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Entrepreneurs need a lot of legal guidance to start businesses. This free live webinar features the Penn State Law Entrepreneurship Assistance Clinic, which provides free legal assistance to Pennsylvania entrepreneurs. Webinar topics include business entity formation (including how to know if an entity is required), founder agreements and allocation of equity among owners, protection of confidential information, hiring employees vs. contractors and other HR issues, and more. Sponsored by Berks LaunchBox, Harrisburg LaunchBox, Kutztown University SBDC and Invent Penn State.

You know you need a strong social media program to build your brand, but how do you make it work when you’re already starved for time? Presented by Brooke Miles, founder of social media marketing firm Delaware ShoutOut, this virtual workshop presents time-saving tricks and tools used by social media pros. You’ll learn how to: Choose the best social media sites, easily find content your audience will love​, craft your posts to get more likes, comments, shares, and clicks, and get more social media exposure to outshine your competitors. By the end of this workshop, you’ll walk away with practical tools and techniques you can apply right away. Sponsored by Berks LaunchBox, Harrisburg LaunchBox and Invent Penn State.

Overwhelmed with small business finances? Join this free webinar workshop to learn how to prepare financial projections, how to approach vendors for financing, the types of loans you can apply for, how to put together a loan package, and more! Featuring Mark Rentschler, Finance and Technology Specialist of the Kutztown University SBDC, with over 25 years of experience administering local, state, and federal incentive loan programs in the public, non-profit and private sectors. Mark also has extensive knowledge of Small Business Administration (SBA) loan programs, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania loan programs, and USDA Business and Industry loan programs. Sponsored by the Berks LaunchBox, Harrisburg LaunchBox Kutztown University SBDC and Invent Penn State

Have a business idea? Figure out how to turn it into a viable business. Idea TestLab is a "customer discovery" investigation designed to help you better understand the customer, the problem you're trying to solve, and how to provide value in a differentiated way. This 6-week intensive program will be offered virtually for fall 2020.

So you want to be an entrepreneur -- but you have no idea where to start. Maybe you don't have an idea yet. It's never too early to #GetStarted. Startup Challenge is an action-packed weekend accelerator program. Learn, build and pitch a business idea in 48 hours!