| SBDC 2007 Workshop Information |
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| Business
Basics |
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This workshop discusses the feasibility of starting a business, |
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the
different legal formations, and stresses the importance of |
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developing a business plan. |
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| Marketing
Basics |
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This workshop covers the basics of marketing.
The four P's |
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are discussed in detail. It
is not a workshop on advertising, |
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although advertising is a topic. |
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| Business
Plans |
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workshop attempts to help get the client jump started on |
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writing
the business plan. The details
of a plan are discussed |
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thouroughly
and students are given aides to help guide the |
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process. |
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| Qualifying
for a Loan |
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This workshop discusses getting a loan and presents information |
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from the lenders perspective. Details
covered in class include |
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reviewing
a sample credit report, reviewing the 5 C's that a |
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creditor evaluates the borrower with, and stressed the importance |
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of a business plan. This
also is used to highlight local lending |
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opportunities such as Micro Loans. |
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| QuickBooks |
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This four hour hour class introduces the student to QuickBooks |
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software.
We use laptops owned by the SBDC to allow students |
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hands-on
experience with the software. The
SBDC has a |
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license for 30 users but the class is limited to eight because |
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of the limited number of laptops available. |
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| EBAY |
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This workshop introduces students to EBAY.
It demonstrates |
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how
to take pictures of products and gives tips on how to |
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be successful. |
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| NxLevel
Entrepreneur |
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This is an intensive 10 week course designed to give the business |
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owner a solid background. Each
week guest speakers present |
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information to the class, followed by instruction by the teacher. |
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Homework is assigned (reading text book and writing a business |
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plan). This class meets for
three hours one night a week. |
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| Wellness
Exam |
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This
workshop will use ratio's to instruct business owners |
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your Business) |
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how
well they are performing. This
class requires math |
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skills
to learn the concepts but the actual results will be |
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done using BizBench software. (This
program costs $800) |
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| Accounting
Software 101 |
This
workshop will compare and contrast the three major |
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accounting software programs. (QuickBooks,
Peachtree, |
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and Microsoft Small Business.) |
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| Pricing |
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| Business
Basics is $25.00 |
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| Marketing
Basics is $25.00 |
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| Business
Plan is $25.00 |
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| Wellness
Exam is $25.00 |
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| Accounting
Software 101 is $25.00 |
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| Qualifying
for a Loan is $25.00 |
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| QuickBooks
workshop is $49.00 |
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| EBAY
workshop is $85.00 |
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| NxLevel
Program is $249.00 |
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