Expanding Business
Small Business Management ProgramBuilding Your Business
New! How to Run a Business Using Your Laptop & Cell Phone
Linn-Benton MicroBusiness Program
SCORE
Small Business Management Program
Instructor: Marty Schulz, Small Business Faculty
This year-long program is $495 and includes the three courses shown below, and also includes one-on-one business advising with the instructor. A second person from the same business can attend for an additional $150. Call (541) 917-4929 to reserve your space in this successful year-long program. If you've been in business for three years or more, call Marty Schulz at (541) 757-8944 ext. 5145 to find out if you are eligible for the next level of the SBM Program called "Building Your Business".
Your Business Plan - Here's to your business success!
Fall Term 2010, Tuesdays, 2pm-5pm, Corvallis Benton Center, 757 NW Polk, BC-104
Business Planning plays an important part in the success of a small business. Small businesses are always impacted more by changes in the economy and markets than their larger competitors. This 5-week course helps you through the development of a business plan.
Each business owner or manager will receive a copy of Your Business Plan. This course will help you develop a step-by-step approach to completing your own business plan by reviewing several sample plans for applying for financing and growing your business. Call (541) 757-8944 ext. 5145 to learn more. Call 917-4929 to reserve your space.
Understanding Your Financial Statements - Managing by the Numbers
Winter Term 2010, 2pm-5pm, Feb. 9, 16, 23, Mar. 2, 9, 2010, Corvallis Benton Center, 757 NW Polk Room BC-104
Financial statements help you "keep score" in your business. Know the critical numbers for your particular business; profitability, labor expenses and gross margins. Learn to analyze and understand the balance sheet, and discover how financial institutions determine how much you can borrow, what your net worth is, and how other businesses in your industry are performing. Discover the importance of cash flow statements. Learn to make informed decisions.
Your Marketing Plan - Meeting the Customer's Needs
Spring Term 2010, 2:00pm-5:00pm, April 20, 27, May 4, 11, 18, 2010 Corvallis Benton Center, Room BC-104
Perk up your pricing and pick up your promotions! Discover your most powerful strengths and learn to market those strengths in the least expensive way. What makes your business unique? Learn to promote that uniqueness by creating your own marketing plan and discovering who benefits the most from your product or service. Your public relations plan, personal sales action plan, and your plan for pricing and budgeting, all contribute to the success of your business, and can be included in your marketing plan. Learn to create brochures and web pages! Find out what can be included in the "marketing mix"!
BUILDING YOUR BUSINESS - Helping You Grow! (Second Year SBM Program)
Instructor: Marty Schulz, MBA, Small Business Faculty
Fall Term 2010, Thursdays, 2:00pm-5:00pm, Corvallis Benton Center BC-105 and continuing Winter Term 2010, Jan 14, Feb. 11, Mar. 11, 2010, and Spring Term Apr. 8, May 13, June 10, 2010.
The focus of this second year Small Business Management Program is to optimize your ability to develop systems such as an organizational chart and numerous other procedures that allow you to spend valuable time focusing on other aspects of your business. This would include examining budgets, investigating industry standards, and having the opportunity to listen to an attorney and banker discuss money, banking, and legal issues. Cost is $495 for a year-long program that includes one-on-one professional business advising with the instructor. A second person from the same business can attend for an additional $150. Call (541) 917-4923 to reserve your space. Call Marty Schulz (541) 757-8944 ext. 5145 to find out if this is the right program for you and your business.
NEW! HOW TO RUN YOUR BUSINESS WITH A LAPTOP AND CELL PHONE - When You're on the Move!
This year-long program is designed to give you, the business owner, the skills and technology-based tools to run and monitor your business when you're on the move. Bring your wireless laptop to class with QuickBooks and MS Office Professional installed and learn to advance your QuickBooks procedures including a functioning accounting system; develop an employee handbook and a company policy manual. Also featured are Marketing Ideas, Operation Helps including Staffing, and Legal Issues. Class meeting times TBA on the Albany campus College Center Bldg. and continues Winter Term 2010. Cost is $495. and includes one-on-one business advising with the instructor, Marty Schulz, Small Business Faculty. Call (541) 917-4929 to reserve your space.
SCORE
Want to talk with someone who has been there and successfully solved the kinds of problems you are having? Volunteers of the Service Corps of Retired Executives (score) are men and women who have retired from successful business careers as company executives or business owners and are available to share their knowledge and expertise with you at no charge. Make an appointment today - call (541) 917-4923. More than 300,000 small-business people call SCORE for high-quality, individual counseling each year!
MicroBusiness Program - Entrepreneurial Business Training
Instructor: Alan Fudge, Director Small Business Development Center
Interested in self-employment or expanding your home-based business (microenterprise)? Attending classes also includes one-on-one consultation with the instructor. Call (541) 752-7220 x308 for more information. Must attend an orientation.
