Events/Workshops

Business Launch is a two hour workshop designed to help you evaluate your business idea. Course covers the basic information needed to start a business, how to do a feasibility study to determine if the idea can fly and tips for business success.

Speaker: Lisha Garcia

Business Launch is a two hour workshop designed to help you evaluate your business idea. Course covers the basic information needed to start a business, how to do a feasibility study to determine if the idea can fly and tips for business success.

Speaker: Lisha Garcia

Taller para los que piensan empezar un negocio. Hablamas de como hacer un estudio de factibilidad, como estructurar legalmente el negocio y cómo hacer un estudio de mercado.

Speaker: Lisha Garcia

Are you prepared to become an entrepreneur? Improve your chances for success with this workshop! Small business professionals of the Maricopa Community Colleges Small Business Developement Center will explain the due diligence before starting a business, the process to follow and mistakes to avoid. Areas covered will be the feasibility study, market reserach, break-even analysis, Licensing, Permits, LLC's and steps to set up your business.

Speaker: Luis Reynoso - Business Analyst - Maricopa Community Colleges SBDC

1st in a series of four business seminars sponsored by the City of Scottsdale - Business Planning

Speaker: Luis Reynoso

Pre-Venture Workshop. Learn about how to start a business, market research and feasibility study, business structure options along with the four parts of the business plan.

Speaker: Susan Beauchamp

2nd in a series of four business seminars sponsored by the City of Scottsdale - Management Planning

Speaker: John Henry Smith

This class will assist you with developing your business plan for financing. Small Busines professionals of the Maricopa Community Colleges Small Business Development Center (SBDC) will explain the key elements of a business plan for the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the bank, types of financing qualification requirements for a loan, the 5C's of credit and financial projections.

Speaker: Luis Reynoso - Business Analyst - Maricopa Community Colleges SBDC

First in a series of five seminars to help you start and grow your business. This seminar covers issues related to starting a new business, including: Creating a Business Plan; Protectiing your Personal Assets by forming a company; Selecting the right form of entity; how to form a company; start-up funding' basic agreemnets every new business must have and building your advisory team.

Speaker: Brian J. Burt - partner at Snell & Wilmer and Chair of their Emerging Business Group

NxLevel for Entrepreneurs is a 10 week intensive training program designed to encourage business expansion in a community. The course focuses on teaching the art of better busines practices while producing a comprehensive business plan to guide business expansion decisions and activities. Entrepreneurs will learn how and when to start business planning, how to organize and better manage their business, how to identify opportunities and market their business, how to understand and get the business' financial in order and much more! Program is free to businesses licensed with the City of Mesa that have been in business one year or more (up to two attendees per business). Businesses not in Mesa the fee is $195 for the first person. Additional attendees from the same company may attend for $125 each.

Speaker: Luis Reynoso and various subject experts.

Get the most from QuickBooks, the best selling small business accounting software. This 16 hour hands-on workshop covers everyday tasks to help you effectively and accurately manage your financial data. Learn the basics of this business acounting package in a two-day trainiing program. Course fee includes textbooks and materials.

Speaker: Michelle Savoy - President of Savoy Bookkeeping and Tax Services

This class is an introduction to QuickBooks's main features. It will help you understand how to use this powerful tool to properly record all financial transactions of your business and do your bookkeeping. You will learn how to read a Balance Sheet and Income Statement, create a Chart of Accounts, use bank accounts, track credit cards and invoice customers. Understand how to use QuickBooks to save time and organize business finances.

Speaker: Michelle Savoy - President of Savoy Bookkeeping & Tax Services.

Get the most from QuickBooks, the best selling small business accounting software. This 16 hour hands-on workshop covers everyday tasks to help you effectively and accurately manage your financial data. Learn the basics of this business acounting package in a two-day trainiing program. Course fee includes textbooks and materials.

Speaker: Michelle Savoy - President of Savoy Bookkeeping and Tax Services

Two hour program that gives basic information on QuickBooks, the leading selling small business accounting softward. Perfect for new or interested users of QuickBooks, to find out more about the suggested uses and application of computerized accounting for their small business

Speaker: Neal Nelson

Series of five, 2-hour workshops, followed by five to ten hours of individualized business counseling. Session I: Overview of Social Media for Business Part I - October 5, 2010 Session II: Overview of Social Media for Business Part II - October 12, 2010 Session III: E-mail Marketing - October 19, 2010 Session IV: Build Your Own Blog Part I - October 26, 2010 Session V: Build Your Own Blog Part II - November 2, 2010 Following the sessions each business owner will be eligible for ten or more hours of one-on-one business counseling and instruction to help them complete their accounts, pages and templates and to implement their social media strategy. Workshops will be held at Phoenix College Downtown Campus in room 125 and business counseling will be at the Maricopa SBDC office at 2400 N. Central Ave., Room 104. There is no cost to owners of small and emerging businesses within the City of Phoenix.

Speaker: Susan Beauchamp