Corporate Community Development

Small Business Development Center 

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Upcoming SBDC Classes

FREE Seminar
Recession Antidote
Wednesday October 20, 2010
8:00am to 12:30pm
At State College of Florida
8000 S. Tamiami Trail
Bld. 800, Selby Room
Venice, FL
Call 941-408-1412 to register

Chart of Accounts
September 27th
9 to 11 A.M.
SCF Lakewood Ranch
Cost $25
*Required before taking QuickBooks*

Using Social Networking to Boost Your Business
October 19th
1 to 3 P.M.
SCF Lakewood Ranch
Cost $50

Internet Marketing for the Rest of Us
October 7th
1 to 3 P.M.

SCF Lakewood Ranch
Cost $40

Basic Bookkeeping for Business 
September 23rd
1 to 3 P.M.
SCF Lakewood Ranch
Cost $50

Business Basics 
September 30th
6 to 8 P.M.
SCF Lakewood Ranch
Cost $20

Business Taxes
November 8th 
6 to 8 P.M.
SCF Lakewood Ranch
Cost $50

Keeping Your Web Site Competitive
September 29th
1 to 3 P.M.
SCF Lakewood Ranch
Cost $50

Women/Minority Certification
October 6th
1 P.M. to 3 P.M.
SCF Venice
Cost $35

Writing the Ultimate Business Plan
September 27th
1 to 3 P.M.
SCF Lakewood Ranch
Cost $80

QuickBooks
October 2nd & 9th
8:30 A.M. to 5 P.M.
SCF Venice
Cost $285
*Must complete Chart of Accts.
before taking QuickBooks*

TO REGISTER CALL: 
941-408-1412
8000 S. Tamiami Trail
Room 809
Venice, FL 34293




 

 


 
Ready to start your own business or already have a company of your own? WE CAN HELP YOU.


Let the Small Business Development Center at State College of Florida, Manatee Sarasota help you pursue your entrepreneurial dreams.


Our classes and workshops are designed to assist small business owners with start up or  enhance 
existing businesses. In combination with individual counseling provided by our experienced team of Certified Business Counselors, you will receive indepth information on the resources you need to be a successful entrepreneur. 


SBDC Startup Workshops are conveniently located throughout Manatee and Sarasota counties to give you an overview of what it takes to start your own business.


MEET our Small Business Development Center Team: Carolyn Griffin Assistant Director, Art Mahoney and Jim Martin, Certified Business Analysts.
 

ANNOUNCING NEW SBDC CLASSES


Maxmimize Your Tax Refund - This class provides a side-by-side look at available software, tips on when NOT to use off-the-shelf software, free filing options and more. The course compares three methods of filing your own tax return, tips for making sure your return is complete and ways to maximize your refund, inluding how to ensure no deductions are missed.
October 20th, 6pm - 8pm at SCF Lakewood Ranch $50


Protecting Your Company's Assets and Finding Grants - In this tough economy, it is important to protect company assets and track dwon grants. This class will give the tips necessary to do that.
November 2nd, 1pm - 3pm at SCF Lakewood Ranch $40


So What's Next? - For those interested in pursuing a second or third career, learn how to reinvent yourself, what type of skills to refresh and how to work with young supervisors. In addition, digital mysteries, such as the description of a webinar will be revealed.
September 28th, 12pm - 2pm at SCF Lakewood Ranch $25


Entrepreneur Package - Consists of 5 different one hour lunchtime classes

  • Dollar Signs - Learn about balance sheets, income statements, start up expenses, loans, grants and everything with a dollar sign in front of it.
  • Is Your Digital Footprint Big Enough? - In this digital age, an online presence is necessary for any profitable busines. This class will teach students the functionality of a website, social networking, e-commerce, e-mail campaigns and more.
  • Keeping Your Business Running Smoothly - Get a grasp on the important business challenges that can be hard to handle, inlcuding QuickBooks, taxes, legal issues, human resources, payables and receivables.
  • The Critical Importance of Marketing - Learn why marketing has become so important, the proper way to brand a product/service, how to increase your digital footprint and sales tips everybody can use.
  • The Person that Fails to Plan, Plans to Fail - A business Plan is critical to business success. Students learn the process to validate a concept, research and due diligence, financial strategy adn how to write a good business plan.
    Class meets 12-1pm on Wednesday 10/20, 10/27, 11/3 and Tuesday
    11/9 & 11/16 at SCF Lakewood Ranch $60

 



 



Success Story
"from zero at the start, the business now grosses over $12,000 a month..." read on


Contact our main office for more information and a detailed schedule of classes. SBDC classes are printed each term within the Corporate and Community Development (CCD) non-credit class schedules.  


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