The Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship and ISBDC have teamed up to offer 5 no-cost summer learning sessions for small businesses. The theme is “Building your Business’s Advisory Team”. June 6th kicks off the series with ISBDC. The event will be held at the Community Learning Center located at 304 S Main Street, South Bend, Indiana 46601. Light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to ssieradz@iu.edu – space is limited.

Introduction to Indiana SBDC Business Advising Services & Research Tools
• Why having an advisory team is important for a small business
• Building the external support team
o Accounting, legal, banking, insurance, tech support, marketing, and more
o What to look for and what questions to ask

The power of Peer Groups
o Within an industry
o Peer group benefits
o Forums