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Have you ever considered starting your own business? Do your friends rave that you should sell your wares on Etsy? Or do you have a particular skill set—editorial, musical, technological—that neighbors are always benefiting from?
Running your own home business can be demanding and rewarding, but it can also be confusing if you jump right in without doing your research.
For military spouses interested in starting their own businesses, the Spouse
Education Career Opportunities (SECO) program) is providing an entrepreneurship series throughout 2016 to introduce spouses to the concerns and opportunities involved in starting their own businesses. These free 30 minute webinars occur on the first Wednesday of each month at 12:00 p.m. EST.
Topics include: Business Plan Basics, How to Finance Your Business, Legal Structure and Tax Issues, Success Stories, Marketing and Social Media for Small Businesses,
Relocation and Overseas Assistance, and Government Contracting.
To register, visit: https://myseco.militaryonesource.mil/Portal/Content/View/2791. You must register for each, individual session. (The first two sessions occurred in January and earlier this month, but it’s not too late to sign up for the next 10 sessions.)
So, if you’ve thought about starting a business, take 30 minutes out of each month to learn about how to run that business.
Good luck with your entrepreneurial endeavors!
Do you run a home business out of on-base housing?
You may be interested to know that the Department of Defense is holding a weekly working group to reexamine how spouses can operate small businesses out of on-base housing.
Stay tuned to see what changes come that may affect your business.