Calendar
This calendar focuses on business and community events
of particular interest to Friend and Champion,
with a focus on southern Alameda County.
Sujoy Sarkar, manager of the Chabot College community television station will discuss his work and the “many fantastic projects” prepared in his studio when the Hayward Chamber of Commerce Latino Business Roundtable meets at 8:30 a.m. Feb. 24 in the Balch Pavilion at St. Rose Hospital, 27200 Calaroga Ave. All chamber members and their guests are invited. Sujoy Sarkar leads a team at the 50-year-old station that has begun streaming on the Internet, under Ustream.tv, (search for Chabot College), with programming dedicated to the educational needs of the campus and also the serving the community.
The station has taken on a variety of local projects, such as making training videos for the police and fire departments of Hayward and Fremont. Sarkar also has plans to make high quality original films.
Free Small Business Seminar
Tax Tips and Strategies for Small Business
Are you planning ahead with your business tax strategy? Good tax planning can save you significant amounts of money come tax time. Join Mary Anne Passarella, CPA to learn about the choices you have and how you can minimize your taxes.
Topics covered include:
– Business versus personal expenses
– Capitalizing versus expensing business property
– Payroll expenses you can deduct
– Accounting periods and methods
– Business use of your automobile
– Meals/travel/entertainment expenses
– Business gifts
– General tax strategies
Free to attend, but registration is required.
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
6:00 PM – 8:45 PM
Fremont Main Library
2400 Stevenson Blvd.
Fremont, CA 94538
Startup Grind Fremont – Ritika Puri – Storyhackers
Co-founded by Justin Strauss and Ritika Puri, Storyhackers is a content studio, media brand, and education company hybrid. With geo-dispersed team of 24 consultants in the U.S., U.K., and APAC, We’re best known for writing engaging copy, making complex topics fun to read about, and helping our customers make functional, conversion-optimized content. Storyhackers help various companies to increase qualified leads, improve the efficiency of their sales funnels, and boost conversion rates.
Ritika Puri is a writer turned sociologist turned somewhat-data scientist turned marketer turned storyteller. She has taught workshops and mentored for Galvanize, Lean Startup Company, Hult International Business School, 500 Startups, and Femgineer. Prior to starting Storyhackers, Ritika built strategic partnerships and business intelligence frameworks for Investopedia.com, and she co-founded a preventative health clinic in New Delhi, India. Along with co-founder, creative partner, (and husband) Justin Strauss, she is passionate about building multi-million dollar profit streams from $0 while creating a business culture of kindness for her fellow humans.
Startup Grind Fremont holds monthly meetings for startups, entrepreneurs, and VCs to share experiences, learn from each other, and create a “culture of innovation.” The monthly chapter meetings include time for networking and a fireside chat with a local CEO.
Date: March 1, 2017
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Location: Electronics For Imaging (EFI)
Address: 6700 Dumbarton Circle
Fremont, CA 94555
‘Grantwriting 101’ at Hayward Nonprofit Alliance
Members of the Hayward Nonprofit Alliance will learn about the science and art of grantwriting at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 16 at the Hayward Area Historical Society Museum, 22380 Foothill Blvd.
Dana DeBeaumont of Capitol Advocacy Partners represents interests of the City of Hayward in Washington D.C., and also writes grants and will speak on ‘Grantwriting 101 for Small Nonprofits.’
She has more than 30 years of advocacy, media, and public relations experience. For the past 18 years she has successfully represented a range of issues before Congress and federal agencies. She specializes in helping nonprofits and municipal clients.
Share Your Nonprofit’s News
There are more than 100 nonprofit organizations in the chamber’s Nonprofit Alliance and all members and guests are welcome to attend. Attendees are invited to bring news and handouts to share about their organization’s upcoming events.
Women in Business – Learn from Successful Bay Area CEOs
Bay Area CEO businesswomen share their experiences, resources and insight into what helped them on their path to success, what they learned, and most importantly, how this knowledge can help you to succeed in your own business.
If you are interested in learning some unexpected fundamentals of business success, this seminar is for you. Come join the Alameda County SBDC for an informative, engaging and interactive panel discussion on how to best lay the groundwork for, launch and manage a thriving business in the Bay Area.
Seminar Panelists:
Emily Liggett, President and CEO, NovaTorque
June Riley, CEO, VC Taskforce
Shilpi Sharma, CEO, Kvantum
Jody Tatro, CEO, ProExhibits
Moderator: Dorian Webb, Dorian Webb Lifestyle, Designer and Manufacturer
Free to Attend
Registration: 1:00pm – 1:15pm
Panel: 1:15pm – 2:45pm
Q&A: 2:45pm – 3:00pm
This seminar is sponsored by the City of Fremont
Hayward Executive Airport Director to Address Latino Business Roundtable
Hayward Executive Airport Director Douglas McNeeley will be the featured presenter at the Hayward Chamber of Commerce Latino Business Roundtable when it meets at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, March 24 in the Balch Pavilion at St. Rose Hospital, 27200 Calaroga Ave.
A former WWII fighter base, the airport is owned by the City of Hayward and situated on 543 acres with two parallel runways accommodating 450 aircraft, from single-engine airplanes to sophisticated corporate jets. Aviation products and services are provided by 40 support companies.
The airport is self-sufficient and provides 300 jobs and more than $300 million in annual economic benefits. Community services such as emergency medical and law enforcement flights are regularly conducted from the airport.
Does your business produce events to enhance your brand and advertise your products?
Do you want to start up an event program for your business, and need to learn how?
Learn a comprehensive approach to manage and promote events big and small. You will learn all the tools necessary in order to handle everything from registrations to payment to promotion in a professional, affordable way.
Topics covered will include:
Plan – Professionally promote your event. Set up an ad-free event homepage, collect registration fees with secure payment processing, and keep registration open for attendees to register online at their convenience.
Track – Reduce repetitive tasks. Reduce the number of day-to-day “to-dos” with online event registration, reminders, invitations, a calendar, and event themes. Do more…but in minutes by managing all your promotions, registrations, and communications in one place.
Manage – Monitor and course-correct. Save money by taking the guesswork out of capturing attendance information. Use event tracking and reporting tools to plan for exact catering needs, room size, parking spaces, etc.
Biomedical Emergence in the East Bay
Surging growth of the biomedical industry in Hayward and the East Bay and how to learn about opportunities and develop partnerships will be the focus of a free workshop from 10 a.m. to noon on Thursday, March 30 at Hayward City Hall, 777 B St. All chamber members and their guests are invited and sign-ups can be made HERE.
The event is called “Biomedical Emergence in the East Bay,” and is hosted by the Biomedical Manufacturing Network, the Hayward Chamber of Commerce, and the City of Hayward. Principal presenter will be Dr. Gregory Theyel, director of the Biomedical Manufacturing Network.
Hayward has more than 400 companies in biotechnology, biomedicine, and the life sciences, according to the city’s Economic Development Department. For more information go to the chamber website.
Social Media/Digital Marketing Basics
How do you use or plan to use social media and digital marketing in your business?
Do you have an integrated plan to help your customer find, engage, and transact business with you?
This seminar is designed to help you understand how to set up or focus your strategy on a high level, and covers the key areas of social media and digital marketing:
* Website
* Blog
* Online Directories
* Review Sites
* Social Networks
* Rich Media
* Mobile Applications
* Industry Specific Sites
* Event Promotion
We will explain the role of social media as part of your marketing program, and how to implement digital marketing into your total business plan to drive sales and increase profits.
This seminar is sponsored by the Alameda County Community Development Agency