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Our Seminar and Program Offerings
Exploring Entrepreneurship
A half-day seminar that explores the basics of being an entrepreneur. Asks the participant to review their personal needs and business needs. It covers starting a business, buying an existing business, and entering into a franchise. Participants leave with an idea of what it will take to be an entrepreneur.
Value-Based Pricing
Explores various pricing components and methods: cost-plus pricing, competitive pricing, market pricing, and value-based pricing. Participants leave with the skills to create high-perceived value.
The Me; The Market; The Money
Explores entrepreneurial characteristics; market needs and product/service value; and basic financial considerations for starting a business. Participants leave with a basic business concept statement.
Exploring Franchising: Good Idea? Bad Idea?
Explore the pluses and minuses of entering into a franchise agreement. Participants leave with a realistic understanding of the opportunities and the pitfalls of owning a franchise.
Exploring Leadership
An eight-session program that discusses the aptitude, characteristics, attitudes, and traits necessary for effective leadership. Targeted at those who are in newly assigned roles; emerging leaders; and aspiring leaders. Participants leave with an overall clear understanding of what it takes to become an effective leader.
Sessions include: Achieving Excellence; Attitude and Creative Problem-Solving; Team Building; Conflict Management; Change Management; Setting and Achieving Goals; Influential Presentation Skills. A half day seminar touching on the high points of the program is available.
Elements of a Formal Business Plan
Discusses the reasons for a formal business plan, the basic elements of a business plan, and what is involved in completing one. Participants leave with a thorough understanding of the components and uses of a formal business plan.
Tuning Up Your Business Plan
Targeted at those who have an existing business plan that is tired, not used, dust covered and on the shelf. The session will re-energize the participants by revisiting the business plan fundamentals and pushing them out of their comfort zone, stretching them to reach the next plateau of growth.
Time Management
Time is a great equalizer; we all get 24 hours each day. Successful people use their time wisely. Learn how to prioritize, plan your workweek, effectively create and use a to-do list, and use systems to keep you focused. Designed for supervisors, managers, leaders, or anyone struggling to get it all done.
Have a Specific Need Not Covered in These Programs? Let Us Know, and We Can Design a Program for You
The Callidus Group is a certified facilitator for the Kauffman Foundation's highly acclaimed FastTrac® programs. Kauffman FastTrac® education courses equip aspiring and existing entrepreneurs with the business skills, insights, tools, resources, and networks to start and grow successful businesses.
Programs Include
Designed specifically for entrepreneurs in the early stages of business development, it provides the tools to develop your business concept, determine the viability of the business concept, and outline the critical steps to a successful business launch. Ten three-hour sessions.
Targeted specifically at entrepreneurs who have experience running their businesses. This program provides the tools and support to carefully review and evaluate important aspects of your business, explore next-stage growth and opportunity, and reshape your existing business for future profitability and improved business performance. Ten three-hour sessions.
Intended for technology and life science entrepreneurs, these sessions provide the tools to develop and/or hone the skills needed, as a technology entrepreneur, to understand the business behind the technology - skills to start, operate, fund, and grow a technology or life science business. Ten three-hour sessions.
This four-hour program is for existing entrepreneurs to establish a three-year vision. The session guides you through a process of reflection, vision, and planning and provides tools to take a closer look at where your business is today, what you want it to look like in three years, and the steps to get there.