74 - How to Start an Event Planning Business

Better Events

Sep 28, 2022•38 min•Season 2Ep. 74

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Episode description

In this episode, Mary and Logan talk all about how to start an event business - for event planners, event producers, and beyond. From our own business origin stories to things we wish we knew when we started and our favorite business resources, the episode is filled with small business advice. If you’re thinking about starting a business, side hustle, or want to learn more about how we both got started in events, this episode is for you.

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SHOW NOTES:

SBA: https://www.sba.gov/

SCORE (Free Business Mentoring): https://www.score.org/

MPI: https://www.mpi.org/

WISE (Women in Sports and Events): https://www.wiseworks.org/home

Profit First book: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780735214149

Logan’s Blogs

3 Strategies I Learned in My First Year in Business: https://medium.com/@loganclements/3-strategies-from-my-first-year-as-a-business-owner-1d71b4c24a9f

How Tracking My Time Changed My Work: https://medium.com/@loganclements/3-strategies-from-my-first-year-as-a-business-owner-1d71b4c24a9f

Episodes referenced:

Ep. 10 - What does an event planner/producer even do?