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January 2022
WEBINAR Legal Corner: Business Survival
Powerful tips that are DIY, low or no cost, or truly awesome deals, that are key to the survival of your small businesses: Legal Structure, Insurance, Accounting, Cash Flow Issues, Permits and Licensing, Management styles, Name choice, Marketing, life choices, Business planning, the Roles you play in your business, ADR, Contracts....and more! Instructed By: Benjamin Martin (SBDC Advisor/Business Lawyer) REGISTER NOW
Find out more »WEBINAR Jumpstart Your 2022 Marketing Plan – Get My FREE Checklist
What will you do differently to market your business more effectively in 2022? This workshop will help you plan your 2022 marketing goals and how to reach them using my checklist to target your market with the right digital marketing tools to get more action. We'll brainstorm using my checklist to jumpstart your marketing to grow your business or organization faster in 2022! Attendees of This Presentation Will Learn: • What's working & what's not in marketing for 2022. • Use my…
Find out more »WEBINAR Legal Corner: How To Set Up & Register Your Business
This in-depth webinar addresses a multitude of important topics regarding legal entities and other important decisions you will need to make as a business owner. One of the first decisions will include how the company will be structured. Because of this, we will cover the basics of regulatory filings that permit new owners to properly set up entities in California. Our discussion will cover legal formation for startups, including: • LLC’s, S-Corporations, C-Corporations • DBA’s • Business permits • Resale…
Find out more »WEBINAR Biz Basics: Marketing 101
Understanding the basics of marketing is vital to the success of your business. This workshop provides an overview of the principles of marketing and how to develop a marketing plan aimed at the needs and desires of your target market. Instructor: Debbie Goldfarb REGISTER NOW
Find out more »WEBINAR Orientation: What the SBDC Can Do for Your Business
This workshop will provide you with information about the program requirements and the different services and training offered by the SBDC. The key fundamentals for maintaining a successful business will be reviewed. As capital is the life blood of any business, your questions concerning capital and how the SBDC can assist in this effort will be addressed. Attendance is required for existing businesses. Existing business Orientation is offered twice per month. Instructor: Larry Johnson REGISTER NOW
Find out more »WEBINAR Social Media Solutions: How to Create a Content Calendar for 2022
Do you struggle to come up with relevant content worth posting? Do you want to go from “likes” to sales online? The first thing is to develop a strategy that is going to attract your ideal client. Having a solid content calendar is highly recommended so you can accomplish this. It will result in your being organized in the scheduling of your output and increase your ability to capitalize on all the holidays, events and sales opportunities available to you.…
Find out more »WEBINAR Orientation: Getting Your Business Started with the SBDC
This workshop will provide attendees with information about the program requirements and the different services and training offered by the SBDC. The key fundamentals essential for starting a successful business will be reviewed. As capital is the life blood of any business, your questions concerning capital and how the SBDC can assist in this effort will be addressed. And as a special bonus, the critical reasons why products/services sell will also be discussed. Instructor: Larry Johnson Attendance is…
Find out more »WEBINAR Biz Basics: How to Start Your Business Financials in Excel
Overcome your fear of starting with an empty Excel spreadsheet and become proficient to create your own Profit and Loss statement for your business. This workshop will cover the basic Excel functions necessary to develop your financials and then build a basic Profit and Loss statement. We will also see how you can download your bank activity and use filters to analyze the data, a powerful tool. Basic computer knowledge is required for this class. Instructor: Andrew Strachan (SBDC Advisor) REGISTER…
Find out more »WEBINAR HR Hot Topics: Workplace Training – Project Management Fundamentals
In this workshop, we will discuss the basics of the facets of project management. We will share best practices for planning, scheduling, timelines, and budgeting. In addition, we will provide information about project management technology and tools for the workplace. What we will cover: • Imperative questions to learn before starting a project • Project management steps and processes • Best practices for planning, scheduling, and tracking progress • Explore project management technology and tools Instructor: Danielle Jenkins (SBDC Advisor)…
Find out more »WEBINAR Wave Accounting for Startups & Service Businesses
Keeping track of your business income and expenses is crucial to the financial health of your company. Fortunately, it doesn’t have to be complicated! This webinar will cover how to use Wave, a free online accounting software program to help keep you on track. Wave is designed for small business owners. No jargon, just an easy accounting software for small businesses that makes sense. Instructor: Maureen Thielen (SBDC Advisor) REGISTER NOW
Find out more »WEBINAR Legal Corner: Your Big Idea and How To Protect It !!!
Ideas, creations, and inventions are often the key assets of a business. How do you protect your ideas while using or developing them? How can you prove your idea is actually Your Idea? Topics include: Copyrights, Patents, Trade Secrets, Trade and Service marks, and Domain Names. Non-disclosure Agreements (NDAs) and contracts that protect your rights. Instructor: Benjamin Martin (SBDC Advisor/Business Lawyer) REGISTER NOW
Find out more »WEBINAR Taking Charge of Your Career through Franchise & Business Ownership
Are you looking to get into business ownership but don’t know where to start? Discover what type of business could leverage your professional acumen and have a team to support you build a successful company. During our webinar learn what type of businesses excelled through Covid and are Recession Resistant. Additional topics we will be covering: • Buying into a Franchise & Running your New Business • The Surprisingly low upfront cost • The different types of Franchise Models •…
Find out more »WEBINAR Biz Basics: Lean Business Planning
Lean business planning is not what you think. Not a big formal plan. Not just for startups. Quick and practical tool for managing through a crisis. It's as quick and easy as a few simple bullet-point lists and tables to set down milestones and metrics. Plus powerful tools to manage sales, spending, and cash flow. Make a quick dashboard for getting through a crisis. Join this webinar as Tim Berry, founder of bplans.com and Palo Alto Software, shares the simplicity and ease of…
Find out more »WEBINAR Fast Track Crash Course
This course was developed by industry professionals to provide a wealth of knowledge in an expedited 2-class manner. This is ideal for prospective businesses with little to no time but a willingness and desire to learn the language of business, determine whether starting a business makes sense and if so, specific steps to start the business. This is an intensive two-day class created to highlight pertinent information and tools needed to start your business in a very expedited manner. Little to no fluff—just…
Find out more »WEBINAR – Creating a Public Relations Plan to Promote Your Small Business
Publicizing your business is one of the most important steps a small business owner can take. Letting prospective customers/clients know about your business while building relationships with them is essential for growth and stability. In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn the fundamentals of launching a publicity campaign. They will consider case studies and be guided step-by-step through the process of creating their own publicity campaign. REGISTER HERE
Find out more »WEBINAR E-Smarts: Digital Marketing Automation – Leverage your Business Growth
This workshop will go over how you can set up an automated Digital Marketing system to grow your business by leveraging your time using systems. Regardless of your business, you will learn how to take advantage of automation to beat your competitors and free up your valuable time. In this workshop you will discover: • How to find and attract potential customers • How to take interested leads and turn them into paying customers • How to increase the lifetime value…
Find out more »WEBINAR Biz Basics: How to go from Handyman to Construction
Join us for this insightful presentation to learn what you need to know on how you can go from Handyman to starting a Construction company. This essential workshop is for any individual who is looking to obtain a contractor’s license and start a Construction business. Presented by our advisor, Michael Williams who has 30 years of experience helping people pass the CSLB exam. He is qualified as a Small Business Consultant by the State of California, Port of Long Beach,…
Find out more »WEBINAR Orientation: What the SBDC Can Do for Your Business
This workshop will provide you with information about the program requirements and the different services and training offered by the SBDC. The key fundamentals for maintaining a successful business will be reviewed. As capital is the life blood of any business, your questions concerning capital and how the SBDC can assist in this effort will be addressed. Attendance is required for existing businesses. Existing Business Orientation is offered twice per month. Instructor: Larry Johnson (SBDC Advisor) REGISTER NOW
Find out more »February 2022
WEBINAR Orientation: What the SBDC Can Do for Your Business
This workshop will provide you with information about the program requirements and the different services and training offered by the SBDC. The key fundamentals for maintaining a successful business will be reviewed. As capital is the life blood of any business, your questions concerning capital and how the SBDC can assist in this effort will be addressed. Attendance is required for existing businesses. Existing business Orientation is offered twice per month. Please check our calendar: https://southbaysbdc.org/workshops/. for additional dates. Instructor:…
Find out more »Money Matters: Accounting: The Basics of the Language of Business
Accounting is the system of tracking the income, expenses, assets and liabilities of business. Owners, managers, bankers, investors - use accounting terms and concepts to describe the events that make up the "story". This workshop will explain the basics of how to make journal entries including debits and credits, the structure of financial statements, important financial ratios, and, more importantly, how to "account" for the transactions in your business. Instructor: Andrew Strachan REGISTER NOW
Find out more »WEBINAR Legal Corner: How To Set Up & Register Your Business
This in-depth webinar addresses a multitude of important topics regarding legal entities and other important decisions you will need to make as a business owner. One of the first decisions will include how the company will be structured. Because of this, we will cover the basics of regulatory filings that permit new owners to properly set up entities in California. Our discussion will cover legal formation for startups, including: • LLC’s, S-Corporations, C-Corporations • DBA’s • Business permits •…
Find out more »WEBINAR SERIES QUICKBOOKS ONLINE- SETTING UP QBO
Topics covered are choosing from the different QBO versions, new company setup, customizing settings, setting up customers, vendors, chart of accounts, product and service items, setting up bank feeds, bank rules and bank reconciliation. Instructor: Maureen Thielen REGISTER NOW
Find out more »WEBINAR Legal Corner: Save Your Bacon…ABCs of Contracts
What do small businesses need to know about contracts? Almost Everything you do in business involves contracts!!! Learn how to avoid contract mistakes and issues that kill businesses. Make a checklist to identify your specific contract needs. Explained in real people's English....not a bunch of blah, blah, blah, blah.... lawyer talk REGISTER NOW
Find out more »WEBINAR Orientation: Getting Your Business Started with the SBDC
This workshop will provide attendees with information about the program requirements and the different services and training offered by the SBDC. The key fundamentals essential for starting a successful business will be reviewed. As capital is the life blood of any business, your questions concerning capital and how the SBDC can assist in this effort will be addressed. And as a special bonus, the critical reasons why products/services sell will also be discussed. Instructor: Larry Johnson</strong Attendance is required for pre-venture…
Find out more »WEBINAR Money Matters: Angel Investment 101 for Start-Ups
Funding and financing your business are extremely important. One of the options that comes up is angel investment. What does angel investment mean? How often does it happen? Is your business a candidate? What steps to take? What do you need? Webinar presenter Tim Berry has been on both sides of this table. He successfully raised investment for his business. And he has been an angel investor for more than a decade. In this webinar, Tim answers key…
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