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Lynn Wilson (IDRS Microenterprise Development Specialist) will teach you how to use Reference USA ,an online database that helps small businesses conduct critical market research including how to identify potential customers, and competitors.  This webinar is perfect for anyone starting a business as well as established businesses.

Besides serving IDRS, Lynn is also a certified market research specialist through the National Center for Economic Gardening.  This workshop is part of a monthly series produced by IDRS unlocking marketing research tools, tips, and tricks that potential entrepreneurs and small business owners can utilize in their planning to start and grow a business.

The workshop will take place on Wednesday, January 20th at 9:00 am Pacific / 10:00 am Mountain / 11:00 am Central.  The workshop is free and open all entrepreneurs.

This workshop will be delivered online utilizing the Zoom platform. The workshop can be taken on computers and smartphones.

About our presenter:
Lynn Wilson serves as the Microenterprise Development Specialist for the IDRS Acorn Project. She has championed small businesses and entrepreneurs for 16 years working with tribal communities across Indian Country including her own tribe where she continues to provide small business support services for the Tribes’ CDFI & Commerce division.

Lynn’s work has focused on entrepreneurial training, business counseling, economic and demographic and social research related to economic development. Since 2009 she has taught part-time for the School of Business and Technology at Rogers State University and the Institute of American Indian Arts. Prior to coming to IDRS, She served as the lead certification trainer for the Indianpreneurship Journey curriculum while on staff at ONABEN. Lynn received her M.B.A and Professional Certification in Entrepreneurship from Cameron University and is a certified market research specialist through the National Center for Economic Gardening. She lives in Claremore, OK with her husband Clint (also a Cherokee Citizen) and their two sons, Chandler and Quinton.

This workshop is being funded in part by the USDA Rural Development, the Small Business Administration, and the California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development.