THAT WAS EASY!
Surrounded by store employees, new La Jolla Staples store general manager Frank Bigley (left) and assistant manager Chris Walkotten hold a Staples Foundation for Learning donation check of $1,500 for the University of San Diego School of Leadership and Education Sciences (SOLES) as part of their giving back to the community program.
La Jolla Town Council Executive Director David Ish joined SOLES Dean Paula Cordeiro in an unusual ribbon-shredding ceremony to officially open the new Staples, 8657 Villa La Jolla Drive in La Jolla Square.
The store will feature grand opening festivities Sept. 29.
USD will hold business-development workshops
The University of San Diego is launching workshops for small-business owners who wish to expand. The workshops are co-sponsored by the Small Business Development International Trade Center and the Sate of California Employment Training Panel. The 40-hour certificate programs are in international trade and small business management and profitability.
The international trade program begins Monday, Sept. 24, 5:30 p.m. in USD’s Douglas F. Manchester Executive Conference Center. The class will illustrate common mistakes small businesses make and show distribution strategies and other essential information in initiating and maintaining a successful business overseas, according to event organizers. The workshop will meet on Monday and Wednesday evenings for five weeks.
The small-business management and profitability program begins Thursday, Sept. 27, 5:30 p.m., in the same conference center. Business owners will learn essential business disciplines of strategy, marketing, finance, operations, management and ethics, and will be given access to the latest business information, tools and solutions and network with professional service providers and guest speakers. Mary McKay, Ph.D., adjunct USD business professor, will teach the program.
For more information, visit www.sandiego.edu/ce. Registration fees are $325 for ETP-qualified firms and $1,400 for non-qualified companies. Prices go up after Sept. 20.
