ENTERPRISE — Culinary startups and small business owners are invited to join a series of free in-person watch parties to help launch or improve their business, according to a press release.

The watch parties are being held in Enterprise at the Northeast Oregon Economic Development District office in the basement of the city library, 101 NE First St., and in La Grande at Ignite, 104 Depot St., from 9:15 a.m.-10:45 a.m.

Participants are welcome to join one or more sessions.

The upcoming sessions, held on Tuesdays, and featured topics are:

• April 25: Getting Started with WaveApps, a money-management system for small businesses and entrepreneurs.

• May 2: Email Marketing and Best Practices with Allison Lamplugh, founder of Lamplight Creatives who will go over best practices with Mailchimp.

• May 16: Getting Started with Idea Buddy, a business planning and modeling software for entrepreneurs and startups.

• May 30: Legal Structures for Starters with Michael Jonas, principal attorney and owner of Rational Unicorn Legal Services.

• June 13: Licensing a food truck.

This series is presented by Reinventing Rural, NEOEDD, La Grande Main Street Downtown and the city of La Grande, with funding from Business Oregon.

Visit https://tinyurl.com/NEODDworkshop for more details or to register. Anyone with questions may contact Lisa Dawson at lisadawson@neoedd.org or 541-426-3598.