Training

Start Your Business

The Small Business Playbook

The Playbook was written by a Washington business owner for business owners and is filled with resources, links, and the steps required to start a business in the state, all in an easy-to-read, football-themed format.

Entrepreneur Academy

The Academy takes you through 11 lessons designed to teach you the essential skills you need to become a successful small business owner. Each lesson includes a video by an expert on the subject, workbook, assignments and quizzes.

Size Up

SizeUp is a resource that provides you with the data and analytics you need to see how you stack up with competitors and fine-tune your business model for success. Run various scenarios on costs, revenue, location, customers and marketing strategies before you spend a single dime on your idea. 

Financial Mastery

In this series, you can learn the fundamentals of financial management, including bookkeeping, recordkeeping, cash flow, creditworthiness and more. This is a self-paced course and you are encouraged to bookmark sections that are particularly relevant to your own situation and needs.

 

Specialized Training

Creatives Academy

The Creatives Academy teaches the principles and strategies creatives need to transform their passion to create into a sustainable, profitable business. The Academy covers a wide range of skills, from thinking like a business and managing cash flow to negotiating with clients and finding new markets, including the potential of exporting.

Food Biz Academy

Whether you want to bring in a little extra dough on the side or have all the ingredients you need to become the next Michelin Star restaurant, this academy is your recipe for success.

Web Academy

The Web Academy helps to empower small businesses to make the Internet part of their marketing and advertising strategies. This training program is meant to save you hours of precious time building your physical and online business endeavors. 

Grow or Help Your Business Recover

Disaster Preparedness & Recovery

A major crisis or disaster can seriously disrupt operations, or worse, put you out of business. Startup Washington provides small businesses with planning tools that will help them prepare and recover from natural and man-made disasters, from a robbery and hacking to a mudslide or earthquake. We all assist communities, economic development organizations and small businesses with recovery and sustainability efforts following a disaster.

Restart Academy

Designed for small business owners who need to recover and restart, the Restart Academy covers a wide range of subjects related to rebuilding an existing business or starting a new one.