Small Business Series

This REAL (Rural Entrepreneurship through Action Learning) series will take you through the process of starting a small business.
If you need the series, the courses should be taken in the order in which they are listed. Courses also may be taken individually.

10 Steps to Starting Your Small Business

(no charge)
Starting your own business may seem difficult, but it's not so hard if you take it step by step. This workshop teaches you the steps you need to take to make your dream become reality and covers what you must know before you commit yourself and your money.
Asheboro
SBC3603D 87244 6-9 pm, T, 5/20, Staff

Am I Cut Out To Be A Small Business Owner?

(no charge)
Participants identify the personal qualities and skills of successful business owners and other factors that contribute to the success of small businesses. Participants assess their current skills and knowledge of small business ownership and develop a learning plan to assist them in growing successful enterprises.
Asheboro
SBC3603E 87245 6-9 pm, T, 5/27, Staff

Can My Business Idea Support Me?

(no charge)
Develop an understanding of personal budgeting and its relationship to business planning. Exercises identify the kinds of data needed to project the revenue, start-up, and operating costs of a business, and introduce break-even analysis as a tool to assist the entrepreneur in measuring financial feasibility.
Asheboro
SBC3603F 87246 6-9 pm, T, 6/3, Staff

Pricing Your Products & Services

(no charge)
Identify internal and external factors to consider in setting prices for products and services and learn to estimate potential market share. Business examples demonstrate how to evaluate pricing methods, develop sales forecasts, and measure market potential for products and services.
Asheboro
SBC3603G 87247 6-9 pm, T, 6/10, Staff

Achieving Sales - A Marketing Plan

(no charge)
This course focuses on the marketing plan and the importance of market analysis in projecting sales. Market research information for a sample business demonstrates the connection between a marketing plan and a cash flow statement. Participants identify market segments and use market segmentation to project sales.
Asheboro
SBC3603H 87248 6-9 pm, T, 6/17, Staff

Cash Flow Part 1 - Let Your Numbers Do the Talking

(no charge)
Cash flow is the lifeblood of any small business! If you don't have cash to pay the bills, your business won't survive. Learn how to construct realistic cash flow statements by developing good financial assumptions.
Asheboro
SBC3603I 87249 6-9 pm, T, 6/24, Staff

Bookkeeping Basics

(no charge)
Learn the connection between cash flow projections and the bookkeeping system created for a business, to post checks written to the monthly cash disbursement journal, to post receipts to the monthly cash receipts journal, and how good bookkeeping practices give a clear snapshot of a business' health.
Asheboro
SBC3603J 87250 6-9 pm, T, 7/1, Staff

Tax Planning & Reporting

(no charge)
An important step in staying out of trouble as a business owner is understanding tax reporting responsibilities. In the government's eye, ignorance of the law is no excuse for failing to comply. Become familiar with tax procedures and forms that owners must file to comply with state and federal regulations for reporting business activity.
Asheboro
SBC3603A 87251 6-9 pm, T, 7/8, Staff

Legal Considerations for Starting Your Small Business

(no charge)
Topics included in this seminar are comparing tax and nontax aspects of different entity choices (sole proprietorships, partnerships, corporations, limited liability companies), permits and licenses, zoning laws, insurance, intellectual property laws, providing a safe workplace for employees, contracts, professional advisors, and record keeping.
Asheboro
SBC3603B 87252 6-9 pm, T, 7/15, Staff

Sales & Payroll Taxes

(no charge)
Tax compliance is an essential part of business management. Become familiar with the procedures and forms required to report sales and payroll tax liabilities.
Asheboro
SBC3603C 87253 6-9 pm, T, 7/22, Staff