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1 Martin Community College Small Business Center Martin & Bertie Counties FREE BUSINESS SEMINARS FREE ONE-ON-ONE BUSINESS COUNSELING FREE BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER FOR START UP BUSINESSES NEW BUSINESSES EXISTING BUSINESSES
2 BUILDING 4, OFFICE KEHUKEE PARK ROAD WILLIAMSTON, NC Callie Northern-Herring SBC Director callie.northern-herring@martincc.edu Lena Jackson SBC Administrative Assistant lena.jackson@martincc.edu
3 How To Start A Business Understand the basics of starting a business in this seminar that takes you from idea to opportunity. Learn key strategies for start-up, financing and marketing as well as important information about legal issues, licensing, zoning, operations and more. Realize the importance of a self-assessment and how to evaluate the feasibility of your business idea. Discover the resources available to help you start and successfully operate your business. Small Business Taxes Gain a solid understanding of taxes required for small business owners and develop the best tax strategy for your business. Become familiar with the latest tax forms and procedures for both state and federal taxes. Discover how everyday business decisions can have tax implications that can affect your bottom line. This seminar is important for both new and experienced business owners. Basics Bookkeeping for Businesses Gain a workable knowledge of how to properly record financial transactions for your business. Discover the three most important financial reports and how to use them to make the best-informed business decisions. If you re a new business owner or need a refresher on the basics of accounting, this seminar is designed for you. QuickBooks for Small Businesses QuickBooks is a powerful tool for small businesses! This session will teach you how to navigate QuickBooks, create a company file, work with vendors (write checks, pay bills), customers, manage payroll, do bank reconciliation and create reports. These topics will give you a great start for managing your business with QuickBooks. You will also learn how to perform monthly tasks such as reconciliation and customized reports. Excellent introductory class to QuickBooks! 01/18/18 02/13/18 01/23/18 04/26/18 6:00PM - 8:00PM 3:00PM - 5:00PM Martin - Bldg. 4 - RM 1 Martin - Bldg. 4 - RM 1 01/25/18 6:00PM 8:00PM Martin - Bldg. 4 RM 1 01/30/18 04/10/18 6:00PM 8:00PM 6:00PM 8:00PM Martin - Bldg. 4 RM 1 Bertie - Computer Lab
4 Let s Talk Small Business (Roundtable) Attend this networking session that will provide an opportunity for small business owners to discuss topics that affect your day to day operation How To Market Your Small Business You can have the best products and services in the world, but unless prospective customers and clients know about you, your business will fail. This seminar is designed to assist new and existing business owners in learning ways of identifying and reaching their target markets, in creative and cost-effective ways. Different businesses require different tactics. Find out what will work for your business. How To Write A Winning Business Plan The business plan is the blueprint for your business. Starting a business without a business plan is unwise to say the least. Writing a business plan is the best way to test whether or not an idea for starting a business is feasible, other than going out and doing it. In this sense, the business plan is your safety net; writing a business plan can save you a great deal of time and money. Connecting Borrowers with SBA Connecting Borrowers with SBA Approved Lenders (SBA Programs and Funding) - SBA will provide information and resources for aspiring and existing entrepreneurs who want to start or expand a small business. SBA is a platform agency that also supports over 120 lenders in North Carolina that fund start-ups and existing businesses. SBA also funds the largest mentoring network in the country to help individuals starting a business, create a business plans, funding, marketing, social media, and franchising such as SCORE, Small Business and Technology Development Center Network, and The Women s Business Center of NC. Wednesday 01/31/18 Martin- Bldg. 4 - RM 1 02/01/18 6:00PM - 8:00PM Martin- Bldg. 4 - RM 1 02/06/18 6:00PM 8:00PM Martin- Bldg. 4 RM 1 Wednesday 02/07/18 Martin- Bldg. 4 RM 1
5 Creating A Loan Package For Your Business Learn the steps necessary in completing an application for a business loan package. Each of the forms and requirements are explained and included. Find out what lenders are looking for when they consider you for a business loan. Gain a clear understanding of the personal and business documents needed for a business loan and how to properly complete them. Board Training For Nonprofits This seminar is appropriate for any board that seeks greater clarity or understanding about its roles and responsibilities and expectations for board engagement, including the balance and partnership between board and staff. Attendees will learn the role and function of board members; the traits of an effective board; the importance of having diversity on a board; and how to conduct effective board meetings. How To Find & Write Grants This seminar will provide attendees with a clear and thorough explanation of the grant writing process. In this seminar, you will learn the different types of grant proposal formats for corporations, foundations, state and federal agencies. We will walk through the application guidelines for each of them. Attendees will understand the review process, gain a full understanding of the criteria funders use to determine whether your grant proposal gets funded or rejected! 02/08/18 Martin - Bldg. 4 - RM 1 Wednesday Wednesday 02/15/18 03/28/18 05/22/18 02/22/18 04/03/18 05/23/18 6:00PM - 8:00PM 6:00PM - 8:00PM Martin - Bldg. 4 RM 1 Martin - Bldg. 4 RM 1 Martin - Bldg. 4 RM 1 Martin - Bldg. 4 RM 1 How To Build A Website For Your Small Business 02/27/18 Martin - Bldg. 4 RM 1 Today, every entrepreneur, small business owner, home-based business owner, and anyone selling products or services must have a presence on the Internet. Creating a website for your small business can be easier than you think and YOU CAN DO IT YOURSELF! 05/01/18 Bertie - Computer Lab
6 Sale & Use Tax For Your Business The NC Department of Revenue will host a sale and use tax workshop for small business owners. The workshop will discuss the basics of sales and use taxes including registering for a sale and use tax account, learning about the most common types of sales and use taxes collected, and preparing and filing a sales and use tax return. Credit Talk For Small Business Owners Research reveals that many small business owners have a limited understanding of what it takes to be approved for credit and how to best use credit options. This seminar will help you better understand how credit decisions are made, improve your credit knowledge and take you through steps to help you get credit ready! Microsoft Excel For Small Business This seminar allows participants to learn how Microsoft Excel can help them in their small business. Seminar includes hands-on activities using Microsoft Excel operations. With these activities, participants will learn to create and edit spreadsheets, format the information attractively, use formulas and functions as well as create charts to display spreadsheet data. Tax Considerations When Starting A Business Of all the choices you make when starting a business, one of the most important is the type of legal organization you select for your company. This decision can affect how much you pay in taxes, the amount of paperwork your business is required to do, the personal liability you face and your ability to borrow money. The answer to the question What structure makes the most sense? depends on the individual circumstances of each business owner. The type of business entity you choose will depend on: (1) liability, (2) taxation and (3) recordkeeping. Wednesday 03/01/18 05/16/18 03/06/18 06/14/18 6:00PM - 8:00PM Martin - Bldg. 4 - RM 1 Martin - Bldg. 4 - RM 1 03/08/18 6:00PM 8:00PM Martin - Bldg. 4 RM 1 03/15/18 6:00PM - 8:00PM Martin - Bldg. 4 - RM 1
7 Starting A 501C3 Nonprofit This seminar will provide a clear understanding of effective action items needed before starting a non-profit organization, assist with developing a defined mission, vision, purpose of organization, familiarize you with regulatory protocol to start an organization, help you to understand the need to develop an effective team to execute plans for the organization. 03/20/18 6:00PM - 8:00PM Martin - Bldg. 4 - RM 1 Fueling Your Small Business The seminar is designed to help small business owners and prospective entrepreneurs understand how to access credit and capital for their businesses. It will review the six basic principles many lenders use to make credit decisions and provide an overview of the resources available in North Carolina for small businesses. Finally, the seminar will cover the Rural Center's Microenterprise Loan Program and provide details about its lending criteria and Budgeting For Grants This seminar will help attendees understand the crucial need for effective budgeting for grant proposals, analyze annual budgets and cash flow statements, realize why a business/ project budget is essential to grant/business success, set up and manage a budget! ServSafe Requirements For Food Service Small Businesses Owners The purpose of this seminar is to provide small business owners information regarding certifications that are available and instill a basic understanding and awareness toward critical food safety concepts. Wednesday 03/21/18 Martin - Bldg. 4 - RM 1 03/22/18 6:00PM 8:00PM Martin - Bldg. 4 RM 1 03/27/18 6:00PM 8:00PM Martin - Bldg. 4 RM 1
8 How To Find Customers The most difficult part of starting and growing a business is finding customers. Having a great product or service that you are sure many people will need is not good enough. Customers won't find you, your store, your website or your Facebook page just because you have started a business. As a business owner, your customer base is the lifeline of your business. A steady stream of new customers will allow you to grow your business. Canva For Marketing Are you looking for a whole new way to design? Try Canva! Canva is a free, easy to use, online design tool that could be used by anyone to create professional quality graphics in no time at all. This workshop will guide you through the Canva user interface and all of the features and functionality to help you create breath taking graphics for your small business. Financing Your Business For small businesses, finding the right funding source is important. Financing a business can be the most challenging part of starting or growing a business. There are many opportunities for financing available to entrepreneurs, but finding the right funding source for your type of business is key to your business success! In this seminar you will learn what you need and what to do before approaching a lender to finance your business. The Business of Trucking There has never been a better time for trucking! The trucking industry is one of the most profitable industries in the United States. The U.S. government projects that 330,000 new truck drivers will be needed by Learn what s involved in starting a trucking business: from startup costs and business licensing requirements to growing your existing trucking business! 04/05/18 Martin- Bldg. 4 RM 1 Wednesday 04/18/18 Martin- Bldg. 4 - RM 1 04/24/18 06/07/18 Martin- Bldg. 4 RM 1 Saturday 04/28/18 10:00AM-12:00PM Martin- Bldg. 4 RM 1
9 How To Increase Your Credit Score to Over 740 Points: Prepare For A Bank Business Loan! A very good credit score is now considered to be 740 points with an excellent credit score being over 800 points. Should you pay off your balances every month or carry a balance? Your credit score is important in being able to obtain a loan for your business, determine the interest rate of your loans, your insurance premiums & deposits required for phone and utility services. Do you receive and understand your credit report from each of the three credit reporting bureaus? Do You Need An Angel Investor? Angel investors invest in early stages or start-up companies in exchange for an equity ownership interest. Angel investing in startups has been accelerating. Attend this seminar to learn more about Angel Investor! Growing Your Business With Social Media A dynamic overview of Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, YouTube, blogging and free online directories to help market and grow your small business. Is Owning A Business A Good Fit Are you ready to become a small business owner? Do you have the passion, drive and motivation to be your own boss? Attend this seminar to learn what you need in order to start & grow your own business! Are You Covered? (Business Insurance) You worked hard to build a successful business! It is critical to include in your business plan the proper types of insurance protection. Accidents and disasters can happen in the blink of an eye! If you do not have the proper insurance, you could be ruin financially. This seminar will cover various types of business insurance to protect your lifestyle, your business, your assets and your income. 05/03/18 6:00PM 8:00PM Martin - Bldg. 4 RM 1 Wednesday 05/09/18 11:00AM-1:00PM Martin - Bldg. 4 RM 1 05/10/18 6:00PM 8:00PM Martin - Bldg. 4 - RM 1 05/17/18 6:00PM 8:00PM Martin - Bldg. 4 RM 1 Wednesday 05/30/18 11:00AM-1:00PM Martin - Bldg. 4 RM 1
10 Customer Service For Small Business Excellent customer service can make or break a small business! Good customer service can be the difference between being able to compete and survive and failing for small businesses. This seminar will teach you what good customer service is and give you ideas to assess and improve customer service in your small business. Credit Reporting For Your Business Your company's credit reports directly affect your ability to compete and grow. Unlike a personal credit report, anyone can pull your business credit report -- they don't need your permission. Working to build better business credit helps build a stronger financial profile when seeking bank loans or investment financing. Managing Cash Flow When it comes to understanding business finances, the ability to read different financial statements becomes crucial. Cash flow statement is one of the core three financial reporting tools businesses use. A cash flow statement will reflect the business s financial health and therefore, it isn t just crucial for business owners but for investors as well. Journey To Entrepreneurship There is no business, like your own business! Whether you are a recent graduate, a middle-aged person seeking a new career opportunity, or a recently retired senior looking for your next adventure, it's a great time to start your own business. However, not everyone has what it takes to start a business. Before investing any time or resources, evaluate yourself and see if you have the typical traits of an entrepreneur. Are you motivated, able to adapt and confident? The biggest challenge for most people is deciding what type of business to start and where to begin. This seminar will walk you through the steps needed to get started and provide answers to your questions! 05/31/18 6:00PM - 8:00PM Martin - Bldg. 4 - RM 1 06/05/18 6:00PM - 8:00PM Martin - Bldg. 4 - RM 1 06/12/18 6:00PM 8:00PM Martin - Bldg. 4 RM 1 Wednesday 06/20/18 11:00AM - 1:00PM
11 Resources For Women Owned Businesses This seminar is for women who have started a business or plan on starting a business. The Women s Business Center of North Carolina (WBC) helps women-owned businesses start and grow. Attend this seminar to learn about the resources WBC has to help you start or grow your business. 06/21/18 11:00AM - 1:00PM Martin - Bldg. 4 - RM 1 Community Resources For Your Business Whether you are already in business or just starting a business, business owners are always seeking new ways to grow their business and improve their bottom line. This seminar will look at a variety of state & federal programs that can provide support to small businesses. Attendees will learn how to connect with the Region Q Workforce Development Board, NC Division of Workforce Solutions, Martin County Schools & other agencies to learn about Internships, Work Experience, On-the-Job Training, Federal Bonding Program, Tax Incentives, etc., that can provide much needed assistance! Let s Talk Small Business (Roundtable) Attend this networking session that will provide an opportunity for small business owners to discuss topics that affect your day to day operation 06/26/18 11:00AM - 1:00PM Martin - Bldg. 4 - RM 1 06/28/18 11:00AM - 1:00PM
12 MILLENNIALS SUMMIT Next Generation Leadership AGES Saturday, May 05, 2018 MARTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE For More Information or To Register as a Corporate Sponsor of the 2018 Millennials Entrepreneurship Summit sbc@martincc.edu Call: Martin Community College - Small Business Center 600 copies of this public document were printed at a cost of $1.75 per copy. Martin Community College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on colleges (SACSCOC) to award associate degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia or call (404) for questions about the accreditation of Martin Community College. MCC is an Equal Opportunity Employment Institution.
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