The ScaleUp program helps you create a path to seven figures.
On a warm late summer day in 1896, three men enjoyed a day of fishing on Rabbit Creek in the Canadian Yukon Territory. One of them spied something shiny in the water and bent over to pick it up, retrieving a gold nugget. The Yukon Gold Rush began with that small discovery. Gold fever soon spread to Seattle and San Francisco the following year, triggering a massive migration of prospectors to the area.
During the Klondike Gold Rush, prospectors would bring in their cache of gold to weigh and exchange for money. Even today, that vision of a prospector is palpable, watching closely as a hard-earned cache of gold gently drops and an arrow points to the displacement of force on the spring that measures weight.
Did the prospector’s efforts yield the desired results?
Are you that prospector? Are you ready to ScaleUp your business?
If so, StartUp Washington can help.
Like many established business owners in Washington, you focus on taking your enterprise to the next level. Expanding your sales and building volume affords you the capital to hire and/or reward hard-working employees, to purchase materials, or even upgrade your equipment and expand your broadband. More volume affords all the things you need to continue to grow!
Now, if you could just plot that route on your business roadmap to get there.
Offered by the Washington State Department of Commerce in partnership with the Thurston Economic Development Council, ScaleUp is an in-classroom cohort program designed to help you take your business to seven figures. This training course offers 35 hours of instruction spanning eight weeks. It is tailored for those who have operated their businesses for about two years, with under a million a year in revenue. The course focuses on training that scales up your business to seven figures by helping you focus on improving financial operations, reducing operational expenses and learning how to compete more effectively in the marketplace.
A new ScaleUp cohort series begins in mid-September and registration is on now. Course dates and times for English speaking classes are as follows.
Session 29
September 17 – November 11, Tuesdays: 9-10:30 a.m.
Session 30
September 18 – November 12, Wednesdays: 6-7:30 p.m.
Session 31
September 19 – November 13, Thursdays: 9-10:30 a.m.
Tenga en cuenta: Nueva clase en Español
17 de septiembre – 11 de noviembre, Martes, 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
As most business owners soon find out, deciding to start a business was the easy part. Gaining the skills, knowledge and acumen to guide a business all the way through its various stages — Think – Plan – Launch – Grow – Optimize — This journey represents a different adventure all together. Knowing when and how to grow your company is an important step, especially when you have others who depend on your business for their livelihood.
The ScaleUp program philosophy holds that small businesses are the primary driver of communities large and small. If you succeed, your entire community grows along with you. The goal is to offer resources that help you expand your business operations, whether you need a little advice, some additional training or data and analytics that will help you move to the next stage of success.
Each year, tens of thousands of Washington residents embark on the biggest adventure of their lives: starting and running a successful business. The program normally costs about $1600 to enroll, but is it is offered with no enrollment fee for Washington State Businesses through June of 2025.
When you think of the help you will receive, it’s a great way to tip the scales in your favor.
Learn more and register for ScaleUp now.