Maricopa SBDC

Mastering QuickBooks – Part 3
2016-11-15 09:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | ASU SkySong, ASU SkySong, 1475 N Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ, 85257, United States
Mastering QuickBooks – Part 3

Event Fee:
$50.00 covers all four sessions (including materials) payable by check made out to Maricopa SBDC at the first class.

Series – November 1, 8, 15 and 22, 2016
Part Three: The Purchasing Cycle: Vendors and Bills

Creating Vendors
Purchase Orders
Entering Bills
Paying Bills
Writing Checks
The Checking Account
Reconciling the Bank Account
Credit Card Transaction

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Profit Mastery – Part 3
2016-11-15 08:00 - 12:00 (America/Phoenix) | Chandler-Gilbert Community College (Sun Lakes Center), 25105 South Alma School Road, Chandler, AZ, 85248, United States
Profit Mastery – Part 3
Series – November 8, 10, 15 and 17, 2016
Fee: $295.00 (materials included and covers all four weeks.) Payment must be made at the first class by check for $295 made out to “Maricopa SBDC”. $50.00 each for additional attendees from same company.
The program is designed to help owners and managers of small business better understand financial management and increase their chances of success in today’s difficult economic times.
In this hands-on workshop, you’ll cover:

Overcoming common business problems
Understanding your financial position
Making effective pricing decisions
Evaluating cost patterns
Making your business bankable
Avoiding cash crunches

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Business 101: How to Start a Small Business
2016-11-10 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York), 2016-10-27 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Phoenix), 2016-10-13 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Phoenix) | ASU SkySong, ASU SkySong, 1475 N Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ, 85257, United States
Business 101: How to Start a Small Business
Event Fee: Free
Have you been considering starting your own small business but are unsure of where to begin? Don’t miss out on this This NO COST seminar that is designed to help entrepreneurs understand what it takes to start a business! You will be provided with information about Startup Fundamentals, Marketing and Business Planning, Financing, Licenses, Business Structures, Regulations and more. Once you have successfully completed this session, you will be better able to decide if your business idea is worth pursuing, and you will be armed with the information necessary to continue onward with your business endeavor!
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Mastering QuickBooks – Part 2
2016-11-08 09:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | ASU SkySong, ASU SkySong, 1475 N Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ, 85257, United States
Mastering QuickBooks – Part 2

Event Fee:
$50.00 covers all four sessions (including materials) payable by check made out to Maricopa SBDC at the first class.

Series – November 1, 8, 15 and 22, 2016
Part Two:
The Sales Cycle: Customers and Sales

Lists in QuickBooks
Customers
The Items List
Invoices from Estimates
Invoicing for Time & Material
Invoicing from Scratch
Money: Receiving Payments and Making Deposits
Troubleshooting

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Boots to Business: REBOOT
2016-11-08 08:30 - 16:30, 2016-11-07 08:30 - 16:30 (America/Phoenix) | AZ
Boots to Business: REBOOT
GateWay Community College
Small Business Development Center
108 N 40th Street, South Building
Phoenix, AZ 85034
ATTENDEES OR THEIR SPOUSE MUST BE A VETERAN TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM.
Boots to Business: Reboot is an entrepreneurial education program offered to veterans by the U.S. Small Business Administration in partnership with the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF).
The program provides assistance to veterans exploring self-employment opportunities by leading them through the key steps for evaluating business concepts and the foundational knowledge required for developing a business plan.
Participants are also introduced to SBA resources available to help access start-up capital and additional technical assistance.
To register for this event or for more information, please contact: James Pipper at James.Pipper@sba.gov or call 602-745-7230.

Business 101: How to Start a Small Business
2016-11-03 16:00 - 17:30 (America/New_York), 2016-10-20 16:00 - 17:30 (America/Phoenix), 2016-09-15 16:00 - 17:30 (America/Phoenix) | Estrella Mountain Community College — Ocotillo Building, Room 101, 3000 North Dysart Road, Avondale, AZ, United States
Business 101: How to Start a Small Business
Estrella Mountain Community College
Room: Business Institute located in Estrella Hall
Avondale, AZ 85323
Event Fee: Free
Have you been considering starting your own small business but are unsure of where to begin? Don’t miss out on this This NO COST seminar that is designed to help entrepreneurs understand what it takes to start a business! You will be provided with information about Startup Fundamentals, Marketing and Business Planning, Financing, Licenses, Business Structures, Regulations and more. Once you have successfully completed this session, you will be better able to decide if your business idea is worth pursuing, and you will be armed with the information necessary to continue onward with your business endeavor!
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Facebook For Business: How to Get Results without "Paying to Play"
2016-11-01 09:00 - 22:30 (America/Phoenix) | ASU SkySong, ASU SkySong, 1475 N Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ, 85257, United States
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
9:00 am – 10:30 am
COST: FREE
Facebook for Business: How to Get Results without “Paying to Play”
Now that Facebook wants you to “pay to play”, what can you do without purchasing Facebook advertising to see results from your Facebook strategy?
Quite a bit, but it must be smart, deliberate and strategic.
In this course, you will learn how to use Facebook to reach your audience, build your brand and grow your list without purchasing Facebook advertising.
What we’ll cover:
– 3 things that will never change with Facebook marketing
– Your Personal Profile and Your Business Page – Friends or Enemies?
– How Important is “Like”?
– 8 Ways to Create Content that Gets Noticed
– 4 Things to Never do on Facebook
– How and When to Invest in Facebook Advertising
– The 4 key Metrics That Tell if Your Facebook Marketing is Working or Not
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Mastering QuickBooks – Part 1
2016-11-01 09:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | ASU SkySong, ASU SkySong, 1475 N Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ, 85257, United States
Mastering QuickBooks – Part 1

Event Fee:
$50.00 covers all four sessions (including materials) payable by check made out to Maricopa SBDC at the first class.

Series – November 1, 8, 15 and 22, 2016
Part One:

QuickBooks Overview and Initial Setup
QuickBooks Versions\nAccounting 101
QuickBooks Accounting 101
Mastery of Basic Navigation
Setting up a New Company
Setting and Modifying Preferences
Introduction to Reporting

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May The Workforce Be With You
2016-10-28 07:45 - 09:00 (America/Phoenix) | ASU SkySong, ASU SkySong, 1475 N Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ, 85257, United States
Friday, October 28,
7:45 am – 9:00 am
GateWay Community
IE Building, Copper Room
108 N 40th Street
Phoenix, AZ 85034
Join us for breakfast and hear how GateWay can help you build your empire!
To attend this event register at:
https://mcccdf.org/colleges/gwcc/may-the-workforce-be-with-you/

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Business 101: How to Start a Small Business
2016-10-25 09:00 - 10:30, 2016-09-27 09:00 - 10:30 (America/Phoenix) | Chandler-Gilbert Community College (Sun Lakes Center), 25105 South Alma School Road, Chandler, AZ, 85248, United States
Have you been considering starting your own small business but are unsure of where to begin? Don’t miss out on this This NO COST seminar that is designed to help entrepreneurs understand what it takes to start a business! You will be provided with information about Startup Fundamentals, Marketing and Business Planning, Financing, Licenses, Business Structures, Regulations and more. Once you have successfully completed this session, you will be better able to decide if your business idea is worth pursuing, and you will be armed with the information necessary to continue onward with your business endeavor!
COST: FREE
LOCATION: Sun Lakes Center, Room 108
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Profit Mastery - Week 4
2016-10-13 08:30 - 12:30 (America/Phoenix) | Estrella Mountain Community College — Ocotillo Building, Room 101, 3000 North Dysart Road, Avondale, AZ, United States
This is a four week course held on:
October 4, 6, 11 and 13, 2016
Location:
Estrella Mountain Community College
Southwest Skill Center, Room SWSC 128
3000 North Dysart Road
Avondale, AZ 85392
This program is designed to help owners and managers of small business better understand financial management and maximize earnings through a better understanding of your financials.
In this hands-on workshop you’ll cover:
*Overcoming common business problems
*Understanding your financial position
*Making effective pricing decisions
*Evaluating cost patterns
*Making your business bankable
*Avoiding cash crunches
Other topics:

How does your business compare with others in your industry?
Will increasing your sales actually improve or worsen your financial outlook?
Do you think it’s possible to have an open and enthusiastic relationship with your banker, through better communication?

All of these topics and questions can be answered by understanding your financials and listening to what they are telling you. Our Profit Mastery program does all this and more. It’s a fun and educational workshop structured specifically to understanding your financials.
This program is designed for existing business owners who have at least 2 years of business history and financial reports.
Fee: $295.00 (materials included). Payment must be made at the door with a check for $295.00 made out to “Maricopa SBDC”. Cash and Credit Cards are not accepted. $50.00 for each additional attendee from the same company.
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Rocket Your Business Workshop - Two Week Series - Week 2
2016-10-13 08:30 - 12:00 (America/Phoenix) | ASU SkySong, ASU SkySong, 1475 N Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ, 85257, United States
Two-week Series
October 6 and 13, 2016
8:30 am – 12:00 pm
The Rocket Your Business Workshop Series provides the essential building blocks for growing your business. In this two week series participants will address the critical elements such as: Customer Relations, Organization, Marketing, and Business Strategy. The target audience for this program is small business owners who are currently launching a new business or are in an advanced pre-launch phase. Course sessions are designed to be highly interactive with participants using GrowthWheel worksheets to capture information specific to their new business.
October 6, 2016
Session 1. Business Concept = value proposition, product description, business description, business model
October 13, 2016
Session 2. Customer Relations = target market, marketing, sales, customer service, PR
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Laying the Groundwork for Government Contracting
2016-10-11 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Phoenix) | ASU SkySong, ASU SkySong, 1475 N Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ, 85257, United States
Laying the Ground work For Government Contracting
Event Fee: Free
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:
Nora Plonsky, Arizona PTAC Program Assistant
Nora.plonsky@domail.maricopa.edu or at (623) 845-4700

Profit Mastery - Week 3
2016-10-11 08:30 - 12:30 (America/Phoenix) | Estrella Mountain Community College — Ocotillo Building, Room 101, 3000 North Dysart Road, Avondale, AZ, United States

Business 101: How to Start a Small Business
2016-10-06 16:00 - 17:30 (America/Phoenix) | Estrella Mountain Community College — Ocotillo Building, Room 101, 3000 North Dysart Road, Avondale, AZ, United States
Business 101 How to Start a Small Business
Estrella Mountain Community College
Room: Business Institute located in Estrella Hall
Avondale, AZ 85323
Event Fee: Free
Have you been considering starting your own small business but are unsure of where to begin? Don’t miss out on this This NO COST seminar that is designed to help entrepreneurs understand what it takes to start a business! You will be provided with information about Startup Fundamentals, Marketing and Business Planning, Financing, Licenses, Business Structures, Regulations and more. Once you have successfully completed this session, you will be better able to decide if your business idea is worth pursuing, and you will be armed with the information necessary to continue onward with your business endeavor!
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Profit Mastery - Week 2
2016-10-06 08:30 - 12:30 (America/Phoenix) | Estrella Mountain Community College — Ocotillo Building, Room 101, 3000 North Dysart Road, Avondale, AZ, United States

Rocket Your Business Workshop - Two Week Series – Week 1
2016-10-06 08:30 - 12:00 (America/Phoenix) | ASU SkySong, ASU SkySong, 1475 N Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ, 85257, United States

Social Media Timesavers: Find Time to Save Time
2016-10-04 09:00 - 10:30 (America/Phoenix) | ASU SkySong, ASU SkySong, 1475 N Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ, 85257, United States
Social Media Timesavers: Find Time to Save Time

COST: FREE
Learn advanced Social Media Tips & Tricks
Social media marketing is here to stay and many of your customers are on it daily! So how do small businesses and non-profits find the time to stand out and compete on social media when you can’t afford (and don’t want) to be on it all day?
Luckily, there are tools out there to help manage the daily tasks of participating and managing social media activity for your brand.
We’ve put together an advanced social strategy for you in this seminar that will help you save time on social media marketing and also find extra time for you.
In this seminar we’ll be covering:

Curating content
Social media management tools
Creating content at events
What apps can help you
The art of not over-thinking
Next steps

We hope you can join us for this advanced social media seminar!
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Profit Mastery - Week 1
2016-10-04 08:30 - 12:30 (America/Phoenix) | Estrella Mountain Community College — Ocotillo Building, Room 101, 3000 North Dysart Road, Avondale, AZ, United States

Profit Mastery – week 4
2016-09-29 08:30 - 12:30 (America/Phoenix) | ASU SkySong, ASU SkySong, 1475 N Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ, 85257, United States
Profit Mastery – Week 4
The program is designed to help owners and managers of small business better understand financial management and increase their chances of success in today’s difficult economic times.Series – September 13, 15, 27 and 29, 2016
In this hands-on workshop, you’ll cover:

Overcoming common business problems
Understanding your financial position
Making effective pricing decisions
Evaluating cost patterns
Making your business bankable
Avoiding cash crunches

FEE: $295.00 (materials included). Payment must be made at the door with a check for $295.00 made out to “Maricopa SBDC”. Cash and Credit Cards are not accepted. $50.00 for each additional attendee from the same company.
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Profit Mastery – Week 3
2016-09-27 08:30 - 12:30 (America/Phoenix) | AZ
Profit Mastery – Week 3
Series – September 13, 15, 27 and 29, 2016
The program is designed to help owners and managers of small business better understand financial management and increase their chances of success in today’s difficult economic times.
In this hands-on workshop, you’ll cover:

Overcoming common business problems
Understanding your financial position
Making effective pricing decisions
Evaluating cost patterns
Making your business bankable
Avoiding cash crunches

FEE: $295.00 (materials included). Payment must be made at the door with a check for $295.00 made out to “Maricopa SBDC”. Cash and Credit Cards are not accepted. $50.00 for each additional attendee from the same company.
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Business 101: How to Start a Small Business
2016-09-22 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Phoenix) | ASU SkySong, ASU SkySong, 1475 N Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ, 85257, United States
Have you been considering starting your own small business but are unsure of where to begin? Don’t miss out on this This NO COST seminar that is designed to help entrepreneurs understand what it takes to start a business! You will be provided with information about Startup Fundamentals, Marketing and Business Planning, Financing, Licenses, Business Structures, Regulations and more. Once you have successfully completed this session, you will be better able to decide if your business idea is worth pursuing, and you will be armed with the information necessary to continue onward with your business endeavor!
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Getting Started with Constant Contact - Part 2
2016-09-20 09:00 - 10:30 (America/Phoenix) | ASU SkySong, ASU SkySong, 1475 N Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ, 85257, United States
Getting Started with Constant Contact – Part 2
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
9:00 am – 10:30 am
COST: FREE
New to Email Marketing? Want to learn how to build your list and understand your reports? We’ll show you!
This is a guided demonstration of the tools and features inside Constant Contact’s email marketing system.
In this 90 minute session you will learn the steps to take after setting up your account and email template (covered in part 1 on September 6), so you can start building your list and nurturing your subscribers through email marketing.
We will cover:

Importing your email list into your constant database
Getting new subscribers by adding sign-up boxes to your website and emails
Creating a powerful customized welcome email
Tracking and interpreting your results

It’s a relaxed, friendly educational session so bring your questions!
This seminar is suitable for anyone new to Constant Contact or who just wants help learning how to use our products. Some general knowledge of email marketing practices and concepts may be helpful.
Attendance at Part 1 is not a requirement to attend part 2.
Note: This seminar is a demonstration, not a hands-on workshop. You may bring your laptop to follow along in your own account, but it is not required.
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Profit Mastery – Week 2
2016-09-15 08:30 - 12:30 (America/Phoenix) | ASU SkySong, ASU SkySong, 1475 N Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ, 85257, United States
Profit Mastery – Week 2
The program is designed to help owners and managers of small business better understand financial management and increase their chances of success in today’s difficult economic times.Series – September 13, 15, 27 and 29, 2016
In this hands-on workshop, you’ll cover:

Overcoming common business problems
Understanding your financial position
Making effective pricing decisions
Evaluating cost patterns
Making your business bankable
Avoiding cash crunches

FEE: $295.00 (materials included). Payment must be made at the door with a check for $295.00 made out to “Maricopa SBDC”. Cash and Credit Cards are not accepted. $50.00 for each additional attendee from the same company.
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