Sometimes a small business owner doesn’t know where to turn for the information needed to get a business up and running and then keep it that way.
Two upcoming programs can help.
"Fundamentals of Starting a Business and Writing a Business Plan" offered by the Michigan Small Business Technology Development center, will be offered at 6 p.m. Feb. 2 at the Western Michigan University Haworth College of Business. The course is $35.
This course outlines the Guide to Starting a Small Business in Michigan and teaches how to create and write a comprehensive business plan for your small business.
The three-hour course will discuss each section of a business plan including: Executive Summary, Business Description, Marketing, Operations, Management, Sales, and Financial statements, along with how to conduct market research and prepare a marketing plan.
For those in business in the Benton Harbor and St. Joseph area the opportunity is to learn how to better keep the books.
Cornerstone Alliance Small Business Services will be conducting an "Introduction to QuickBooks" seminar in March. Classes will take place at 6 p.m. March 12, 19, and 26, at Cornerstone Alliance, at 38 W. Wall Street, in Benton Harbor. The deadline to register for the class is March 7. The class is $145.
Small business owners using or planning to use QuickBooks in their business will learn how to: create your company's books from scratch, set up accounts, enter and process checks, bills, and payments and prepare and interpret important financial reports and more.
Writer: Kathy Jennings, Second Wave
Source: MI-SBTDC and Cornerstone Alliance Small Business Services
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