Kit Brown-Hoekstra presents "So, You Want to be Your Own Boss"
Dreaming of being self-employed? Want to unleash your entrepreneurial spirit? Join us for this introductory workshop on becoming self-employed. You will learn some of the nuts and bolts of getting started with your own small business:
- Reflecting on your strengths and vision
- Designing your elevator pitch
- Understanding the basics
- Planning and marketing
- Troubleshooting
About the speaker
Katherine (Kit) Brown-Hoekstra is an STC Fellow, former Society President, and award-winning consultant, much of it working with life sciences companies and localization teams. As Principal of Comgenesis, LLC, Kit provides consulting and training to her clients on a variety of topics, including internationalization, localization, content
Cost
Pay what you can! The suggested donation is $10, but you're welcome to join us no matter what you contribute.
Meeting format
We'll keep things casual during this virtual event:
- Network with each other and learning about job opportunities
- Announce chapter news from OCSTC and surrounding chapters
- Learn from our guest speaker with room for a Q&A at the end
- Have fun!
How to join
You'll need to register for this event before the deadline. The day before the meeting or the morning of, you will get a Zoom meeting URL with a password emailed to the email address you used to register.
Video is optional but encouraged.
Wearing earbuds or a headset is also highly recommended.
Visit zoom.us to learn more about the video conferencing tool.