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Montana SBDC May Newsletter – 3 Businesses Share Their Stories – 5/27 – 9AM – Online

May 11, 2021/

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Missoula Regional Small Business Development Centers provides tools and guidance to help small businesses succeed in Mineral, Missoula, Ravalli, and Sanders counties.
3 BUSINESSES SHARE
THEIR STORIES
They started a business during COVID-19!
May 27th at 9am via Zoom
The Missoula SBDC will feature an Ask and Share storytelling webinar with three clients who started their businesses
during COVID-19.
How did these business owners work through nuances of their business adventure with business advisors from Missoula’s SBDC? How did these business owners find direction, create value and take steps to secure their dream? Why? What was difficult? What was more difficult due to the pandemic? What advice would they give to others looking to start their own business? Where was the Missoula SBDC most effective? Least?
You name it. We are going to ask it.
The last 15 minutes of the Ask and Share webinar will be an open Q & A.
Join new business owners Paige Ward and Angela Bridegam and Alina McCue for what it is sure to be an hour well spent!
FREE WEBINAR
Termination Tutorial:
5 Crucial Factors to Consider Before Firing
Wednesday, May 12
2 PM ET
Presenter:
Jaime Lizotte
HR & Tax Compliance Solutions Manager
This practical, solutions-based webinar will help you navigate the legal labyrinth of pertinent regulations that come into play. Plus, get expert tips on handling separations the right way.
Specifically, you will learn:
  • Protections — and restrictions — with at-will employment
  • Federal laws that must be considered in a termination decision
  • Sound strategies for terminating remote workers
  • Steps and precautions to take before firing
  • Legal pointers when planning a layoff
Register today for this free webinar — and bring your questions for the Q&A section following the presentation.
After more than a year of operation and serving more than eight million small businesses, funding for the bi-partisan Paycheck Protection Program has been exhausted. The SBA will continue funding outstanding approved PPP applications, but new qualifying applications will only be funded through Community Financial Institutions, financial lenders who serve underserved communities. The SBA is committed to delivering economic aid through the many COVID relief programs it is currently administering and beyond.
PPP lenders in Montana include:
  • Grasslands Credit Union
  • Embark Credit Union
Attention: Erin Townsend
  • Clearwater Credit Union
  • Mofi
Missoula Small Business Development Center
(406) 243-4770
We’d love to hear from you!
Have other questions?
  • Starting a business in Montana?
  • Expanding a business?
  • Selling or buying a business?
  • Adjusting your business to fit today’s market challenges?
Jennifer Stephens
Regional Director
Missoula SBDC
Jordan Stordahl
Business Advisor
Missoula SBDC
Christine Littig
Business Advisor
COVID-19 Specialist
Funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration and the Montana Department of Commerce. Reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. Please contact us for more information.
Missoula SBDC | University of Montana, 32 Campus Dr., Missoula, MT 59812


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