Venture Focus

05/12/2016

Thanks Entrepreneur for this amazing opportunity to be a part of the conference. Very much looking forward to meeting Marcus Lemonis

JOIN ENTREPRENEUR LIVE WITH MARCUS LEMONIS, HOST OF CNBC’S THE PROFIT We invite you to experience a game-changing discussion with the esteemed entrepreneur as he tackles common barriers faced by today’s business owners and provides eye-opening insight and practical solutions to grow your business. P...

05/11/2016

It's that time of year, Bay Area! Come and support the hundreds of local businesses tomorrow in Oakland during the 10th Annual Indie Awards at the Oakland Museum of California! https://youtu.be/3q7aFE4Te2k

oaklandindieawards.com Get ready for delicious food & drink, live music & performance, demos, the Indies Marketplace and more! Come party and show your OAKLA...

05/04/2016

Hone your leadership skills during tomorrow's free webinar, May 5th @ 2pm EST:

Learn the leadership skills of great entrepreneurs

04/21/2016

Bay Area: Support our local young entrepreneurs! Shop local at this family-friendly event and support BUILD youth entrepreneurs! Purchase local, one-of-a-kind products designed and crafted by high school students in your community.

Through entrepreneurship-based, experiential learning, BUILD ignites the potential of youth in under-resourced communities and equips them for high school, college and career success.

Saturday, April 23, 2016 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM (PDT)

Oakland Impact Hub: 2323 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612

Through entrepreneurship-based, experiential learning, BUILD ignites the potential of youth in under-resourced communities and equips them for high school, college and career success. Shop local at this...

04/14/2016

The thought of marketing your business can be overwhelming, especially when you are a small business with a tight budget. The good news is that marketing doesn’t have to cost thousands or even hundreds of dollars.

On Tuesday April 19th, listen in on this free webinar presented by to learn 10 Ways to Successfully Market Your Business on a Shoestring Budget.

Register today:

Learn how to use low cost marketing to grow your business

04/11/2016

Entrepreneurs! You don't want to miss this webinar: Free Online Tools and Apps You Can Use to Grow Your Business

There are many high quality and useful tools online that will help you run your business efficiently and increase sales. Attend this webinar to discover:

> Tools available free to small businesses and where to find them.
> Cloud based tools you should use.
> Tools small business owners love.
> How you can use these tools to grow your business.
> Which tools are worth purchasing.

Grow your small business by using the right online tools.

Date/Time: Tuesday, April 12 @ 2pm ET
Cost: Free, but you must register:

Learn how to use the latest tools and apps to grow your business

04/07/2016

Entrepreneurs, Marketers & Business Owners: You don't want to miss this free webinar!

SEO in 2016: How Search Has Changed & Why Modern Marketers Must Adapt

It’s important to consider which elements of your SEO campaign will be relevant throughout 2016 and which ones should fall by the wayside. Join us as we explore what we deem to be the three pillars of SEO in 2016: keywords, content, and link building

Presenter: Michael Peggs, Founder of Marccx Media

Tuesday April 12th @ 2pm ET

Register Here: http://buff.ly/21RW2Xa

SEO has changed. It’s less technical and much more closely related to marketing – Content Marketing, in particular. The websites that win create compelling content with their audience in mind. Join...

04/04/2016

I had the incredible opportunity to meet Dennis Xu at San Francisco's Growth Marketing Conference last December. Dennis has unparalleled knowledge about growth marketing and he wants to teach YOU how to be a growth hacker for your business.

Here is your chance to learn his techniques on advanced Facebook growth hacking for your business. Register here for tomorrow's free webinar: http://buff.ly/1Y00n9Q

Date/Time: Tuesday April 5 @ 2:00 pm ET

"Influence the influencers. Identify the authorities for your industry, often those producing the most popular educational content. Reach them on Facebook, boosting posts with workplace and interest targeting, subtley using only a dollar per day."

Learn how to find the right influencers to promote your products and brands. This Webinar will also show how to sharpen both occupation and interest targeting with vertical filtering segmented by influencers...

04/02/2016

San Francisco Entrepreneurs! Your ability to take your business to the next level is all in your hands. Join us on April 6 for a workshop on practices that will help you advance your career, diversify, and get paid.

The event is FREE: Register at

Day/Time: April 6 | 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM

There are plenty of reasons why freelancing rocks, & determining your own growth trajectory is one of them! Join Spark to workshop practices that will help you advance your career.

03/28/2016

Interested in learning how to get on the FIRST PAGE of Google? Getting your website on the first page of Google can be tough. In this webinar you’ll learn how to improve your Google ranking and how to get new customers from Google.

During this webinar, you will learn:

> What is SEO and why does it matter?
> How to find the right keywords for your business
> How to do actively improve your SEO
> How to hire the right SEO agency

Date/Time: Tuesday, March 29th @ 2pm EST

Cost: Free, but you must register: http://buff.ly/1pJF69F

How to improve your SEO Ranking

03/21/2016

Women small business owners: learn how you can compete for government contracts → http://owl.li/ZMk7M

03/15/2016

Entrepreneurs: Register for Thursday's Free Webinar, "Facebook 101: How to Master the Most Powerful Advertising Platform the World has Ever See."

One out of every five people in the world uses Facebook. The social giant drives 38.2 percent of all traffic to content sites, eclipsing even Google. And average monthly time spent among millennials almost quadruples the closest social media competitor, Instagram, which is also owned by Facebook. Suffice it to say, Facebook is already a dominant force in the marketing world. But tech analyst Ben Thompson believes that “the age of Facebook has only just begun.”

In this webinar, we’ll take a look at the evolution of Facebook, its role in the marketing universe, how to take advantage of its best features, and conclude with a look at Facebook’s future.

Thursday March 17, 2016 @ 2pm ET

Register here:

One out of every five people in the world uses Facebook. The social giant drives 38.2 percent of all traffic to content sites, eclipsing even Google. And average monthly time spent among millennials almost quadruples the closest social media competitor, Instagram, which is also owned by Facebook. Su…