The Greater Valley Chamber of Commerce is the voice of our business community and the premier business membership organization in the region. Each year, your Chamber helps entrepreneurs grow their businesses, professionals lead their organizations, and community leaders expand their reach in support of a vibrant business environment and a thriving local economy that benefits everyone.

This event offers new, existing, and potential members an opportunity to make connections with other Chamber members and staff. During the conversation, you will be able to introduce your organization to the other attendees. In addition, you will learn how we promote and serve the Valley business community and your individual business through advocacy and partnerships.

Your membership is an important investment in the future of our community and your business. As a Chamber member, you have access to a host of events and programs that will help you grow your business. Your Chamber membership provides you with cost-saving resources, valuable networking opportunities, and a chance to develop your business skills.

Please join the Staff and Ambassadors of the Greater Valley Chamber in-person for this FREE event.

This is an excellent place to network with other people interested in growing small businesses- whether you’re just getting started or have been in business for years, you will enjoy this refreshing perspective on achieving success.

During this interactive workshop, you will start to build your business plan – your roadmap for success.

You will get a pragmatic, straightforward tool for setting goals, developing action plans for achieving them, and measuring how you are doing.

You will learn about:

• How to research the market - your industry, customers, and competitors
• How to analyze your own business
• How to define/refine your business niche
• How to set business objectives
• How to create a simple action plan to achieve your objectives
• How to set up monthly tools to monitor your progress against your goals

Before the workshop, think about:

• What are your business goals? In both financial and personal terms
• What, specifically, is your product or service? Why would potential customers buy from you and not your competitor?

Presenter: Peter Tallian

Peter Tallian's expertise is in financial analysis, improving cash flow, budgeting, operations and team management. He has used these skills and put them to work in managing manufacturing, service and technology companies. Peter has worked with teams in the United States, Asia, Europe and Brazil. In his career with five very different companies, Peter has dealt with many significant challenges including growing revenue, effective pricing, cost management, accounts receivable and bankruptcy.

As a SCORE mentor, Peter has worked with about 40 entrepreneurs in a wide variety of businesses throughout Fairfield County over the past 3 years. He started his own business three years ago and is dealing with the challenges of growing a profitable business.