Entrepreneurship for Small Business

What happens in this class?  A hands-on course that develops entrepreneurial traits, knowledge and skills. The course guides participants through the process of planning, creating and operating small businesses of their own design.

If you have dreamed of starting a business, we can help you prepare for success. Graduates have a better than 85% success rate. If you already have a business, we can help you improve and expand. You and other participants learn to be entrepreneurs by doing the things that successful small business owners do with challenging and interesting cases, simulations and videos.

Topics covered:

• Breakeven Analysis
• Marketing Product/Service
• Business Operations
• Cash Flow
• Balance Sheet
• Profit/Loss
• Completing Your Business Plan

Registration fee: $120.00 -- plus materials

Monroe: (Old Charlotte Highway Campus)
July 10, 2012 - Aug 16, 2012 Tues/Thur 5:30 – 8:30pm 
Sept 18, 2012 - Nov 1, 2012 Tues/Thur 5:30 – 8:30pm  

Wadesboro: (Lockhart Taylor Center)
March 6, 2012 - April 12, 2012   Tues/Thur  5:30 – 8:30pm
   
For More Information or to Register:
In Anson County: 704-694-6505
In Union County: E-mail dmerle@spcc.edu or call 704-290-5219
Unemployed or dislocated workers may qualify for fee waiver.

Small Business Seminar
If you have ever dreamed of starting a business, we can prepare you for success! Small Business don't just happen ... Learn the entrepreneurial traits, knowledge and skills you need to be a success. Find out about the process of planning, creating and operating your small business.

Monroe: (Old Charlotte Highway Campus) Building A, Room 102
All classes are 8 - 11 a.m. unless noted otherwise

To be announced

For more info or to register, call: 704-290-5219

How to Start Your Business
Have a great idea for a small business, but not sure what to do next? This seminar takes you through the steps to getting your business up and running. These steps encourage a detailed look at your opportunity and how best to position it for success for you. We will also talk about how to minimize the risks that are in every new venture.

Wadesboro:  Call for class dates

Courses You Can Take at Home
The following three courses are the property of and copyrighted by NC REAL, Inc.
For a Limited Time Only - No Charge!

• Business Use of Your Home (online only)
  Business Use of Your Home provides the information you need to understand the tax implications of using your home as your business headquarters. It also will give you instructions on how to calculate direct and indirect business expenses; ways to use different depreciation methods; how to correct mistakes with IRS. You will have the opportunity to complete case studies demonstrating all aspects of using your home as a business office.
• Understanding Financial Statements (online only)
  Understanding Financial Statements (FS1) introduces you to the financial statements most often used by small business owners.
• Using Financial Statements (online only)
  Using Financial Statements (FS2) walks you through a case study and shows you how basic financial statements (Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow Statement) are used.

Go to www.ncreal.org for information on passwords.

Seminars are held at 4209 Old Charlotte Highway in Monroe and the Lockhart-Taylor Center in Wadesboro unless otherwise indicated. To register, call 704-290-5219. Registration fee is $5 per seminar unless otherwise noted.