Financial Forecasting Basics

Join Livlihood NW as we build a financial forecast (projections) together, guided by finance expert and Livlihood NW Business Advisor, Scott Robinson.

Handling a Workplace COVID Diagnosis

As we continue to re-open businesses, we are likely to face the reality of having an employee who has tested positive, or who exhibits presumptive positive symptoms in the workplace. How do we support our employee? How do we maintain the confidentiality of our employee’s medical information? How do we continue to operate our business? What are the rules and laws? Watch and find out!

Opening a Business During COVID: A Panel Discussion

Join Livelihood NW for a panel discussion on the opportunities and challenges of opening a brick and mortar in these unusual times.  Featuring special guests: Alfredo Climaco with Tropicale, Kevin Cavenaugh with Guerrila Development, Justin Darling a commercial real estate broker, and Roland Chaiton from Business Impact NW, a small business lender.

We’re Exhausted Send Help

Join Livlihood NW and Vanessa Washington, a Personal Trauma Counselor based in Portland, Oregon. Prepare to learn a variety of mental health tools and techniques to deal with the stress of COVID-19.

Prepping for Taxes

Join Livlihood NW and tax specialist Jenna Goldin on a deep dive exploration of tax implications for 2021. This is a broad overview and a lot of great advice is reviewed to help business owners get ready for this tax season.

How to Ask for Money

Entrepreneur Gregg Semler pulls no punches in this clear-eyed overview on how to ask for money. He has spent his entire career as an entrepreneur and venture capitalist, and asking for money has been a constant. He has raised over $100 million and knows what he’s talking about. His biggest tip? Embrace it.

Your Social Enterprise

Thinking about starting a social enterprise? While there are many considerations to ponder, business structure can be one of the most important first steps. In this presentation by Kate Kilberg of Catalyst Law, LLC, you are given a spectrum of choices, and the pros and cons of each.

Empresas

Programa de desarrollo de Microempresarios: Adelante Mujeres ha creado el programa Empresas para ayudar a los empresarios inmigrantes de América Latina para lograr éxitos en sus negocios, a través de prácticas exitosas, desarrollo integral y alianzas con otras organizaciones y mentores de negocios. [This program, Empresas, is a business development program offered by Adelante Mujeres. It helps Latino entrepreneurs launch successful and sustainable small businesses. This course is entirely offered in Spanish.]