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SUMMARY:Mason SBDC: Partner Event: Thinking about Entrepreneurship? How about buying a Business or Franchise?
DESCRIPTION:Thinking about Entrepreneurship? How about Buying a Business or Franchise?Register HERE.Switching from having a job to running your own business is not as hard as you might imagine. This workshop provides the framework to help you decide if entrepreneurship is right for you and whether you should pursue a non-franchise acquisition (ETA) or license a franchise.Designed for first-time buyers\, especially later-stage career professionals interested in owning a business\, this session explores the realities of buying into an established cash flow versus starting from zero.Speaker: Subodh Nayar - Senior Business Counselor (Mason SBDC)\, Small Business Owner & Serial Entrepreneur.Co-sponsor(s) & Partner(s): Prince William County Department of Economic Development and Tourism & Prince William Chamber of CommerceSpecial Instruction: Live Zoom presentation. Zoom link/Call numbers emailed after registration.This live webinar will be presented via Zoom. Webinar access details (Zoom invitation) will be provided after registration. Cancellation Policy: Please provide 24-hour notice. Kindly email   help@masonsbdc.org (preferred) or call 703-261-4105 to cancel.\n\nIn partnership with:
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title></head><body aria-disabled="false"><h1 style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: arial\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; letter-spacing: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-align: left\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\;">Thinking about Entrepreneurship? How about Buying a Business or Franchise?</h1><h1 style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: arial\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; letter-spacing: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-align: start\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\;"><a fr-original-style="" href="https://clients.virginiasbdc.org/workshop.aspx?ekey=110460031" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="user-select: auto\;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Tahoma\,Geneva\,sans-serif\;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700\;"><span style="font-size: 18px\;">Register HERE.</span></strong></span></a></h1><p style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: arial\; font-size: 16px\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-spacing: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-align: start\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\;">Switching from having a job to running your own business is not as hard as you might imagine. This workshop provides the framework to help you decide if entrepreneurship is right for you and whether you should pursue a non-franchise acquisition (ETA) or license a franchise.</p><p style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: arial\; font-size: 16px\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-spacing: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-align: start\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\;">Designed for first-time buyers\, especially later-stage career professionals interested in owning a business\, this session explores the realities of buying into an established cash flow versus starting from zero.</p><hr style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: arial\; font-size: 16px\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-spacing: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-align: start\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\; clear: both\; user-select: none\; break-after: page\;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: arial\; font-size: 16px\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-spacing: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-align: start\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\;"><p style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: arial\; font-size: 16px\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-spacing: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-align: start\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700\;">Speaker:</strong> <a fr-original-style="" href="https://masonsbdc.org/team/#subodhnayar" style="user-select: auto\;">Subodh Nayar</a> - Senior Business Counselor (Mason SBDC)\, Small Business Owner &amp\; Serial Entrepreneur.</p><p style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: arial\; font-size: 16px\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-spacing: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-align: start\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700\;">Co-sponsor(s) &amp\; Partner(s):</strong> <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.pwcded.org/" style="user-select: auto\;">Prince William County Department of Economic Development and Tourism</a> &amp\;&nbsp\;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://pwchamber.org/" style="user-select: auto\;">Prince William Chamber of Commerce</a></p><p style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: arial\; font-size: 16px\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-spacing: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-align: start\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700\;">Special Instruction:</strong> Live Zoom presentation. Zoom link/Call numbers emailed after registration.</p><p style="white-space: pre-wrap\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: arial\; font-size: 16px\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-spacing: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-align: start\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\;">This live webinar will be presented via Zoom. Webinar access details (Zoom invitation) will be provided after registration. Cancellation Policy: Please provide 24-hour notice. Kindly email &ndash\; help@masonsbdc.org (preferred) or call 703-261-4105 to cancel.</p><div style="padding-top: 1em\; padding-bottom: 1em\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: arial\; font-size: 16px\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-spacing: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-align: start\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\;"><br></div><p><br></p><p style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: arial\; font-size: 16px\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-spacing: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-align: center\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700\;"><em><span style="font-size: 18px\; font-family: Tahoma\, Geneva\, sans-serif\;">In partnership with:</span></em></strong></p><p style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: arial\; font-size: 16px\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-spacing: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-align: center\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700\;"><em><span style="font-size: 18px\;"><a fr-original-style="" href="https://masonsbdc.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="user-select: auto\;" target="_blank"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/micronetonline/image/upload/c_limit\,w_450\,h_347/v1706711632/tenants/3d5beb90-a6dc-4bc3-b6c4-46b1feff29a0/f9e3c510016b43e18f74b8b781a3b2e7/1Mason-SBDC-Logo-Stacked.png" width="260" style="width: 260px\; height: 200.489px\; position: relative\; max-width: 100%\; cursor: pointer\; padding: 0px 1px\;" height="200.489" fr-original-style="width: 260px\; height: 200.489px\;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"></a>&nbsp\;</span></em></strong></p><p style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: arial\; font-size: 16px\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-spacing: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-align: center\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700\;"><em><span style="font-size: 18px\;"><a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.pwcded.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="user-select: auto\;" target="_blank"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/micronetonline/image/upload/c_limit\,w_2000\,h_812/v1706711666/tenants/3d5beb90-a6dc-4bc3-b6c4-46b1feff29a0/abd1745e31244e7f817fbe21c91c5a59/PWC-Logo-ED.jpg" width="433" style="width: 433px\; height: 117.693px\; position: relative\; max-width: 100%\; cursor: pointer\; padding: 0px 1px\;" height="117.693" fr-original-style="width: 433px\; height: 117.693px\;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"></a></span></em></strong><br></p></body></html>
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