Maricopa SBDC

Put Your Business Idea in Motion -- GateWay CC
2019-09-18 09:00 - 11:00, 2019-08-21 09:00 - 11:00, 2019-07-17 09:00 - 11:00, 2019-06-12 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Phoenix) | GateWay Community College, Small Business Development Center, 108 N 40th Street, South Building, PHOENIX, AZ, 85034, United States
Are you an entrepreneur in the early stage of exploring and planning a new business venture? Do you know if it is a viable idea, one that will be a good investment of your time, resources and money? In our Put Your Business Idea in Motion program, you will learn about the critical questions you need to ask, and be given tools and resources you will need to use, to make a “Go” or “No Go” business start decision.
During this interactive session, you will:

Learn how to develop a winning value proposition
Know the resources available to help you start your market research
Be introduced to the concepts and tools you need to identify startup costs and working capital needs.

Participants are given short activities to apply what they learn to their business idea.
Audience: This program is intended for new entrepreneurs and first time business owners who have not yet opened their doors for business.
Note: The session does not include information related to legal structure, tax or licensing information.
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Set Up Your Business for Success - LaunchPoint-Mesa
2019-09-17 15:30 - 17:30 | LaunchPoint, 245 West 2nd Street, Mesa, AZ, 85201, United States
How you structure your business from day one will go a long way towards your ultimate success. An unintended mistake could result in unnecessary costs and unproductive use of time when you can least afford either. This workshop covers everything from choosing a business entity to hiring other people to setting up useful financial documents. It will serve as a road map to your grand opening!
Speaker: Lou Farina, SBDC Business Analyst
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Small Business Payroll -- GateWay CC
2019-09-12 09:00 - 11:00, 2019-05-30 09:00 - 11:00 | GateWay Community College, Small Business Development Center, 108 N 40th Street, South Building, PHOENIX, AZ, 85034, United States
In this workshop you will learn about:

Employee vs Contractor Rules
New Hires

Required Paperwork (New Hire Packets)
Recordkeeping
E-verify & New Hire Reporting

Exempt vs. Non-exempt employees (Salary or Hourly)
Payroll Taxes

Understanding

Employee withholding
Employer payroll taxes
Gross pay vs net pay

Workers Compensation

Based on Estimates
Self-Audit

Working with payroll company

How to review payroll reports
How to record transactions

Legislative Updates

Prop 206 AZ Minimum Wage & Sick Leave
FLSA Update (minimum salary for exempt employees)

Speaker: Tanya Luken, CPA
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Laying the Groundwork for Government Contracting
2019-09-10 13:00 - 15:00, 2019-08-13 13:00 - 15:00, 2019-07-09 13:00 - 15:00 | GateWay Community College, Small Business Development Center, 108 N 40th Street, South Building, PHOENIX, AZ, 85034, United States
Learn the basics of how government contracting works.
Very basic introduction to government contracting and the services PTAC offers. We follow a Who, What, Why, When and How format followed by a group discussion. This course is for small business owners who know very little or nothing about government procurement.
To register for this event please contact:
Danny Ayala, Arizona PTAC Program Manager
Daniel.Ayala@domail.maricopa.edu or at (623)845-4703
OR
Register at: https://azptac.com/events/

Set Up Your Business for Success - GateWay CC
2019-08-28 09:00 - 11:00 | GateWay Community College, Small Business Development Center, 108 N 40th Street, South Building, PHOENIX, AZ, 85034, United States
How you structure your business from day one will go a long way towards your ultimate success. An unintended mistake could result in unnecessary costs and unproductive use of time when you can least afford either. This workshop covers everything from choosing a business entity to hiring other people to setting up useful financial documents. It will serve as a road map to your grand opening!
Speaker: Katie Boddy, SBDC Business Analyst
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Get a Handle on Financial Projections -- GateWay CC
2019-08-22 09:00 - 11:00 | GateWay Community College, Small Business Development Center, 108 N 40th Street, South Building, PHOENIX, AZ, 85034, United States
As a business owner it is challenging to forecast sales and expenses. This program will give you a basic understanding of how to unwrap the mystery of making realistic financial projections. Participants will learn how to easily follow the path to develop real, beneficial, and supportable forecasts.
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Business Income and How It's Taxed -- GateWay CC
2019-08-20 09:00 - 11:00 | GateWay Community College, Small Business Development Center, 108 N 40th Street, South Building, PHOENIX, AZ, 85034, United States
In this workshop you will:
Learn about the different types of business entities

Sole-proprietor
Partnership
LLC
S-Corp
C-Corp
Others

Including corporate maintenance
Avoid commingling of money

Learn what is business income

Revenue minuses expenses
Not cash taken by the owner
Recordkeeping Requirements

Business income tax forms

Understand which type
Define & discuss flow-through entities

How business income is taxed
How to pay income tax on business income

EFTPS/AZ Taxes
Quarterly Payments
Underpayment penalties & how to avoid them

Legislative Updates (plus changes from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act).
Speaker: Tanya Luken, CPA
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Business Income and How It's Taxed -- Peoria
2019-08-15 09:00 - 11:00 | Huntington University, Peoria Campus, 8385 W Mariners Way, Peoria, AZ, 85382, United States

Put Your Business Idea in Motion -- Chandler
2019-08-13 15:00 - 17:00 | Chandler Chamber of Commerce, 25 S Arizona Place, Chandler, AZ, 85225, United States

Put Your Business Idea in Motion -- Mesa CC
2019-08-12 13:00 - 15:00 | Mesa Community College/Room LB300 Library Meeting Room, 3rd floor, 1833 W. Southern Ave., Mesa, AZ, 85202

Set Up Your Business for Success - GateWay CC
2019-07-24 09:00 - 11:00 | GateWay Community College, Small Business Development Center, 108 N 40th Street, South Building, PHOENIX, AZ, 85034, United States
How you structure your business from day one will go a long way towards your ultimate success. An unintended mistake could result in unnecessary costs and unproductive use of time when you can least afford either. This workshop covers everything from choosing a business entity to hiring other people to setting up useful financial documents. It will serve as a road map to your grand opening!
Speaker: Michael Cohen, SBDC Business Analyst
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Put Your Business Idea in Motion -- Mesa
2019-07-23 15:00 - 17:00 | LaunchPoint, 245 West 2nd Street, Mesa, AZ, 85201, United States
Are you an entrepreneur in the early stage of exploring and planning a new business venture? Do you know if it is a viable idea, one that will be a good investment of your time, resources and money? In our Put Your Business Idea in Motion program, you will learn about the critical questions you need to ask, and be given tools and resources you will need to use, to make a “Go” or “No Go” business start decision.
During this interactive session, you will:

Learn how to develop a winning value proposition
Know the resources available to help you start your market research
Be introduced to the concepts and tools you need to identify startup costs and working capital needs.

Participants are given short activities to apply what they learn to their business idea.
Audience: This program is intended for new entrepreneurs and first time business owners who have not yet opened their doors for business.
Note: The session does not include information related to legal structure, tax or licensing information.
Location: Room #143 at LaunchPoint Mesa
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Angel Investors and What Makes Them Tick -- Surprise
2019-07-16 10:00 - 12:00 | AZ TechCelerator, 12425 W. Bell Rd., Surprise, AZ, 85378, United States
Have you heard the term Angel Investor? Looking for Investor Capital? Understanding who Angel Investors are and what makes them tick can be the difference between getting your startup funded or not. Let’s discuss what motivates Angels to open their wallets. In this workshop you will learn what goes on inside the mind of an Angel Investor.
After this session you should be able to…..
• Understand the sequence of equity investing thereby allowing you to position your venture to optimize its capital acquisition strategy
• Know the difference between Angel and Venture Capital and when they each are applicable.
• Profile Angel Investors and their mindset thus enabling smooth engagements.
• Appreciate Angel Investor’s ROI and time horizon expectations so that your venture’s “asks” aligns with their expectations.
• Enhance pitch decks by incorporating key themes that are important to Angel Investors
• Gain a realistic view on how Startups are valued thereby increasing your chances of closing a deal with Angels
• Be more comfortable with the Angel Group Investment Process
Speaker: This workshop is led by SBDC Business Analyst, Lou Farina. Lou is a local angel investor. He is a former technology leader with over 20 new ventures, mergers, acquisitions, turnarounds and divestures. For most of his career he focused large scale corporate ventures involving of hundreds of millions of dollars in capital and revenue on a global scale. More recently he has focused locally as an angel investor, strategic advisor and university consultant. Lou enjoys working with high-potential technology companies within the Arizona Ecosystem.
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Put Your Business Idea in Motion -- Estrella Mountain CC
2019-07-11 16:00 - 17:30, 2019-06-06 16:00 - 17:30 | Estrella Mountain Community College — Ocotillo Building, Room 101, 3000 North Dysart Road, Avondale, AZ, United States
Are you an entrepreneur in the early stage of exploring and planning a new business venture? Do you know if it is a viable idea, one that will be a good investment of your time, resources and money? In our Put Your Business Idea in Motion program, you will learn about the critical questions you need to ask, and be given tools and resources you will need to use, to make a “Go” or “No Go” business start decision.
During this interactive session, you will:

Learn how to develop a winning value proposition
Know the resources available to help you start your market research
Be introduced to the concepts and tools you need to identify startup costs and working capital needs.

Participants are given short activities to apply what they learn to their business idea.
Audience: This program is intended for new entrepreneurs and first time business owners who have not yet opened their doors for business.
Note: The session does not include information related to legal structure, tax or licensing information.
Located in: Ocotillo Building, Room 101
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Get a Handle on Financial Projections -- GateWay CC
2019-06-20 09:00 - 11:00 | GateWay Community College, Small Business Development Center, 108 N 40th Street, South Building, PHOENIX, AZ, 85034, United States
As a business owner it is challenging to forest sales and expenses. This program will give you a basic understanding of how to unwrap the mystery of making realistic financial projections. Participants will learn how to easily follow the path to develop real, beneficial, and supportable forecasts.
Register Now

Set Up Your Business for Success -- Peoria
2019-06-19 15:30 - 17:30 | Huntington University, Peoria Campus, 8385 W Mariners Way, Peoria, AZ, 85382, United States

Set Up Your Business for Success - GateWay CC
2019-06-19 09:00 - 11:00 | GateWay Community College, Small Business Development Center, 108 N 40th Street, South Building, PHOENIX, AZ, 85034, United States

Put Your Business Idea in Motion -- Peoria
2019-06-12 15:30 - 17:30 | Huntington University, Peoria Campus, 8385 W Mariners Way, Peoria, AZ, 85382, United States
Are you an entrepreneur in the early stage of exploring and planning a new business venture? Do you know if it is a viable idea, one that will be a good investment of your time, resources and money? In our Put Your Business Idea in Motion program, you will learn about the critical questions you need to ask, and be given tools and resources you will need to use, to make a “Go” or “No Go” business start decision.
During this interactive session, you will:

Learn how to develop a winning value proposition
Know the resources available to help you start your market research
Be introduced to the concepts and tools you need to identify startup costs and working capital needs.

Participants are given short activities to apply what they learn to their business idea.
Audience: This program is intended for new entrepreneurs and first time business owners who have not yet opened their doors for business.
Note: The session does not include information related to legal structure, tax or licensing information.
Located in: Huntington University, Peoria, AZ
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*Cancelled* Laying the Groundwork for Government Contracting
2019-06-11 13:00 - 15:00 | GateWay Community College, Small Business Development Center, 108 N 40th Street, South Building, PHOENIX, AZ, 85034, United States

SBIR/STTR Workshop -- GateWay CC
2019-06-11 09:00 - 11:00 | GateWay Community College, Small Business Development Center, 108 N 40th Street, South Building, PHOENIX, AZ, 85034, United States
This workshop begins with some basics of the SBIR/STTR programs. It will then covers the process for developing a competitive Phase 1 SBIR or STTR proposal to any of the 11 participating agencies. The workshop is suitable for newcomers to the SBIR/STTR programs, as well as those who have previously submitted Phase 1 proposals but have not received awards. Even successful Phase 1 winners will find relevant and useful information, particularly as the SBIR/STTR programs evolve toward greater emphasis on commercialization.
After this session you should be able to…..

Understand the basics of the SBIR/STTR programs.
Appreciate the emphasis on commercialization.
Know the benefits of a University Partnership.
Know how to find a research partner in my field at a University
Identify what steps you need to take to become a partner with ASU

If any of the following apply to you, this is a don’t miss event that fills quickly:

Early stage technology based businesses actively engaged in fundraising
Newcomers to the SBIR/STTR programs
Businesses who have previously submitted Phase 1 proposals but have not received awards
Successful Phase 1 winners

This workshop will be presented by John Mitchell, Arizona State University’s Industry and Innovation Director. John’s career progressed from engineering, engineering management, marketing and finally management of multinational joint ventures within a Fortune 100 environment. That was during the telecom/wireless revolution. During the Internet revolution, he helped a number of Silicon Valley startups grow their sales exponentially and then took that collective knowledge to launch his own startup company. After successfully selling his startup through a software licensing arrangement, he joined academe.
John now helps Arizona State University expand its research enterprise by leveraging the skills he developed during the course of his career. Those skills include: business development, public speaking, intellectual property management, and the ability to describe, manage and market intangible assets such as research.
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Set Up Your Business for Success -- GateWay CC
2019-05-29 09:00 - 11:00 | GateWay Community College, Small Business Development Center, 108 N 40th Street, South Building, PHOENIX, AZ, 85034, United States
How you structure your business from day one will go a long way towards your ultimate success. An unintended mistake could result in unnecessary costs and unproductive use of time when you can least afford either. This workshop covers everything from choosing a business entity to hiring other people to setting up useful financial documents. It will serve as a road map to your grand opening!
Speaker: Marcus Browne, SBDC Business Analyst
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Get a Handle on Financial Projections -- Glendale CC
2019-05-22 09:00 - 11:00 | Glendale Community College, 6000 W Olive Ave, Glendale, AZ, 85302, United States

Set Up Your Business for Success -- Peoria
2019-05-21 15:00 - 17:00 | City of Peoria Economic Development Department, 9875 N. 85th Ave., Peoria, AZ, 85345, United States
How you structure your business from day one will go a long way towards your ultimate success. An unintended mistake could result in unnecessary costs and unproductive use of time when you can least afford either. This workshop covers everything from choosing a business entity to hiring other people to setting up useful financial documents. It will serve as a road map to your grand opening!
Speaker: Michael Cohen, SBDC Business Analyst
Located in: City of Peoria Economic Department Office
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