Are You Really Ready to Do Business in Texas?
About this Event
Come find out where your business actually stands.
This is one free session, open to anyone. You do not need a registered business, a plan, or a polished pitch to be here. If you own something, are building something, or keep meaning to get serious about it, this session is for you.
This is not a sales pitch and it is not an orientation. It is a working session.
What we will actually do
You will run a real assessment of your own business: what is strong, what is missing, and what a buyer, a bank, or a partner would see if they looked at you today. Not a quiz with a score. A list you walk out holding.
Then we run a fast version of a team exercise, where you find out what it feels like to price a job with someone else, divide the work, and decide who is responsible for what. Some people discover they are ready for that. Some discover they are not, and that is useful too.
You will leave knowing your next step, whatever it turns out to be.
Come if
- You have a business, or you are close, and you want an honest read
- You want to work with government or large institutions and are not sure where you stand
- You are curious about The Business In Development (B.I.D.) Academy and want to see what it is before committing
- You just want to talk to someone whose job is to help, for free
The details
- Free
- Friday, August 28, 2026, 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM Central
- Tarrant County Plaza Building, 200 Taylor Street, Suite 500, Fort Worth, TX 76196 (Lonestar Conference Room)
- Parking will be validated. Bring your parking ticket with you to the session and we will take care of it.
- Bring something to write with. Bring your questions.
One more thing
The Business In Development (B.I.D.) Academy opens its Fall 2026 cohort on September 2nd. Nine Wednesdays that leave you with a capability statement, a defensible cost model, your registrations in hand, and a business ready to be considered for the work you've dreamed of having. It also includes free registration for Prairie View A&M's Grow With Google program.
If this session tells you the Academy is your next move, you can register on the spot. If it tells you something else, that is a good outcome too.
Learn more about the Academy: https://PVAMUBID.eventbrite.co
Learn more about what CED Tarrant County offers for free: https://linktr.ee/cedtarrantcountyextension
Questions
Chelsé Lilly, M.S., EA-PV-CED
Community and Economic Development Agent, Tarrant County
Prairie View A&M University Extension
[email protected]
This institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA. Persons who require language services or a reasonable accommodation, please contact [email protected] by email or call 936-261-5166 a minimum of 21 days before the event.
Where is it happening?
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