Sept 8, 2014
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Hey! What's Cooking?
The Business of Food -
Growing Local Entrepreneurs with the Right Ingredients
It's almost here, and we're excited to soon be able to share the news!
We're launching a new educational program with a plan competition exclusively for food-related businesses and entrepreneurs! Stay tuned and watch for more information soon!
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Business Smarts -
Telling your Business Story
Marketing in 13 Installments
(Note a few changes in the session topics)
Chapter 8: Using your Website to Tell your Story
Friday, September 12, 7:30-9:00am American National University, 1515 Country Club Rd (formerly National College)Is your brand enhanced or confused by what your visitors see and read on your Website? What experience do they leave with, and does it reflect your true identity? We'll discuss how to design your site to effectively communicate your story, when it makes sense to re-design, and how to use this most powerful communication tool to deliver exactly what you and your audience needs.
Presenter: William Roy, Web Accounts Manager for Immerge Technologies, a division of McClung Printing
Business Smarts Breakfast sessions are held on the 2nd Friday of every month at American National University (formerly National College) with networking opportunities and guest presentations. The series is sponsored by your Shenandoah Valley Small Business Development Center (SV SBDC) the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce, and the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE). Breakfast is provided by The HoneyBaked Ham Company.
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Our Growing Together Series continues ~
at the Augusta County Government Center, Verona Presentations, panel discussions with active, growing businesses, Q&A, and networking for all. FREE, but registration is needed to save your seat.
Check-Up for your Business's Financial Well-Being -
Wed, Sept 17, 8:15-11:30am
We'll discuss how you can assess the health of your business and diagnose financial health hazards using the "vital signs" from your financial statement data. Then we'll learn about the various traditional and non-traditional funding resources that can help you grow.
Managing Human Resources in Growth Companies -
Wed, Oct 15, 8:15-11:30am
Business Growth Through Innovation -
Wed, Nov 19, 8:15-11:30am
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Business Smarts-Lexington
What Will Your Business be Worth When you Want Out?
Frday, September 19, 8:15-9:45am
Cornerstone Bank, 54 S. Main St, Lexington
Successful business owners know what their succession plan or exit strategy will be years before it's going to happen. Building sales is imperative in the early stages of a business, but eventually building the value of the business itself becomes increasingly important. Whether your exit strategy is in place or you need to develop one, this workshop will help you understand what your business is worth now, what kinds of strategies will add or reduce its overall value over time, and how to monitor and manage business value growth.
Our presenter today is Richard (Dick) Halterman, Business Transfer Specialist with Murphy Business & Financial Corporation. He lives and works in the Shenandoah Valley.
Business Smarts-Lexington is a series of six workshops designed to guide you through an assessment of your business and to identify business strengths and weaknesses, plan for, and implement improvement strategies. The series is brought to you by your SV SBDC, Main Street Lexington, and the Chamber of Commerce Serving Lexington, Rockbridge County, and Buena Vista. Join us!
Learn about the entire series and register here. Fee: $10.
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Sept 9 & 11, 1:00-5:00pm (2-part, 8-hr class) PBMares, 558 S. Main St Harrisonburg
Repeats Nov 4 & 6.
Whether you are a new or experienced QB user, or a new or established business, this hands-on class will help you gain full benefit from this powerful accounting program.
We'll cover QuickBooks functions, menus, navigation, and help screens, and you'll work with the chart of accounts, customer and vendor lists, forms, and registers. You'll have practice at bank and credit card reconciliations; sales of products and services; entering and paying bills; recording fixed assets and bank loans; and a variety of reporting options, including customizing, filtering, and downloading reports to Excel. You'll also receive the QuickBooks Student Guide for use during and after class.
The course is taught assuming participants have a basic understanding of bookkeeping terms and practices. See our Keeping the Books workshops for fundamental training.
Oct 30, 1:00-5:00pm The Ice House, 127 W. Bruce St Harrisonburg
Do you know what your books are telling about your business? As a responsible owner or manager, you need to know the "language of business." Your business records allow you to monitor cash flow, track deductible expenses, prepare financial statements, and support your tax returns. In this workshop, you'll learn the fundamentals of basic bookkeeping tasks and how to use your chart of accounts. You'll learn to record and match revenues & expenses, record receipts & disbursements, handle end-of-period closings, and read financial reports.
These classes are co-taught by Henry Reeves, CPA, Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor, and founder of QB Financials, LLC. and Susan Steele-Ward, CPA of PBMares LLP . Thanks to our partners at the accounting firm of PBMares, LLP for the generous use of their training room.
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Start Smart - If you're considering a new business or if you've started and think you may have missed a few things.
Wed Sept 24, 1:00-3:00pm, Harrisonburg
Tues Oct 7, 10:00-noon, Harrisonburg
Wed Oct 22, 6:00-8:00pm, Harrisonburg
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Visit ValleySBDC.org for more events and resources
where business comes to talk business
540-568-3227
127 W. Bruce Street, Harrisonburg
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The SV SBDC is funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration and hosted by James Madison University in partnership with George Mason University-Mason Enterprise Center
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