MADE

MADE

A hands-on seven-week program (online and in person) aimed at assisting small product-based businesses and bringing them into a marketplace!

By Orange County Inland Empire SBDC

Date and time

September 5 · 11am - October 17 · 1pm PDT

Location

Online

About this event

  • 42 days 2 hours

Thursdays, September 5 - October 17, 2024 I 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

See the details below for the full schedule.

MADE is a hybrid program aimed at assisting start-up product-based businesses with entering the marketplace to validate their concepts. Participants will learn core concepts to create a successful business.

Over a seven-week period, vendors learn about planning, marketing, financing, and how to make their business dreams a reality. This quick-paced program will accelerate your concept in just a few short weeks and give you the ability to be prepared and ready to launch, expand, and operate your business in a marketplace.

FOR FOOD VENDORS PLEASE READ: Please note that onsite food preparation, including hot or cold food with service to customers and/or sampling of food, will NOT be allowed through this program.


SPACE IS LIMITED!


Schedule Preview: September 5 - October 17, 2024

Please make note of different times.

Session 1: Online

Thursday, September 5, 2024 I 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Session 2: Online

Thursday, September 12, 2024 I 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Session 3: In-Person Field Trip (Dreamer's Market hosted at the Sunset Market in Tustin, CA)

Thursday, September 19, 2024 I 6 – 8 p.m.

Session 4: Online

Thursday, September 26, 2024 | 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Session 5: Online

Thursday, October 3, 2024 | 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Session 6: Online

Thursday, October 10, 2024 | 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Session 7: In-person Graduation Event (Clifton C. Miller Community Center in Tustin, CA)

Thursday, October 17, 2024 I 4:30 – 8:30 p.m. (4:30 p.m. setup — event starts at 5:30 p.m.)


*Attendance is mandatory at ALL sessions.

**Please note the full schedule and that classes will be both online and in-person.


Registration closes Tuesday, September 3 at 11:59 p.m. Emails to participants will be sent Wednesday, September 4.

Organized by

The Orange County Inland Empire SBDC Network is funded in part though a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration and California State University Fullerton and extended to the public on a non-discriminatory basis. SBA, Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, and California State University, Fullerton cannot endorse any view, product, opinions or services of any external parties or activities.

The Orange County Inland Empire SBDC Network is funded in part through a Grant with the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development. All opinions, conclusions, and/or recommendations expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development.

*Disability: Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. Please contact Katrina Smith at kmpayne@fullerton.edu or 800-616-7232.

*Refund and cancellations: You must give our office 48 hours notice of any changes or cancellations.

If the cancellations or change is not done 48 hours before the event, a full registration fee will be charged.

Our 48-HOUR RULE is Strictly Enforced!