Are you thinking about becoming your own boss? Our Starting a Business Course covers all areas that are involved in starting your own business. This class will cover important tools and resources a business owner needs to establish a solid foundation during its early formative years. Often, new business owners ''don't know what they don't know''. This class will equip you to be able to ask all the right questions as you are planning and forming your brand new business.
Course Outline
Getting Started
Is your Business Idea Feasible?
Financing Your Business
Building Your Team
Operating Your Business Legally
Putting it all Together
Learner Outcomes
Detailed understanding of how to determine the feasibility of your business idea or framework using market research and competitive analysis
Basic knowledge of how to estimate start-up expenses for your business and overview of options for start-up financing, and requirements to pursue financing options
Ability to differentiate between different legal structure options for business formation
Overview of important individuals to include on your team when making plans and executing business formation The DeKalb Chamber Membership Committee helps to plan and evaluate the Chamber's overall programs and membership offerings including, but not limited to, workshops, seminars, and networking events. Also works to recruit and retain current and new members by managing and auditing the Member Contact Timeline, offer innovative ideas, and ensure all members are having a valuable experience.
This committee meets monthly on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM. Some meetings may have been adjusted from their original schedule due to holidays or Chamber events. The Business Plan is your road map to commercial success and a necessary precursor to obtaining external financing.
In this Live Online Workshop you will be instructed in the components of a business plan:
Executive Summary
Objectives/Goals
Products/Services
Market Analysis
Strategies and Tactics
Sales Plan
Financial Plan
Also included in this Workshop is a review of Funding Sources and Uses
You will have the opportunity to have your questions answered both during and at the conclusion of the Workshop.
A copy of the presentation is provided to those who complete the brief Feedback Survey at the end of the session.
You are familiar with the Heavyweight Champions of social media. There is a lot to learn about all of these platforms. In this Masterclass Workshop, the focus will be on Facebook.
You will learn how companies utilize Facebook to communicate, brand, and promote their business.
You will be instructed on the principles behind using social media for your business and why businesses overwhelmingly choose to utilize Facebook.
What will be covered:
The Big Picture: Social Media overview
Why should my business use Facebook?
How do you build an effective profile?
How do businesses utilize their profiles?
How do you generate business using Facebook?
Advertising with Facebook
Course Outline
What COVID-19 has and hasn?t changed for Small Business taxes.
Overview of accounting best practices.
Seven tax tips to help your business.
Learner Outcomes
Understand best practices in business record keeping that?ll help you all year.
Learn the top seven tips for making sure tax season is a breeze. Business plans will equip you with the knowledge and skills that set the foundation for long-term success.
Craft a roadmap for your entrepreneurial success with this intensive one-hour live webinar focused on guiding you through the essential elements of creating a comprehensive business plan. Led by experienced business professionals, this condensed yet impactful webinar is designed to provide aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners at any stage with the knowledge and tools needed to develop a strategic blueprint for their ventures. Key concepts include: format and sections of a business plan, financial information to include in your plan, start-up expenses and sources of capital.
LEARN HOW TO:
Use the business plan tool or template that works for you
Understand and explain who your target customer is
Start with your company description and proceed step-by-step to finish your business plan
Strategically position your business using a written plan
Incorporate a strong financial foundation into your business plan Marketing to attract new customers with a strong Brand Identity & Solid Digital Footprint. Small businesses looking to increase sales and profit, reduce dependence on the domestic market and stabilize seasonal fluctuations should consider importing and exporting. With nearly 96 percent of consumers living outside the U.S. and two-thirds of the world?s purchasing power in foreign countries, opportunities await U.S. small business.
Go where the customers are. There is significant opportunity for small businesses to profit through importing and exporting operations.
Do you have what it takes to become a successful international business? Are you ready to make international sales? Importing / Exporting offers great opportunities but requires preparation and planning.
This four hour course is taught in two parts, by international experts from the Georgia Small Business Development Center, a resource partner of the SBA. Each part is two hours in length with a two hour break between parts.
Part one will aid you in assessing your readiness, understanding what you need to know and consider before pursuing an international strategy.
Part two will introduce you to those topics needed to develop and implement your strategy: international pricing and costing issues, proforma export quotations, payment terms, and risk assessment.
Course Outline
? Defining Your Business
? Strengths/Weaknesses Analysis
? Tools
? Building Your Team
? Knowing Industry Terminology
? Selecting a Product
? Finding Markets
? Finding Buyers
? Finding Suppliers
? How to Talk To Suppliers
? Do I need a license to Import/Export?
? How do I protect myself as a Middleman?
? Calculating Landed Cost
? Understanding INCOTERMS
? Developing a Pro Forma Invoice
? International Terms of Payment
Learner Outcomes
The workshops will help you gain the knowledge to develop and implement an international plan. You will become acquainted with the key components of an effective import / export plan. The instructors will raise questions you should answer to complete your plan and provide the resources to help you answer those questions.
Topics include:
Organizational and product readiness
Market research
Guidance for developing your strategy and marketing plan
Promoting your products in target market
Complying with US and foreign regulations Attention DeKalb Chamber Members: Join the Morning Leads (Virtual) Group for Business Growth! Are you looking to establish yourself as an influencer and thought leader in your industry? This interactive session, led by LinkedIn marketing expert Sheryl Cattell, will show you how to increase your presence and impact on LinkedIn, the world?s largest professional network. This Live Online Workshop will focus on the ways that business people can leverage LinkedIn to build their credibility and business leads without spending a dime. Participants will come away with practical tips and a checklist of best practices for creating memorable content on LinkedIn that will attract your ideal customer.
The topics covered in the webinar include:
Creating a business page on LinkedIn
Establishing the goals for your business presence on LinkedIn
Connecting with the target companies, job titles, and influencers in your ?space?
Developing a pillar and cluster content strategy to support your business goals
Getting more mileage from your posts (from hundreds to thousands of views)
Learning the pros and cons of hosting an event on LinkedIn
About Our Instructor
LinkedIn marketing expert Sheryl Cattell, MBA, CSM, MCLC is a certified lead instructor at BizHack Academy and the creator of the LinkedIn Business Edge, a course designed to help businesses drive sales and build strategic partnerships using LinkedIn. https://bizhack.com/lbe
Sheryl has spent more than 25 years in digital marketing, is the founder of South Florida Interactive Marketing https://sfima.com, and is a Master Certified Life Coach. Microsoft Excel Essentials Workshop for beginners and for anyone wanting to refresh their skills.
Workshop - Starting a Business
Membership Committee Meeting
Workshop - Putting It All Together - the Business Plan
Workshop - How to Write a Dynamic Business Plan
Designing Your Masterpiece
Workshop - Develop an Import / Export Business
Morning Leads (Virtual) Group for Business Growth
Workshop - Using LinkedIn to Grow Your Business Without Spending a Dime
Microsoft Excel Essentials
