Less than 50 percent of small businesses have their financing needs met.
If thinking about financing your small business makes your head spin, we?re here to help. Join us for Myths and Realities of Small Business Funding.
This program will cover the new State Small Business Credit Initiative program, designed to support small business? access to capital, in addition to covering other various types of financing including: conventional bank loans, SBA-guaranteed loans, private equity, specialty lending programs and grant funding.
Our facilitators will delve into the common myths and misconceptions surrounding the financing of small businesses and provides a comprehensive understanding of the realities entrepreneurs face.
Through a combination of guided facilitation and class participation, participants will explore various financing options, debunk prevalent misconceptions, and gain practical insights into the various ways of financing a successful small business.
Course Outline
Types of capital
Sources of capital
Demystifying the lending & borrowing process
Understanding business & personal credit
Traditional & non-traditional financing options
Grants ? the promise of free money
Getting loan ready
Learner Outcomes
By the end of the class, participants will:
Have a thorough understanding of various avenues of financing their small business
Have the ability to determine the advantages and disadvantages of the different forms of capital as it relates to their business
Be able to analyze their business from a lender?s perspective
Have a high-level understanding of how to create the BIG three financial statements as well as a Personal Financial Statement
Have knowledge of the various specialty lending programs available through the State Small Business Credit Initiative The DeKalb Chamber Small Business Committee assists the Chamber with recruiting, educating, and mentoring small businesses. Create and identify opportunities for growth and facilitate partnerships to improve small business programs. Help identify opportunities in the public and private sector.
This committee meets monthly on the 3rd Tuesday of each month from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM. The DeKalb Chamber Finance Committee meets to provide monthly oversight of financial transactions to help ensure transparency and accountability in safeguarding all funds and resources of the Chamber. Remember the guy with the $$$ suit yelling on TV the government has money to give away? The honest answer is no, they aren?t giving money to everyone that ask, but there is grant money for people that qualify. Learn about where to find grant programs that are available and what are the steps needed to apply.
This course will be taught by Daniel McCoy, Business Consultant for UGA SBDC at Kennesaw State University, who holds four certificates in various grant writing courses and has worked with for profit companies, non-profits and churches in seeking grant funds. Join us for this webinar to learn the ins and outs regarding grants.
Course Outline
Agenda
The myth of free money
Types of grant programs
Searching and finding grants
Qualifying and applying for a grant
Q and A
Learner Outcomes
Attendees will gain an understanding of:
what grants are available to small business
how to search for grants
how to qualify for grants.
steps to apply for grants The Career Services Department at Georgia Piedmont Technical College cordially invites you to participate in our upcoming Spring Career Fair on Wednesday, March Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the latest hot topic on how to improve the results of marketing efforts. By all indications, it is here to stay.
This Live Online Workshop instructs the small business entrepreneur in the fundamentals of AI by reviewing its past, present and future.
With this foundation in hand, you will start crafting your very own strategy on the integration of AI to drive sustainable growth by elevating your marketing.
Instruction will cover:
what does AI mean for business
the history of AI in Business
lessons learned and best practices
what AI can and cannot do
benefits
caveats
applications to make marketing easier
future trends
About our instructor
B. Zachary Bennett, the principal behind Reformation Productions, a full service marketing agency located in Gwinnett county, comes with a 20+ year career in marketing and advertising, working to grow major companies like Bank of America, The Limited, Vectren Corporation, TruGreen-ChemLawn, Dick's Sporting Goods, Lowe?s Home Improvement, Campbell's Foods, Gwinnett Medical Center, Victoria?s Secret, St. Vincent's Medical Center, Home Depot, BP, and more.
He has dedicated his time and efforts to educate small business professionals on the way the Straight Line Marketing process has been perfected by Fortune 500 companies and how to apply it to their companies in ways they can afford. The DeKalb Chamber Executive Committee meets to discuss the important issues impacting the Chamber and the business community as well as approve upcoming business. Network with DeKalb business owners and representatives, exchange ideas, and make new business contacts at Coffee & Connections.
Come prepared to hand out your business cards!
Coffee & Connections is FREE for DeKalb Chamber members to attend and $25 for non-members. Light refreshments and coffee will be provided. Every business, regardless of size, is required to have some type of safety program in place.
Under the General Duty Clause of the OSH law, employer and employees have Safety responsibilities they must adhere to. Come learn about the hazards associated with a workplace, and the best methods to control them. You will leave this course being equipped with your knowledge of the key elements for well-functioning health, safety programs, and basic legal requirements for a healthy and safe environment.
Course Outline
5 OSHA Requirements of Every Business
Key Principles of Health and Safety
Where and how to start a Safety Program
How to Establish and Maintain a Positive Safety Culture.
Questions and Answers
Learner Outcomes
Obtain a better understanding of safety for small businesses regardless of the size.
How to establish or update a safety program.
Regulations and requirements for a safety program
Tips for developing a positive safety culture This course is designed to aid business owners and managers in their approaching to planning for retirement or career change after they have begun a successive business. Data from 2023 indicate that the majority of business owners do NOT successfully plan for their retirement, and often miss the most opportune time to sell or step back from their business. This class discusses, compares and contrast the various methods for business owners to exit from their small business. The choice of exit determines whether a retirement will be successfully funded, or whether a business will continue or be sold.
Course Outline
I. What is the retirement you seek? (Goals for one's life and career after exiting the business.)
II. Who to assume helm? (Methods of leadership transfer, succession training, slow or immediate transfer, family).
III. Why you desire an exit at all?
IV. When and how to sell a business - the basics.
V. How to avoid future problems by preparing, then letting go.
Learner Outcomes
Participants will:
Understand the importance of planning their exit/retirement well in advance.
be able to better comprehend the various methods of exiting their business.
be able to design comprehensive exit strategies and succession training for the business leadership.
be better able to analyze the financial impact of business transfer, business sale, or business closure.
be able to judge potential risks in staying on as advisor, verses leaving immediately, and considering the cost-benefit analysis of proceeding with the business continuing, the business being cold, or the business being terminated.
Webinar - Myths and Realities of Small Business Funding
Small Business Committee Meeting
Finance Committee Meeting
Webinar - Grants for Small Business: Myths vs. Realities
Georgia Piedmont Technical College Spring Career Fair
Webinar - Leveraging AI to Improve Your Marketing Efforts
DeKalb Chamber Executive Committee Meeting
LOCATION CHANGE - Coffee & Connections Networking Event
Webinar - What EVERY Business Needs to Know About OSHA Safety
Webinar - Successive Succession Sequences: Planning for Your Future