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Business Training Series Resource Center |
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8-Week Business Training |
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The Middle Peninsula Business Development Partnership offers training courses designed to assist Middle Peninsula entrepreneurs start and sustain businesses.
The cornerstone of any business is its owner. Having
the knowledge and understanding of what it takes to
be successful before you start your business is critical.
Our comprehensive, 8-session course in business management and ownership
will give you the skills you need to get started.
If you're already in business this course will help
you hone your entrepreneurial skills to better your
business. Many established business owners who took
this course tell us that the business training series was exactly what
they need to help re-tool their business to become more
efficient and profitable.
For more information please contact us at 804-758-4917. |
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Location and Directions: |
Saluda Professional Center - Saluda, VA |
125 Bowden St.
Saluda, VA
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Session I
6:30 - 9:00 p.m. |
Business Feasibility/The
Business Plan
Includes the types of information to gather to begin
the planning process. Start-up procedures and requirements
are reviewed. |
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Session II
6:30 - 9:00 p.m. |
Business Law
A review and discussion of legal structures and alternatives.
How to select an attorney, when to use legal assistance,
personnel policies. |
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Session III
6:30 - 9:00 p.m. |
Taxes and Small
Business
Topics include business structure and basic tax issues
in each, documentation and bookkeeping requirements
and tax consequences. |
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Session IV
6:30 - 9:00 p.m. |
Bookkeeping
and Record Keeping
Fundamentals of bookkeeping, methods to facilitate bookkeeping,
requirements and using bookkeeping as a management tool. |
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Session V
6:30 - 9:00 p.m. |
Small Business
Marketing
Topics include the fours P's of marketing, defining
your market, market segmentation strategies and variables.
Information on how to communicate your message effectively
while using appropriate tools. |
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Session VI
6:30 - 9:00 p.m. |
Networking and
Personal Selling
Topics include understanding the sales process, defining
your USP, networking, creating your own events and activities
to draw interest and using centers of influence to get
your message out. |
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Session VII
6:30 - 9:00 p.m. |
Financial Forecasting
Topics include the basics of the Income Statement, Cash
Flow, Balance Sheet. Understanding, analyzing and developing
a cash flow plan. |
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Session VIII
6:30 - 9:00 p.m. |
Business
Insurance/Personal Credit
Insurance needs specific to small business owners
such as general liability, catastrophe insurance,
umbrella, business automobile and workers' comp.
Information needed to approach a bank for a loan
to finance a business. Topics include credit reports,
guarantors and a review of Personal Financial Statements. |
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