NOTE--Meeting Location  
Cleveland Park Library 
1st Floor Meeting Room 
3310 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
(map) 

Audience:  

• Anyone considering going independent
• Anyone operating a sole proprietorship
• Anyone seeking medical benefits

• To understand the concept of outsourcing the business entity
• To discover the ease of going into business without headaches and liability
• To learn how to access retirement and medical benefits as an entrepreneur

Dwight's "secret" to success is outsourcing his business entity. The outsourced company handles the "behind the scenes" work, freeing him to do what he does best--provide technical expertise. 

There will be plenty of time for Q&A, so bring your questions and pick up some tips you can use to start or to grow your business, whatever it may be. 
 
Speaker:  Dwight Barbour is a Web consultant specializing in accessible data-driven Web sites. His toolset includes ASP and ASP.NET (VB.Net and C#). He has taught at George Washington University, 
Georgetown University, the USDA Graduate School, and the University of the District of Columbia. 

Dwight has outsourced his own business entity for the last 6 years.      

Dwight may be reached by e-mail. 

Agenda 

12:30  pm	Check-In
1:00 pm	Welcome & Announcements
1:10 pm	"And You Can Quote Me on That . . . "  Tax Updates & Accounting Tips, Jina Etienne, CPA
1:20 pm	Main presentation: Be an Independent Consultant--The Easy Way; Dwight Barbour
2:45 pm	Q&A
3:00 pm	Closing announcements
3:05 pm	Informal queries, conversation, networking

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Location: One-half block south of the Cineplex Odeon Uptown movie theatre on Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. (There are many restaurants suitable for pre- or post-meeting gathering/networking/refreshment in the block north of the library.) 

Parking: Very small lot, off Macomb St., to left of library. 

Metrorail--Cleveland Park Station on the Red Line (on Connecticut Avenue, just 1.5 blocks north of meeting site) 

Several times a year a smaller group (usually about 8 to 12) goes to Nanny O'Brien's (directly across the street from the Cleveland Park Library at 3319 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 202-686-9189, open 2 pm Saturday to 2 am Sunday) or another local establishment for continued conversation, networking, and refreshment following the meeting. (Participants pay for their own beverages and food.) 

Join us!