Education Center for Future and Existing Entrepreneurs of St. Petersburg

The Center for the Development and Support of Entrepreneurship regularly conducts educational events for future and existing entrepreneurs of St. Petersburg. Master classes and seminars, major business forums and conferences, trainings and business games are held at the site of the Unified Center for Entrepreneurship in St. Petersburg. The center is equipped with special equipment for video conferencing and exchange of experience with other regions and countries. All activities of the Center are available for free at no extra charge. * Professional development and level of entrepreneurial literacy in St. Petersburg * Formation of competencies of potential and budding entrepreneurs, experienced managers and owners of organizations * Introduction to the innovations of the legislative framework governing the implementation of commercial activities * Optimization of company activity: identifying risks and determining priorities Formats: * Conference * Contact exchange * Seminars * Trainings * Workshops * Expert sessions * Consulting session * Meetings with a star * Business games Speakers: Specialists of the Center carry out the initial selection and analysis of reputable business analysts and business coaches through questioning and identifying feedback on the relevance of the topics and cases in which the clients of the Center are interested. As a rule, speakers are practitioners and current entrepreneurs, heads of large companies. They explain to the audience how to register their business, where to start preparing a business plan, teach the basics of accounting, share experience and accumulated knowledge in matters of product / service promotion, and increase sales efficiency. Topics: * starting a business, registering legal entities and individual entrepreneurs; * legal and legal aspects of doing business; * accounting and tax accounting; * management management; * personnel management (staff motivation / KPI); * government procurement and tenders (for beginners / for experienced); * sales (organization of sales departments, sales systems, etc.); * marketing; * attracting financing to the business; * time management; * business and speech etiquette / oratory; * state support measures for small and medium businesses; * features of the negotiation process with partners from Eastern and European countries; * doing business abroad; * the operation of trade objects (opening / installation / liquidation); * protection of intellectual property. Together with the Corporation “SME” Joint-Stock Company, a series of training modules and trainings are held at the site of the Unified Center for Entrepreneurship in St. Petersburg: * "Generating a Business Idea", * "The ABC of an entrepreneur" * "School of Entrepreneurship", * "Participation in public procurement", * "Legal support", * “Increased labor productivity by SMEs. Lean"