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Programs

Business Action Plan (Currently offered quarterly in Spanish)

Join us for our 4-week workshop that will take your business idea from concept to action! Our activity-based program is designed to help you assess your strengths, refine your competitive-advantage, and create an actionable plan that you can implement right away.

 

Here's what you'll learn:

  • How to conduct market research

  • How to develop a business model

  • How to create a financial plan

  • How to market and sell your product or service

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Additional benefits of participating in our workshop:

  • You'll get to network with other entrepreneurs and learn from their experiences.

  • You'll receive one-on-one support from our experienced instructors.

  • You'll have the opportunity to get feedback on your business plan from both your classmates and the instructors.

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Check out our calendar of events to see when the next session is coming up!

Computer class (How to use Excel/google sheets for your business!)

Are you thinking about starting a business, but don’t know where to begin? This FREE workshop will take you through the essential steps.

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We will lay out and demystify the most effective path to startup success. We will explain step-by-step how to get from concept to launch. You will learn the different legal structures for forming a business, how to register your business entity, tax responsibilities of small businesses as well as common pitfalls small businesses run into and how to avoid them.

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This program is funded through a grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and hosted by The Toolbox.

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Date: First Tuesday of every month (February 1st, 2022)

Time: 6:00 p.m.

Essential Steps to Start a Business

Are you thinking about starting a business, but don’t know where to begin? This FREE workshop will take you through the essential steps.

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We will lay out and demystify the most effective path to startup success. We will explain step-by-step how to get from concept to launch. You will learn the different legal structures for forming a business, how to register your business entity, tax responsibilities of small businesses as well as common pitfalls small businesses run into and how to avoid them.

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This program is funded through a grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and hosted by The Toolbox.

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Date: First Tuesday of every month (February 1st, 2022)

Time: 6:00 p.m.

How to Start and Maintain and Repair Business Credit

Presenters: Gina Garcia & Victor Camino, Alfa Credit Repair, LLC

 

This workshop is designed to provide start-up entrepreneurs and seasoned business owners alike with a step-by-step guide to establishing your personal & business credit profile and building business credit.

 

Key Learning Objectives of the Workshop:

 

1. Introduce participants to the key facts, terms and concepts critical to understanding credit, how it works and how to get it;

 

2. Introduce participants to the personal & business credit bureaus and how they gather information;

 

3. Teach participants how to repair and maintain their credit to maximize their chances of securing personal & business credit;

 

This program is funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration and through a grant from the Economic Development Administration administered by the Mid-America Regional Council and hosted by The Toolbox.

Accounting FUNdamentals

Congratulations you’ve launched your business! Now it’s time to put systems in place to track your sales and expenses to ensure you’re profitable. But, where do you start? What expenses can you deduct? How much taxes will you have to pay?

 

Whether you've been in business for a while or just recently started your entrepreneurship journey, managing your finances is essential in sustaining and growing your business. This workshop will take the stress out of understanding your finances and break it down into simple concepts and steps that anyone can understand and put into place!

 

This workshop will focus on:

 

- Fundamental accounting and bookkeeping processes

 

- Understand What Expenses You Need to Track

 

- How to Track and Store Your Expenses

 

- How to Establish a Bookkeeping System

 

- Understand Your Tax Obligations (sales tax, self-employment tax, income tax, etc)

 

This program is funded through a grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the Economic Development Administration administered by the Mid-America Regional Council and hosted by The Toolbox.

Protecting Your Construction Business

When scaling your construction business, your legal risks change as you grow your company. Bigger projects mean bigger money. Bigger money means bigger risk. This workshop is your key to ensuring you know the appropriate steps to take on the projects you pursue, and that starts with learning how to legally protect yourself.

 

This workshop will equip subcontractors wanting to grow their business with the essential steps they need to take to make sure they get paid!

 

By attending this workshop, you will:

 

• Learn what your rights are as a residential/commercial subcontractor

 

• Best practices on how to prevent issues with the owner/project

 

• Learn the keys to a construction contract/service agreement

 

• Learn what to do if you are having problems getting paid

 

And so much more!

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