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SUMMARY:Biz.ability: Turn Data into Business Opportunity - For Free
LOCATION:Meeting Room A&B Combo (132 people)\, 216 E Main St
DESCRIPTION:Date: Friday\, October 16\, 2026\n Time: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM\n Lo
 cation: Meeting Room A&B Combo (132 people)\n What if your library card co
 uld help you find your next customer\, understand your competition\, ident
 ify a promising neighborhood\, or strengthen a grant or business proposal?
 \n\nRound Rock Public Library offers entrepreneurs and nonprofits FREE acc
 ess to two powerful business research tools: Reference Solutions and Polic
 yMap.\n\nJoin us Friday\, October 16 to discover how to turn data into pra
 ctical insights for your business\, organization\, or next big idea.\n\n9:
 30 AM–12:30 PM | Reference Solutions\n\nFind the people\, businesses\, and
  markets that matter to you.\n\nLearn how to:\n\nIdentify and understand y
 our target market \n Research competitors and similar businesses \n Explor
 e businesses\, industries\, and market segments \n Find data to support a 
 business plan or market research\n\n1:00–2:00 PM | PolicyMap\n\nDiscover w
 here opportunity exists.\n\nLearn how to:\n\nExplore demographics and comm
 unity trends \n Compare neighborhoods and markets \n Identify areas of opp
 ortunity \n Use mapping data to strengthen business plans and grant applic
 ations\n\nWho should attend?\n\nWhether you're starting a business\, growi
 ng an existing one\, planning a new location\, developing a nonprofit prog
 ram\, seeking a grant\, or simply exploring an idea\, these tools can help
  you make more informed decisions—without the cost of a commercial data se
 rvice ($$$).\n\nTwo workshops. Two powerful tools. One Smart Library Card 
 with free access to resources you may not know you have.\n\nCome discover 
 what your library card can do for your business or organization.\n\nExampl
 es of PolicyMap use cases in Austin and 4 other US cities:\n\nHow Librarie
 s Help Entrepreneurs Locate Opportunity | PolicyMap\n\nDetails: https://wi
 lcoguide.com/events/round-rock/biz-ability-turn-data-into-business-opportu
 nity-for-free-2026-10-16-aed85cf5
URL:https://wilcoguide.com/events/round-rock/biz-ability-turn-data-into-bus
 iness-opportunity-for-free-2026-10-16-aed85cf5
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