April 14th, 2011 by admin
We are having a conference on Saturday, April 23 that is free for local small business owners to attend. We have invited a speaker from the International Institute of Boston to give a workshop on marketing especially for small businesses looking to save money. We also have a speaker from the Transactional Law Clinics of Harvard Law School to talk about legal issues for small business owners. We will also have workshops for other small business issues like website design and writing a business plan.
We hope you can come!
Schedule for Saturday, April 23: Harvard Yard, Sever Hall
12pm-1pm International Institute of Boston workshop on marketing
1pm-2pm Catered Lunch for networking
2pm-3pm Transactional Law Clinics of Harvard Law School workshop on small business legal issues
3pm-4pm Other small business workshops
Please RSVP below:
February 15th, 2010 by pjirapinyo
Date: February 20th, 2010
Location: Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge MA (Map)
Cost: Free
Hosted by: The Cambridge Microfinance Initiative (CMI), a Harvard student organization
Schedule:
10:30 - 11:00 Registration
10:45 - 11:00 Introduction to CMI
11:00 - 12:30 Accounting / Cash Flow
12:30 - 1:30 Networking Lunch (provided by CMI) & Free business counseling with CMI consultants
1:30 - 2:30 Credit
2:30 - 3:30 Taxes
Guest Speakers
Elizabeth Garlow, ACCION USA
Shaina Peterson, ACCION USA
Claire Huang, Economics student at Harvard
Please RSVP at: http://tinyurl.com/cmi-spring-conference
September 23rd, 2009 by pjirapinyo
We are pleased to announce that we will be hosting a free web, marketing, presenting, and legal issues conference on October 11, in partnership with Accion Bank and the Harvard Law School’s WilmerHale Clinical Center. The conference will focus on building the skills that entrepreneurs need in order to successfully promote their businesses and market their products, with an additional emphasis on learning about the myriad of web and legal resources that can aid in this task.
Date: October 11th, 2009
Location: Sever Hall 113, Harvard Yard, Cambridge MA (Map attached to the end of this post.)
Cost: Free
Hosted by: The Cambridge Microfinance Initiative (CMI), a Harvard student organization
Schedule:
9:50 - 10:10 Registration
10:10 - 10:20 Introduction to the CMi
10:20 - 11:00 Presentation Skills
11:00 - 12:00 Marketing
12:00 - 1:00 Complimentary Lunch provided by CMI and Networking Session
1:00 - 2:00 Legal Issues
2:00 - 3:00 Basic Web Development
Guest Speakers:
Jim Jacobs, WilmerHale Legal Services Center
Please RSVP at: http://tinyurl.com/cmi-conference
