BUSINESS CALENDAR
* A “Marketing Professional Services” workshop, sponsored by the Gold Coast Small Business Development Center, will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday at 5700 Ralston St., Suite 310, Ventura. Topics include identifying your unique advantage, how to position services and building your practice.
The cost is $15. Make reservations at 658-2688.
* The 30th annual Mathews Leadership Forum will be held at Cal Lutheran University auditorium / gym, 60 W. Olsen Road, Thousand Oaks, from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday. Real estate developer Rick J. Caruso will speak on “Vision to Reality: Leadership’s Role.”
Cost is $30, including dinner. Make reservations at 493-3151.
* “Evaluating and Litigating Insurance Bad Faith Cases--Where We’re Going in 2000 and Beyond,” sponsored by Quisenberry & Barbanel LLP, will be at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Four Points Ventura Hotel Sheraton, 1050 Schooner Drive.
The free seminar includes a course handbook with cases, sample documents and practice tips. It offers three hours of MCLE credit.
Make reservations at (310) 785-7966, Ext. 294.
* The third annual Capital Market Connection Forum, sponsored by the Economic Development Collaborative for Ventura County, will be held from 7:30 a.m. to noon Friday at the UFCW Building, 816 Camarillo Springs Road, Camarillo.
The session focuses on types of financing to help start or grow a business. The cost is $30 in advance and $40 at the door. Make reservations at 384-1800, Ext. 27.
