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STARTING A BUSINESS
New Ventures Entrepreneurship Certificate Program
Experience all aspects of planning a new venture from
determining your personal vision to conducting market analysis to
testing financial feasibility, drawing from the whole spectrum of
business and management principles. This course demonstrates why
good planning leads to successful business performance. Gain
insight on how the various pieces of the business puzzle fit together
and why the different aspects need to be managed in harmony for the
venture to operate successfully.
SBX 7352
Course Outline
How to Start and Operate a Small Business
Learn the elements of a small business, its successful
operation, and how it functions. You will understand and address the
components of a sound business plan; identify and apply necessary
management skills, through getting started, financial needs, taxes,
marketing and sales, insurance, and legal concerns. SBX 7301
Course Outline
Spanish How
to Start and Operate a Small Business
This practical
five-part course is designed to help the Spanish speaking
population create, plan, develop, start, and manage a small
business. In cooperation with the Latin American Coalition the
course provides timely information on legal requirements in
Mecklenburg County, writing a business plan, financial
management, hiring, and marketing. The course will be taught in
Spanish. SBX 7630
Course Outline
Best Strategies
for Running a One-Person Business
When you’re
a one-person business how do you do it all—bookkeeping,
scheduling, sales, marketing, customer relations—and still
provide quality service? Start your business off right by
setting up simple systems that will keep you afloat in the long
run. Learn where to spend your time, when and what you can
afford to let go, and how to operate your business efficiently
and effectively. This course, designed for solo entrepreneurs,
teaches how you can focus on what you do best. SBX 7603
Course Outline
Starting a Child Care Business
As the
demand for quality child care continues to increase, operating a
child care service is one of the most popular small businesses
today. This in-depth course is based on requirements for
North Carolina and takes you from start up to stability.
Whether you want to start a child care business at home or open
a center this class gives you essential, timely advice from
experts in the field. SBX 7340
Course Outline
BUSINESS GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
Real Estate Investing: The Business Side
Develop
a strategy for setting up a real estate investment business.
This class delves into the four main types of real estate
investments and helps you discover which type best fits your
entrepreneurial vision. Find out how a real estate investment
business differs from operating other small businesses. No
matter what type of real estate investment interests you, this
class helps you create a plan for lasting success. SBX 7328
Course Outline
New Product Idea? Go from Concept to Commercialization
Imagine your name behind a hot new product or service. This
class, taught by innovation expert Louis Foreman, gives you
step-by-step instructions on defining, developing, and
protecting your new product idea as well as the how to's on
taking it to the marketplace. Discover how to turn your
creativity into a hit with customers. SBX 7335
Course Outline
What's My Business Worth? How To Value, Buy, and Sell a
Business
Thinking about buying or selling a business? Get
step-by-step instructions on determining what a business is
really worth and how to maximize the value of your business.
Find out the best time to sell. Learn the five steps for
buying a business and the most common mistakes buyers make.
Discover what you need to put deals together and why deals fall
apart. Plan now for your future ownership or exit
strategy.
SBX 7459
Course Outline
Managing for Growth
Do you want to learn how to manage your business to
maturity? Succeed after the start-up by learning the key
management skills needed to get to the next level.
Discover the importance of managing employees, resources, and
the variety of new challenges you will face as your business
moves through the stages of growth. SBX 7666
Course Outline
BUSINESS PLAN WRITING
Writing a Business Plan I: First Steps
You have a business idea, but now you need a business
plan--maybe for financing, or to help you manage day-to-day
operations. A business plan can be the most important tool
a small business owner has. How should you begin? This
course will help you determine the elements for your plan and
provide insights for putting your plan on paper. SBX
7205
Course Outline
Writing a Business Plan II: Doing Your Research
A business plan can guide you through the various phases of
your business, helping you identify and avoid road blocks.
It can also help secure loans, and attract investors. But
where can you find reliable information that should go into a
business plan? This course focuses on the research
required to produce a solid business plan. SBX 7206
Course Outline
MARKETING A SMALL BUSINESS
Getting the Word
Out About Your Business
This online course gives you the seven secrets of successful
marketers. Find out the tips and tools they use to turn ordinary
sales and marketing efforts (even low-cost and no-cost efforts!)
into powerful promotion and brand recognition in our over-
communicated marketplace. SBX 7322
Course
Outline
INTERNET BUSINESS
Make Your Presence Known on the Web
Put your
website to work as a real marketing tool. Learn how a
website can be used to achieve a certain positioning, increase
exposure, generate revenue, build databases, and bring in leads.
Discover the "musts" for every small business website.
Move beyond pretty pictures and basic information to a
marketing-driven website that gets results.
SBX 7330
Course
Outline
Design Your First Business Website - Free With Microsoft Live
Basics
If you have always wanted your won business website, it
doesn't get any easier tan this. This interactive course
will guide you through setting up your own website using
Microsoft Office Live Basics. Now is your chance to get a
free personalized domain name, free web hosting, 500 MB of
website storage space, 25 company branded e-mail accounts,
website reports, easy-to-use web design tools and personal
guided instruction. You'll also learn the key elements of
a business website, the fonts ant can increase viewing around
the world, graphic image dos and don'ts and more.
SBX 7327
Course Outline
4 Steps To Taking Your Business Online
Thinking about doing business over the internet? Learn how to
take your small business from bricks and mortar to the web. This
class helps you get started in designing, building, and
operating a successful web-based business. Is your product or
service saleable on the web? What must be included in an
E-commerce "store?" What's working and not working today on the
web? Get answers to your questions and discover your options in
the wide world of E-commerce.
SBX 7317
Course Outline
BUSINESS FINANCES
Figuring
The Finances
How much money do you need to run your business? Is
your venture really profitable? Even if you have enough
money to start your business, profits are critical to
long-lasting success. Learn how to develop realistic cash
forecasts and other pieces of vital financial information.
Understand how budging and forecasting can help grow your
business, control expenses, and maximize the use of cash.
SBX 7458
Course Outline
Raising Cash
Put together a funding strategy that's right for your
business. Explore all the sources of funding available
from both a debt and equity perspective including bank loans,
SBA guaranteed loans, private loans, stock, angel investors,
venture capital and more. Learn where to go for start-up,
equipment, location, or expansion funds. This class helps
you weight the options, plan the right combination and prepare
to seek funding.
SBX 7465
Course Outline
Income Taxes: Important Issues For The Small Business Owner
Thinking about taxes as a small business owner? This
one-day course will cover what you need to know about reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, payroll taxes, independent contractors,
estimated taxes, choice of tax entity and business deductions. You will
also gain helpful ideas on how to minimize your tax liability. SBX
7450
Course Outline
ACCOUNTING WITH QUICKBOOKS
Basic
Accounting With QuickBooks®
This
course introduces you to the fundamentals of accounting and how it
relates within QuickBooks. Discover the basics of accounting and
understand the chart of accounts and what happens when bills, checks and
invoices are entered. No accounting knowledge or QuickBooks
experience is needed, but basic computer skills are required.
SBX 7439
Course Outline
QuickBooks® 2007 Level I
Automate your accounting and financial reporting functions.
Learn to set your company up with a chart of accounts, receive payments,
pay bills, create lists, track both cash and charge sales, create
invoices, make deposits, reconcile bank accounts, produce financial
reports, in order to more easily manage your financial decisions. Pre-requisite: Knowledge of Windows & some basic accounting. Purchase book: In the CPCC bookstore prior to attending
the first class. SBX 7440
Course Outline
QuickBooks® 2007 Level II
This second-level course focuses on creating forms, reports,
graphs and letters. Other areas of study include job costing,
inventory, and trouble shooting. Pre-requisite: SBX 7440 or one year of experience.
Purchase book:
In the CPCC bookstore prior to attending the first class.
SBX 7460
Course Outline
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