Save the Date NYC - March 9th! Entrepreneurship 101: A How-To Guide For Starting Your Own Business

Entrepreneurship 101:
A How-To Guide For Starting Your Own Business
New York
March 9th 2010

What is Entrepreneurship 101?
This how-to event is designed to educate New Yorkers on the logistics of starting their own business. Despite the challenges of today’s economy, many small business owners are flourishing. The women of Ladies Lotto are natural leaders and innovators within their chosen industries, many of whom are at this very turning point in their careers. Guided by a panel of start-up savvy experts, participants will learn how to turn their passions and skills into an official business.

At Entrepreneurship 101, participants will learn:

- How to create a business plan and business model
- How to choose a company name and defining its brand
- How to become a legal business and the differences between an Inc., a Corp, a Co., an LLC, etc
- How to start right with tax and accounting record keeping
- Putting it all together: networking, marketing, and the day-to-day as a business owner

The Entrepreneurship 101 panel will include a business attorney, a representative from a successful break-through startup powerhouse, an accountant, a thriving designer, a freelancer, a marketing guru, and more.

What: Entrepreneurship 101: A How-To Guide For Starting Your Own Business
When: Tuesday, March 9th 2010
Time: 7pm
Where: 287 Spring Street, New York, NY 10012

RSVP: RSVPNYC@LADIESLOTTO.COM

$25 NON-MEMBERS (pre-pay) http://tinyurl.com/llny3-2010
$15 MEMBERS

SPACE IS LIMITED, PLEASE RESERVE A SPOT BY PAYING IN ADVANCE.

Save the Date - NYC! Monday, January 11th

What does 2010 have in store? What can you expect?

Ladies Lotto is holding a very special event on Monday, January 11th and seating will be limited. Sit down with metaphysical educator, student of Deepak Chopra, intuitive counselor, healer and psychic to find out what your year will look like. Hear an overall forecast and have the opportunity to ask your own personal questions!

Capacity is VERY limited due to the nature of this event.

SAVE THE DATE: Monday, January 11th

For more information and to reserve a spot, please email: rsvpnyc@ladieslotto.com

LLABS at Butter Lane NYC TONIGHT!

Just a friendly reminder about tonight's LLAB at Butter Lane.

HOW TO MAKE A BETTER CUPCAKE (pertinent) + get that crazy dream started (like these chicks did)!

Hear from owners

**Maria Baugh (Managing Editor at Glamour)**
**Linda Lea (Producer: Queer Eye for the Straight Guy)**
**Pam Nelson (Founder: Girl Press)**

LLabs is a low-cost, no frills event where we help LLadies find solutions to pertinent everyday issues.

Tuesday, Sept 22nd
7PM

123 East Seventh Street
NY NY 10009

RSVP: LLABS@LADIESLOTTO.COM

PS: They're serving up $2 cupcakes.

It's Cupcake Time from SF to NYC

Cupcakes. You love them, you can't live without them. Brilliant minds in San Francisco have organized Cupcake Camp! "CupcakeCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and eat cupcakes in an open environment."

On Sunday, October 4th from 2-5pm at Pier 38 (next to AT&T Ballpark, Embarcadero & Brannan) you can bring cupcakes to share, buy cupcakes or sell cupcakes.

For more info visit Cupcake Camp.

Speaking of cupcakes...Our next LLAB is on Tuesday, Sept 22nd at Butter Lane!

LLabs; a low-cost, no frills event where we help members find solutions to pertinent everyday issues.

This month: HOW TO MAKE A BETTER CUPCAKE + get that crazy dream started (like these chicks did)!

Hear from owners Maria Baugh (Managing Editor at Glamour), Linda Lea (Producer: Queer Eye for the Straight Guy) & Pam Nelson (Founder: Girl Press)

Tuesday, Sept 22nd
7PM

123 East Seventh Street
NY NY 10009

RSVP: LLABS@LADIESLOTTO.COM

FREE for Ladies Lotto Members / $5 for everyone else

Check them out on Martha.

NYC LLABS: The Better Cupcake

LLabs; a low-cost, no frills event where we help members find solutions to pertinent everyday issues.

Our next LLAB is on Tuesday, Sept 22nd at Butter Lane!

HOW TO MAKE A BETTER CUPCAKE + get that crazy dream started (like these chicks did)!

Hear from owners Maria Baugh (Managing Editor at Glamour), Linda Lea (Producer: Queer Eye for the Straight Guy) & Pam Nelson (Founder: Girl Press)

Tuesday, Sept 22nd
7PM

123 East Seventh Street
NY NY 10009

RSVP: LLABS@LADIESLOTTO.COM

Check them out on Martha.

UPDATE - Ladies Lotto LLabs: Career Counseling with Judith Gerberg

For more than 18 years Judith Gerberg and her team have helped transform the personal and professional lives of clients. She's also the creator of Passion Projects™; workshops designed to 'help clients find the work they love, and to undergo change to address the challenging questions of the day.'

If you're trying to find your bliss or just something to pay the bills you should attend this workshop on June 17th. It's as close as you'll get to one-on-one career and life coaching for $5!


Wednesday, June 17, 2009
6:30-8:00p

Essex Academy
350 Grand Street
New York, NY

$5 - Cash Only


RSVP TODAY to reserve your spot: rsvpnyc@ladieslotto.com
Please use LLAB RSVP in the subject line.

Ladies Lotto LLab: Career Counseling with Judith Gerberg

Photo by Lucia Holm

Economic woes have sent many ladies into a tailspin. Jobs have been lost, hours and benefits have been cut and some of us aren't quite sure what to make of our current situation. Lucky for you we're not about to let you get all gloom and doom. Now is a great time to ask yourself what you really want to do and create a plan to get there.

Career counselor and director of gerberg & company, Judith Gerberg is just the woman to come to the rescue. For more than 18 years Judith and her team have helped transform the personal and professional lives of clients including employees of NBC and Young & Rubicam. She's also the creator of Passion Projects™; workshops designed to 'help clients find the work they love, and to undergo change to address the challenging questions of the day.'

Judith Gerberg will share her experience and insight at the next Ladies Lotto LLab. If you're trying to find your bliss or just something to pay the bills you should attend this workshop on June 17th. It's as close as you'll get to a one-on-one for $5!

Click here to RSVP (or email rsvpnyc[at]ladieslotto.com) and we'll send additional details your way.

Ladies Lotto April Lab Recap

Photo via JJJJound

For all you naughty girls who missed our first LLab with Michelle Brassell at Citi Smith Barney, here are some important take away points regarding women and finance...

Action Step # 1 - Create a Support Network

• Forge relationships with a trusted and objective network of professionals to help you sort through decisions you have to make.
• The three main people being an Attorney, an Accountant, and an Advisor/Mentor/Guru of some kind, who can give you an objective perspective when making important decisions.

Action Step # 2 - Get Organized

• Know what you have and where you can find it.
• Make a list of items, where to find them, and who to contact regarding them.
• Get a fire safe deposit box to hold all of your important documents and belongings.
• If you're paperwork is all over the place, now is a great time to do some spring cleaning and organizing!!

Action Step # 3 - Set Your Goals

• Take stock of where you are today
• Figure out what you need for tomorrow
• Calculate your net worth
• Figure out your cash flow

Action Step # 4 - Invest Wisely

• Feel out and define your personal risk tolerance. i.e. How much volatility you can stomach
• Asset Allocation
• Rebalancing according to life changes
• Be completely comfortable with and trust your financial advisor...after all, they are handling YOUR money!

Action Step # 5 Consider the Unexpected

• Things can change overnight and put you and your family's welfare and finances at risk
• Try to plan for the "Just in case..."
• Always have an accessible emergency fund

Action Step # 6 - Stay informed and Engaged

• Visit womenandco.com
• Audio Conferences
• Newsletters
• Articles

SO there it is ladies! Be sure to tune in for our next LLab in May, and keep the knowledge flowing!

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LLab with Vintage Books - Undiscovered Gyrl: Book Publicity 2.0

Ladies Lotto LLab brings you an exclusive and covetable opportunity to collaborate with Random House imprint Vintage Books on their latest project, UNDISCOVERED GYRL, a trade paperback original by Allison Burnett that will be published this August 11, 2009.

You’ll be involved with the viral marketing of the project from start to finish. Your journey will begin when you read the manuscript and end when the book is published and launched in August.

Besides a good read, what you’ll get in return – if you attend the LLab and corresponding workshops -- is immeasurable; experience at one of the most respected publishing houses in the world. What we’re doing is unprecedented and your participation will be a valuable part of your portfolio.

Sounds like the opportunity of a lifetime? You’re interested and completely psyched? Just follow the instructions below and we’ll get you on your way.

1. Email UNDISCOVERED GYRL LLab coordinator, Dylana Dillon your full name and mailing address NO LATER THAN 3 pm, Sunday, 5.3.09. The email serves as your RSVP. Sorry, no P.O. boxes.
2. Read the manuscript before the LLab.
3. Attend the LLab on May 12^th. You’re not obligated to attend all the corresponding workshops after the LLab but you won’t receive credit.

Ladies, don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity. Also, anyone who posts an advance review of UNDISCOVERED GYRL online gets a free finished copy!

This amazing opportunity was facilitated by LLNY member and Random House Publicity Manager, Lisa Weinert.

Tuesday, May 12th
7 pm

Random House
1745 Broadway, 20th Floor
Between 55th & 56th
New York, NY


Click here if you have questions.

Introducing LLabs

Ladies Lotto is introducing LLabs; a low-cost, no frills event where we help members find solutions to pertinent everyday issues. Finance is the first issue we're tackling because it's hella rough out there for a lady.


Tuesday, April 28th

6:30-7:30 pm (program starts promptly)
$5 - cash only

Creating An Action Plan: What Every Woman Should Know

This presentation is highly interactive and goes over the basics of where to begin taking control of your finances.

Speaker: Michelle M. Brassell, Financial Advisor - Wealth Management

CITI SMITH BARNEY
One New York Plaza, 36th Floor
New York, NY 10004

* Bring a notebook and pen


RSVP: rsvpnyc@ladieslotto.com