Start + Grow Your Business
Launch at the Library
Learn how the Champaign Public Library's Launch at the Library business services can help start or grow your business or nonprofit!
Thinking about starting a business or nonprofit? We can help! Our Launch at the Library business services include free workshops, powerful online tools, and one-on-one consultations for starting and growing your business or nonprofit. We can assist with creating a business plan, marketing your business, or even finding customers.
Lauren Gramly, Business Specialist at the Champaign Public Library, will give an overview of the Business Services available to the community at the Library. Learn about all the business resources that the Library offers, including the Launch co-working space, free library cards for businesses, online business tools, and the Library's "Launch + Grow Your Business" series of workshops, presented by local business and nonprofit experts.
Drop in before the presentation begins at 6 pm for some light refreshments and networking!
About the Presenter:
Lauren Gramly is the new Business Specialist at the Champaign Public Library, where she helps connect local entrepreneurs and nonprofits to the resources they need in order to launch and grow. Lauren managed and owned small businesses for over 18 years before earning her MBA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her decades of experience include working with a number of nonprofits and serving on nonprofit boards.
Start + Grow Your Business Series:
- Jan 8, VIRTUAL: How to Develop a Marketing Strategy for eCommerce, 1 pm
- Jan 11, VIRTUAL: Advertising with Google Ads, 10 am
- Jan 11, Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Winter Office Hours, 12-3 pm
- Jan 18, IRA and Retirement for Self-Employed and Business Owners, 6 pm
- Jan 22, VIRTUAL: Auditing Your Digital Existence, 1 pm
- Jan 23, Start & Grow Your Business, 5:30 pm
- Jan 25, VIRTUAL: Unlocking Facebook & Instagram Ads, 1 pm
- Jan 30, Nonprofit Fundraising 101, 1 pm
- Jan 30, Social Media Basics for Businesses, 7 pm
- Feb 5, VIRTUAL: The Do's and Don’ts of Building an Online Store, 1 pm
- Feb 6, VIRTUAL: Email Marketing Essentials, 10 am
- Feb 8, Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Winter Office Hours, 12-3 pm
- Feb 15, SBDC Workshop: Starting Your Business in Illinois, 9 am
- Feb 19, VIRTUAL: Using Email Marketing to Promote Your Online Store, 1 pm
- Feb 27, VIRTUAL: How to Respond to Online Reviews, 1 pm
- Feb 27, Tax Basics for Business, 7 pm
Starting or growing your business? champaign.org/launch
Main Library, Robeson Pavilion Room C
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