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SUMMARY:Legal Basics for Startups - Monday\, 3/2/26
DESCRIPTION:Legal Basics for Small Businesses: A Free Bi-Monthly Presentation with Q&A \nThinking about starting a business\, or have some questions you have been waiting on since you started? Join faculty and students from the Vermont Small Business Law Center at Vermont Law & Graduate School\, for a conversation about the legal essentials of launching and managing your small business. These interactive sessions cover critical topics such as business formation\, contracts\, intellectual property protection\, and basic regulatory compliance. Each session includes a live Q&A\, so bring your questions! \nRegistration is limited to 12 per session. We host this event every 1st Monday of the month. Follow the registration link to choose your preferred date. \n\nRegistration Required \nFollow a link below to register for an upcoming session. \n\nMonday\, March 2\, 4:00 – 6:00 pm:     Register Here\nMonday\, April 6\, 4:00 – 6:00 pm:        Register Here\n\n\n 
URL:https://sblc.vermontlaw.edu/events/legal-basics-for-startups-monday-3-2-26/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Educational Presentations,Start-Up Basics,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Raising Growth Capital Beyond Vermont
DESCRIPTION:This two-hour webinar with live Q&A is designed for Vermont small businesses looking to raise larger amounts of capital and grow beyond local markets and lenders.  The session focuses on national-scale capital options such as angel investment and venture capital\, as well as alternative methods of fundraising. \nOur team of experts will break down how outside investment works\, what investor expect\, and how capital decisions can affect ownership\, control\, and the long-term direction of your business.  You will also learn common pitfalls to avoid as you scale and how to prepare your business for serious investment conversations. \nSponsored by the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI)\, this program is ideal for entrepreneurs seeking growth-oriented capital and a clearer understanding of the legal landscape around raising national-level investment capital.  Bring your questions and join the conversation. \nThis session is free\, but registration required: Zoom Registration \n  \nThis project is being supported\, in whole or in part\, by federal award number SSBCI-21031-0036 awarded to Vermont State Colleges/Vermont Small Business Development Center (VtSBDC) by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
URL:https://sblc.vermontlaw.edu/events/raising-growth-capital-beyond-vermont/
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SUMMARY:Legal Basics for Vermont Food-Based Small Businesses
DESCRIPTION:Thinking about starting or growing your food-based business in Vermont?  Join the Vermont Small Business Law Center for a free webinar covering the essential legal considerations for food entrepreneurs to stay compliant and protect their business as it grows.  A panel of faculty and students will walk through key topics like business entity formation\, licensing and permits\, labeling and regulations\, and liability issues specific to food production and sales.  Whether you run a farm stand\, food truck\, catering company\, or packaged food brand\, this session will help you build a strong legal foundation for your venture. \n  \nThe workshop will be held by Zoom. \nPresented in partnership with CVOEO (Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity). This class is intended for folks looking to start a business or those already in business with similar questions. Visit the class page for the registration link. \n  \nTo see other educational opportunities\, visit CVOEO’s registration page.
URL:https://sblc.vermontlaw.edu/events/legal-basics-for-small-vermont-food-businesses/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Educational Presentations,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Legal Basics for Startups - Thursday\, 3/19/26
DESCRIPTION:Legal Basics for Small Businesses: A Free Bi-Monthly Presentation with Q&A\nThinking about starting a business\, or have some questions you have been waiting on since you started? Join faculty and students from the Vermont Small Business Law Center at Vermont Law & Graduate School\, for a conversation about the legal essentials of launching and managing your small business. These interactive sessions cover critical topics such as business formation\, contracts\, intellectual property protection\, and basic regulatory compliance. Each Zoom session includes a live Q&A\, so bring your questions! \nRegistration is limited to 12 per session. We host this event every 3rd Thursday of the month. \n  \nRegistration Required \n\nFollow a link below to register for an upcoming session. \n\nThursday\, March 19:  11:00 am – 1:00 pm       Register here  – Session is full\, but email sblc@vermontlaw.edu if you’d like to be put on a waiting list in case there is a no-show.\nThursday\, April 16:  11:00 am – 1:00 pm          Register here\n\n\n 
URL:https://sblc.vermontlaw.edu/events/legal-basics-for-startups-thursday-3-19-26-2/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Educational Presentations,Start-Up Basics,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Ask Me Anything (about legal matters for Vermont businesses)
DESCRIPTION:Legal Roundtable AMA\nIn this virtual roundtable hosted by the Vermont Manufacturing Extension Center (VMEC)\, Vermont Small Business Law Center faculty and students open the floor to your toughest legal and regulatory questions. Whether you need clarity on contract clauses with suppliers\, guidance on workers’ compensation and employment law\, or help choosing the right business structure\, no legal topic is off limits. We’ll kick off with brief participant polls to surface the most pressing issues\, then tackle submitted questions in real time with analysis and peer insight. This is your chance to ask what you’ve always wondered but never dared voice! \nRegistration is free\, but required: Register Here. \n  \nSpeaker Bios: Professor Oliver Goodenough\, Attorney Aaron Franklin \nOliver Goodenough is an international authority on legal innovation. He is currently a Research Professor of Law at Vermont Law and Graduate School\, an Adjunct Professor at Dartmouth’s Thayer School of Engineering\, and affiliated faculty at Stanford’s CodeX Center for Legal Informatics. At CodeX\, he is helping to lead an initiative on comparing machine learning AI approaches to law with more traditional rule-based automation. He is also a Research Fellow of the Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Research. \nHe is the author or editor of numerous volumes and articles\, as well as reports and studies on computational law. In business\, until recently he was an officer and director of Brooklyn Artificial Intelligence\, Inc.\, a company applying AI infused automation to the investment management sector. Brooklyn was recently acquired by the global asset manager Nuveen. \nAaron Franklin recently launched a solo legal practice in Windsor County\, Vermont\, focusing on serving small and medium-sized businesses\, particularly those seeking to comply with federal regulatory hurdles such as ITAR. Previously\, he worked in New York and London as a corporate attorney at global law firm and as an investment banker at a global bank. He graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in 2010 and Cornell University in 2005\, and clerked at the US Court of International Trade.
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