurs as a resource to the attendees to help answer any questions and think through any problems they may be facing.
Networking will begin at noon.
Lecture will begin at 12:15pm.
The working sessions will be open from 12:35pm to 1:30pm.
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Quick Start Shoreline Tuesday - Working session
Sunday, October 25, 2015
Join the business community at Quick-Start “Working Session” on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 from 12:00 to 1:30pm at Shoreline City Hall, 17500 Midvale Ave N.
Quick-Start Shoreline is presented by Shoreline Community College Small Business Accelerator and the City of Shoreline. These workshops are designed to be helpful for start-up, existing or potential business owners. Sessions are free and open to the public. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch.
Quick-Start Shoreline Working Session: Connecting to Your Industry Group: Why and How Part II
Due to the excitement generated and the interesting discussions that occurred in our last session because of the international delegation, we decided to add a part II to this introductory session of the Connect Series. This will help set you up to learn how to get the most value out of your trade show experience as a business owner.
In this Quick Start Working Session entrepreneurs and experts will gain insights into attending, speaking, sponsoring, and even starting your own industry trade event - and why. Entrepreneurs and emerging leaders will gain tools to successfully:
- Fast track your traction in an industry by selecting the right trade event
- Become an industry expert by speaking, keynoting, or participating in local, national and global conferences
- Build lasting relationships and engage with new customers with proven 3-Step process
- Forge new partnerships through strategic sponsorship of the right industry events
- Go big or go home! Learn how to create your own industry event.
Goal of the Quick-Start Working Sessions
To provide our SCC Business Accelerator Community with access to leading experts and cutting edge business tools that can close the GAP in idea-to-expansion knowledge. These workshops will give start-ups, teams and students a chance to learn practical knowledge, as well as provide hands-on training, and networking opportunities with professionals in various branches of business.
Format of the Quick-Start Working Sessions
Each working session will focus on a single topic with Quick-Start staff and area experts providing key insights and knowledge regarding the topic in a 20 minute lecture format. After the lecture, the attendees will break into working sessions to engage with the topic as it relates to them. We will invite Quick-Start mentors and local entrepreneurs as a resource to the attendees to help answer any questions and think through any problems they may be facing.
Networking will begin at noon.
Lecture will begin at 12:15pm.
The working sessions will be open from 12:35pm to 1:30pm.
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International interest in QuickStart Shoreline
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
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| Most of the recent delegates and some Shoreline Business owners and community leaders including Maryn Wynne. Photo by Arthur Graine |
IVLP program makes third visit to QuickStart Shoreline thanks to the U.S. State Department and The World Affairs Council in Seattle.
Leaders from around the world are attending QuickStart Shoreline workshops to learn more about the unique partnership between Shoreline Community College, The City of Shoreline and the Shoreline business community.
“No matter where they’re from, people are fascinated to see how QuickStart demonstrates collaboration between local government and the college to provide trusted support and infrastructure to existing and emerging businesses,” QuickStart Director Mark McVeety said.
“We are fortunate to have such a great relationship with the fantastic staff at the World Affairs Council in Seattle that coordinates these visits with the State Department.”
The 75-year-old International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) is the U.S. Department of State’s premier professional exchange program. Through short-term visits to the United States, current and emerging foreign leaders in a variety of fields experience this country firsthand and cultivate lasting relationships with their American counterparts. Professional meetings reflect the participants’ professional interests and support the foreign policy goals of the United States.
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| Tiffany McVeety sharing resources available worldwide to assist leaders in their efforts to connect globally. Photo by Arthur Graine |
On Tuesday, October 13, IVLP delegates attended QuickStart Shoreline and interacted with local business owners and Shoreline Community College continuing education students. The leaders came from the following countries: Albania, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Estonia, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Moldova, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Turkey and Ukraine.
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| Tiffany McVeety working with two delegates during the QuickStart Shoreline workshop exercise on establishing business credibility by participating with industry associations. Photo by Arthur Graine |
This dynamic group of delegates heard from city Economic Development Manager Dan Eernissee, McVeety, and his wife, Tiffany McVeety, owner of Girandola, a company focused on supporting entrepreneurship worldwide.
“It was our pleasure and honor to present to this group of incredibly intelligent and successful CEO's, organizational and academic leaders, and even a member of Parliament,” Mark McVeety said.
Picture taken February 11, 2014 during our first visit with the IVLP program with leaders from Slovakia. City Manager Debbie Tarry and Dan Eernissee shared how City Goals can work with the business community along with local business owners Tracey Warren CEO of Ready Set Grow and Angeline Johnston from Richmond Beach Yoga, while Mark McVeety spoke to the QuickStart Shoreline model.
Tiffany McVeety in January 2014 with a group from Kazakhstan just before they came to QuickStart Shoreline to learn about QuickStart Shoreline. Of particular interest was the Shoreline Community College Automotive program. Co-presenters were Don Schultz (retired) and Jim Hills of Shoreline Community College.
Mark and Tiffany McVeety were invited on a return visit to Kazakhstan by the DAMU fund (similar to the United States Small Business Administration) where they were privileged to speak to an auditorium of business and political leaders about the quick-start program, Shoreline Community College and the City of Shoreline. Additionally Tiffany McVeety sat on a panel with Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Muhammad Yunus at the Astana World Anti-Crisis and economic Forum with 10,000 delegates from 100 countries.
Mark McVeety speaking in a private auditorium to business leaders in Astana, Kazakhstan with the City of Shoreline’s business section “About Us” page up with pictures of SCC faculty member and Shoreline Film Office lead Tony Doupé and Economic Development manager Dan Eernissee from the City of Shoreline. The audience was very interested in the fact that the college and the city would be in such a healthy and active partnership to serve the business community.
Tiffany McVeety presenting with Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Muhammad Yunus at the Astana World Anti-Crisis and economic Forum with 10,000 delegates from 100 countries.
“I’m thrilled that, thanks to the College, the City and the Shoreline business community that QuickStart Shoreline has proved itself unique and valuable enough to attract this kind of attention and interest. Hopefully it will continue to open up local and international opportunities for our community, our businesses and our students.”
--Mark McVeety
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Quick Start Shoreline Tuesday - Working session
Monday, October 12, 2015
Quick-Start Shoreline fall season starts Tuesday
Sunday, October 4, 2015
Quick Start Shoreline Tuesday July 28 - Part 2 of "Summer Social"
Sunday, July 26, 2015
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| Tracey Warren |
Quick Start Shoreline resumes on Tuesday July 21 - with ice cream
Friday, July 17, 2015
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| Tracey Warren |
Quick Start Shoreline - Tuesday, June 16
Sunday, June 14, 2015
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| David Moody |
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