HOW TO START a Business, sponsored by Lehigh Valley SCORE, 9 a.m. to noon, Lehigh Carbon Community College, Rothrock Library Conference Center, Route 309, Schnecksville. Cost: $20. Register:http://www.lehighvalley.score.org (click on Local Workshop on home page) . Walk-ins welcomed. For additional information, call Mike Willency at 484-264-2014 or email mikewillency@gmail.com.

TUESDAYFEB. 14




HOW CAN YOU INCREASE your business? Be a guest of the Bear Creek Chapter of Professional Referral Exchange, 7:30 a.m. Tuesdays, Starlite Diner, Routes 100 and 22, Fogelsville. Contact Joshua Daly at 484-554-2641 to reserve a spot.


THURSDAYFEB. 16


U.S. SMALL Business Administration's February Web chat will offer business startup advice for entrepreneurs with a one-hour question session, 1 p.m. Participants can join the live Web chat and post questions before the chat by going online tohttp://www.sba.gov, and click on the Web chat event under What's New.


ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT in a Recovering Economy — Making Government Work for You, sponsored by Fitzpatrick, Lentz and Bubba, 8-10:30 a.m., Bucks County Community College Upper County Campus, 1 Hillendale Drive, Perkasie. Cost: $20, $10 for members. Register: http://www.ubcc.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=61.


SATURDAYFEB. 18


DUMP DEBT! Build Wealth! Live Free! workshop to help improve your financial future. Learn how to use a proven step-by-step method to beat debt, build wealth, set up the right bank accounts and invest. We'll also talk about mortgages, retirement, college funds, 401(k)s and more, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Ebenezer Bible Fellowship Church, 3100 Hecktown Road, Bethlehem. Registration forms are available in the church foyer or register online. Cost: $35 and includes admission, workbook, cash-flow planning software and lunch. Preregister and bring a spouse or friend for $10. Info: Eric Sherer at Coach@ShererFinancialCoaching.com.


TUESDAYFEB. 21


TAX ROUNDTABLE Discussion for the monthly dinner/CPE meeting of the Lehigh Valley Chapter Pennsylvania Society of Public Accountants, 5-9 p.m., Best Western Lehigh Valley Hotel, Routes 22 and 512, Hanover Township, Northampton County. Cost: $47; $35 members. All accountants and tax preparers welcome. RSVP by Feb. 15 at http://www.pspalv.org or info@pspalv.org or call Mary Lew Kehm, 610-262-0755.


SATURDAYFEB. 25


THE MBA PROGRAM at DeSales University will hold information sessions at various locations through March 3. Info: http://www.desales.edu/mba and click on the Information Session link on the left to get the schedule of locations, dates and times. For more information about its six locations and nine concentrations, contact the MBA office at mba@desales.edu.


WEDNESDAYMARCH 7


THE LEHIGH VALLEY Military Affairs Council is offering its JOVE, Job One: Veterans Employment program to veterans willing to invest time to hone their job-seeking skills. Priority will go to those returning from recent conflicts, for they are less likely to have the job-hunting skills needed. The council's program will offer a continuing series of free Wednesday night, one-hour training sessions — a complete cycle requiring nine weeks — in south Bethlehem. Veterans who wish to enroll may call 484-602-JOB1 or 610-349-5856, or send an email to JOVE@lvmac.org. Applications are being accepted.


THURSDAYMARCH 15


PENN STATE Extension to offer Food for Profit class that will take participants step-by-step through the entrepreneurial process, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Room 291 of the Rauch Business Center, 621 Taylor St., Bethlehem. Cost: $40 per person includes all materials and lunch. To learn more or to register, go to: http://www.cvent.com/d/kcqmg9 or call 877-489-1398. For additional information, contact course instructor Winifred McGee, wwm1@psu.edu or call 717-270-4391. Deadline to register is March 1.