Road Map to Starting a Business
This certificate program is designed in cooperation with the Illinois Small Business Development Center and SCORE to help you successfully start a new business or more successfully manage your existing business.
Objectives:
- Understand the elements that are vital to starting and sustaining a small business.
- Develop a Business Plan that guides your business startup or development.
- Obtain knowledge of resources available to small business owners.
- Earn a SBCP Certificate to present to prospective lenders.
Topics covered in this non-credit course:
- Is Owning a Small Business for You?
- Expenses Sales, Profits – What Do the Numbers Mean?
- Financing a Small Business
- Writing a Business Plan and Pro-forma Projections
- How to Market and Promote a Small Business
- Human Resources
- Business Ownership Structures, Taxes and Business Insurance
- Accounting Tools
- Utilizing Technology, Internet, Email and Social Media as Business Tools
- Managing a Small Business
Register by Tuesday, Aug. 23.
10 Thursdays Sept. 1 – Nov. 3 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Black Hawk College Bldg 1 Balcony Rm B13 Fee $495
Road Map to Starting a Business
Date and Time
Thursday Sep 8, 2016
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM CDT
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Julie Gelaude
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