Forest Entrepreneurship Bootcamp - Nevada City

Calling all Forestry Entrepreneurs!

Get ready to dive into all aspects of launching or expanding your business.

Join Sierra Business Council and Sierra Commons in beautiful Nevada City, California for a tuition-free two-day bootcamp designed to create sustainable forest-based jobs and wood products businesses.

With increasing pressure on our forests from climate change and wildfires, the demand for forest-based businesses is growing every year in rural communities throughout the Sierra Nevada.

Have you ever dreamed of being a business owner? Or maybe you have a business and want to take it to the next level. This course is for you!

This two-day course is geared toward businesses in forest thinning and management, defensible space, prescribed fire application, small mass timber product manufacturing, small diameter timber utilization, biofuel, bioenergy, home hardening, plant restoration, other non-timer-related businesses, and forestry logistics.

About the Bootcamp

Robert Trent, Sierra Commons founder, and Ruby Beauchamp, a seasoned climber and cone collector, will lead the course.

Students will learn the basic foundations of good business – from finance, pricing, and cash flow to research, marketing, and sales and the complex world of government contracts and permits. Students will expand their knowledge and gain access to resources with a weekly accountability group and one-to-one advising.

Each participant is eligible for personalized technical assistance at no cost through the SBDC program.

The curriculum is designed to provide:

• Technical assistance to launch small businesses
• Entrepreneurial development focused on a broad range of forest and wood-based businesses
• Training and guidance for transforming businesses
• Opportunities to showcase emerging business opportunities
• Guidance on the benefits of wildfire reduction and economic development; at the nexus of wood product development and outdoor recreation in rural forested communities

Funding for this program was provided by a Good Jobs Challenge EDA-funded grant through the Foundation for California Community Colleges to conduct forestry and fire-mitigation training programs in the Sierra Nevada region of northeastern California.

Info: Students will learn from different instructors throughout the day about the basic foundations of good business:
Logistics
Introductions
Core Values
Entity Selection
Insurance
Value Proposition and Customer Analysis
Pricing and Budgeting
Resources Review/Recap

Info: Students will learn from different instructors throughout the day about the basic foundations of good business:

Marketing
Industry Guest
Business Law
Government Contracting pt 1
Breakouts:
Government Contracting pt 2

Info: This is an informal meetup to get to know each other before the bootcamp begins on Saturday. We will meet at a local spot that is casual and fun. We'd love it if you can make it.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Nevada City, United States