What to expect
Smart Start Your Business is a live online seminar for aspiring and emerging entrepreneurs. It covers the basics of launching a well prepared business, including:
- Business registration and legal structures
- Financial recordkeeping and taxes
- Insurance
- Financing and loan preparation
- Marketing
- Business plan development
The session also explains how an accountant, attorney, insurance representative, business banker, and SBDC consultant can each support your business.
Who should attend
Anyone thinking about starting a business or in the early stages of one. If you are new to the DMV, it is a useful first step into the Maryland Small Business Development Center (SBDC) network, which provides advising after the session.
Speaker
- Brandon Mason, Maryland SBDC
No separate agenda has been published beyond the topics above.
How to join online
- Date: Thursday, November 19, 2026
- Time: 1:00 PM to 2:15 PM Eastern
- Format: Live online meeting. The event page does not name the platform.
- Cost: No fee
How to register
Register through the Maryland SBDC registration page: https://mdsbdc.ecenterdirect.com/events/18739?embedded=0. The registration deadline is listed as November 19, 2026 at 5:00 PM Eastern. The event page notes that some accommodations may need advance notice, so send any disability accommodation request to the organizer early.
Point of contact: Diane McFarland. Organizer contact: MCSBA, P.O. Box 1485, Olney, MD 20830-1485; (301) 761-8338; smallbusiness@mcsbamd.com.