• THURSDAY: The Pitt Community College Small Business Center offers a free “Starting a Business” seminar from 6-9 p.m. Call 493-7388 for registration information.
• FEB. 8: The Small Business and Technology Center at East Carolina University offers a free seminar on how to start a business from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Willis Building, 300 E. First St. All materials will be provided at no cost to participants. Register by email to ecu@sbtdc.org or call 737-1385.
• FEB.10: The Dream Factory of North Carolina will hold its second annual wine tasting and silent auction from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at Rock Springs. All proceeds go to granting dreams of critically and chronically ill children ages 3-18. Tickets are $30 each or $50 per couple. For more information or to purchase tickets, contact Allison Clary at designbyallison@hotmail.com or Rick Hamilton at rhamilton2@yahoo.com
• FEB. 23: The Craven Community College Small Business Center will host an all-day seminar at 9 a.m. for business owners to learn about sales opportunities in the international marketplace, an opportunity. The seminar will be conducted by international marketing professionals from the U.S. Small Business Administration and global sales experts from the United States and North Carolina Departments of Commerce who specialize in international trade and finance. The cost for the seminar is $70, which includes lunch. Pre-register at www.cravencc.edu/sbc. For more information, visit the News section of www.nceast.org or contact the Craven Community College Small Business Center at 638-7353.

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