1. Small
Business
Strategies
Entrepreneurship 201:
a Five-Part Series
October 27, November 3, 18, 24, and
December 1, 2015 • 7:00 pm
Rotary Room, Main Library
Series Overview
SCORE Greater Bridgeport
presents a brand-new five-
part series for 2015. Benefit
from hands on application of
various tools in a mentored,
fun and coached environment.
Registration through SCORE is
requested:
scorect.org/index.php/en/workshops
Participation in all five programs
is encouraged but not required.
We encourage you to bring a laptop or
tablet to access exercises online during
Program details on back >>>

2. Part 1: From Dream to Reality -
Creating your New Product or
Service (R)
Learn how to effectively lead, think, plan,
and act strategically in order to lay down
a dynamic platform for the next phase of
launching your product or service. Gain
in depth understanding of yourself, your
environment, and benefit from hands-on
application of various tools of the trade in a
mentored, fun and coached environment.
Tuesday, October 27, 7:00 pm
Rotary Room, Main Library
Presenter: SCORE mentor David
Millington, a consultant and Certified
New Product and Service Development
Professional (NPDP), brings over 15 years’
experience in Strategy and Product
and Service Development arenas.
Part 2: Launch Your New Product
and Service (R)
Learn to generate ideas, test them, rank
them, develop business cases, design for the
right parameters and launch them through
proven world class methods such as PDMAs
approved Stage Gate® Idea to Launch
Process.
Tuesday, November 3, 7:00 pm
Rotary Room, Main Library
Presenter: David Millington
Part 3: The Amazing Portfolio
Approach to Products and
Services (R)
Quite simply this course answers the critical
question, how are you planning to release
the “Right Products or Service”. What makes
one product or service superior to another,
and why do we release them in the sequence
that we do. Learn the purpose of portfolio
management, when to “kill” a project, what
are breakthrough and platform projects, and
so much more.
Wednesday, November 18, 7:00 pm
Rotary Room, Main Library
Presenter: Brock Hotaling
Part 4: Team Building, the Critical
Piece for Great Products and
Services (R)
What is your culture like? Can you define
culture, is it a factor in your operational and
Product and Service Development Doctrine?
Or better yet is your culture and environment
one that is fit for or supports innovation? Let
us explore and build dynamic Product and
Service Development Teams.
Tuesday, November 24, 7:00 pm
Rotary Room, Main Library
Presenter: David Millington
Part 5: Measuring the Cost? Price
Effectiveness of Your Product and
Service (R)
The old management adage, “what gets
measured, gets managed, gets done.” After
completing this section, you should be able
to answer the following what does Risk
Management accomplish, what are the typical
steps associated with risk management,
what are process metrics? What are the four
types, what type of success metrics might
cost reduction projects used to determine
success, what financial metrics might one use
to evaluate a project, and so much more.
Tuesday, December 1, 7:00 pm
Rotary Room, Main Library
Presenter: David Millington
Main Library
1080 Old Post Road
Fairfield, CT 06824
Fairfield Woods Branch
1147 Fairfield Woods Road
Fairfield, CT 06825
All programs are free and open to the public. Limited seating.
Register online at www.fairfieldpubliclibrary.org, or call 203-256-3160.