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SUMMARY:🖥️NAVIGATE COMMERCIAL LEASES WITH CONFIDENCE (Start Small Think Big Collab)
DESCRIPTION:Are you ready to lease your own brick-and-mortar space? Already have a space and need to know your rights? Join Start Small Think Big and Davis Polk & Wardwell for an in-depth webinar that breaks down the key terms\, types\, and negotiation strategies every entrepreneur needs to know before — and after — signing a lease. This session will empower you to make informed decisions about your commercial real estate agreements and avoid common pitfalls. \nIn this session\, you’ll learn: \n\nLease Essentials:\nUnderstand the standard terms included in a commercial lease and how they impact your business. \n\nAssess Financial Considerations and Lease Costs:\nUnderstand the costs and financial risks of leasing and learn about available protections. \n\nNegotiation Insights:\nIdentify which lease terms are negotiable\, how to prioritize them\, and what red flags to watch for. \n\nDevelop Exit Strategies:\nCompare different exit strategies\, including assignment\, subleasing\, and lease buyouts. \n\n\nPresenters\n\n\nDavis Polk & Wardwell LLP\n\nREGISTER NOW! \n\nOur services and programs are open to all entrepreneurs. All Renaissance WBC/SOMA programs and services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. \n\n\nAll clients must register for classes via your client portal account. Here’s how you can do it.\nAlready a Renaissance Client? \nLog in to your client portal and access the calendar at the top of your screen \nNew to the Renaissance Community? \nGet started by filling out a client interest form and attending an orientation. \n*All clients must complete an interest form and attend orientation before signing up for classes.* \n\nRenaissance WBC is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. All opinions\, conclusions\, or recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the SBA. All SBA programs or cosponsored programs are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made\, if requested\, at least 2 weeks in advance. Contact: wbc@rencenter.org (415) 894-9779
URL:https://rencenter.org/event/%f0%9f%96%a5%ef%b8%8fnavigate-commercial-leases-with-confidence-start-small-think-big-collab/
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Legal Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="Women's Business Center":MAILTO:wbc@rencenter.org
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SUMMARY:🖥️ Business Loans Made Simple: Steps to Success (East Bay) (7/16/25)
DESCRIPTION:Join us to explore when and how to seek financing\, available options\, leveraging credit for growth\, and cash management tools to boost efficiency \n\nStrategically Position Business For Credit Approval\n\n\n\n\nUnderstand Bank Credit Evaluation\n\n\n\n\nLeverage Credit To Scale\n\n\n\n\n\nExplore Financing Options For Business\n\n\n\n\nMaster Cash Management For Efficiency\n\n******************************************************************************************** \nInterested in joining this event? \nAll clients must register for classes via your client portal account. Here’s how you can do it. \nAlready a Renaissance Client?  \nLog in to your client portal and access the calendar at the top of your screen \nNew to the Renaissance Community? \nGet started by filling out a client interest form and attending an orientation. \n*All clients must complete an interest form and attend orientation before signing up for classes.*
URL:https://rencenter.org/event/%f0%9f%96%a5%ef%b8%8f-business-loans-made-simple-steps-to-success-east-bay-7-16-25/
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Finance Workshops
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SUMMARY:🖥️Women's Entrepreneurship Program (Bayview) (4/16/25-6/4/25)
DESCRIPTION:This 8-week personal empowerment program for women includes business training\, peer support\, mentoring\, and networking\, providing the basic tools you need to start a business. \n\nWhat will this program entail? \nEntrepreneurial mindset | Business Canvas Model | Financial Management | Get Your Business Straight | Peer Support & Group Mentoring
URL:https://rencenter.org/event/%f0%9f%93%8dwomens-entrepreneurship-program-bayview-4-16-25-6-4-25/2025-07-16/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Small Business Intensive Training Classes,Skill Building Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jazzlyn Morton":MAILTO:jmorton@
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SUMMARY:🖥️Business Mastermind: Lead with a purpose ( WBC 07/16/25)
DESCRIPTION:This is a focused mastermind session to help you lead with purpose\, clarity\, and impact in your business. \nFacilitator: Jenna is an innovative\, creative\, and international community partnerships builder and project manager who is passionate about developing people as well as developing interdisciplinary systems and solutions for social impact. Her mission and purpose are to help others maximize their potential and create transformational\, global\, and human-centered learning community experiences. \nShe also has over 15 years of diverse experience in curating\, designing\, and enhancing hundreds of meaningful and interactive educational and innovative programs\, events\, partnerships\, and community learning experiences for clients in higher education\, accelerator & incubator\, hospitality\, creative arts\, experiential marketing\, journalism\, workforce development\, and nonprofit sectors. \nShe contributed to scaling the Edtech startup\, Trilogy Education Services\, which grew from 20 to 1\,000 employees within three years and\, later\, was successfully acquired by EdX/2U\, Inc. Her three-year study abroad and work abroad experiences in Spain and Argentina changed her life\, worldview\, and her creative approach to solving problems. \nCurrently\, at OpenClassrooms\, she helps companies receive complimentary upskilling tech and marketing training for their current employees and she helps companies source and hire tech & marketing apprentices throughout Southern California. Openclassrooms helps people from underrepresented backgrounds break into the industry and make a career change. In doing so\, Openclassrooms helps businesses become more diverse\, tech savvy\, and grow. \nNote: Our services and programs are open to all entrepreneurs. All Renaissance WBC/SOMA programs and services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. \n\nAll clients must register for classes via your client portal account. Here’s how you can do it. \n\n\nAlready a Renaissance Client? \nLog in to your client portal and access the calendar at the top of your screen \nNew to the Renaissance Community? \nGet started by filling out a client interest form and attending an orientation. \n*All clients must complete an interest form and attend orientation before signing up for classes.* \n \n\n\n  \n  \n\n\nRenaissance WBC is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. All opinions\, conclusions\, or recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the SBA. All SBA programs or cosponsored programs are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made\, if requested\, at least 2 weeks in advance. Contact: wbc@rencenter.org\, (415) 894-9779
URL:https://rencenter.org/event/%f0%9f%96%a5%ef%b8%8fbusiness-mastermind-lead-with-a-purpose-wbc-07-16-25/
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