SCORE Client Experience: Inspired Style Company, Salon & Boutique
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When Michelle Bohm was contemplating starting a new business, she wasn’t just thinking about herself. She was envisioning how it could work for other women in the community with a similar drive to succeed. "I took some time to evaluate different industries, and then one day I was in a salon and it hit me ... This is where I am supposed to be," Bohm says.
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Customer Payment Trends are Changing. Are You?
Human beings have utilized everything from food and crafts to checks and mobile pay to purchase goods and services.
The ability of businesses to analyze and adapt to ever-changing consumer behavior and preferences is crucial to their financial success. As technology has improved and integrated itself into our economy, consumers are already changing their preferences along with it.
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Accountants Versus Bookkeepers — What You Should Know
As a small business, managing your finances is no small task. Since one of the main reasons businesses fail is due to poor cash flow management, it’s also why you need help.
If you haven’t had a ton of experience working with accountants or bookkeepers, read more about what you need to know
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10 Ways to Improve Collections and Cash Flow
Collecting money from customers can be a challenge for many small businesses. But sometimes business owners themselves are the culprits. Many have poor invoicing and collection procedures that create easily avoidable problems.
Read 10 ways to keep the cash flowing.
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Learn About QuickBooks Online
Tuesday, July 9 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM
Greater Valley Chamber of Commerce
How to decide if QuickBooks Online is right for you, and which level to choose. Learn the basics of QuickBooks Online, including examples of QuickBooks screens.
You will learn:
- The proper version of QuickBooks for your business
- How to set up QuickBooks Online
- The basics of using QuickBooks Online, including chart of accounts, lists, and overview of transactions and reports
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How to Create your Personal or Business Brand
Monday, July 15 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM
Norwalk Community College
Whether you’re a solopreneur, an entrepreneur, or work for a company, your Personal Brand is critical to your success. Your Personal Brand is your reputation. It is what you say about yourself, what others say about you, and what you deliver. It is the genuine and best expression of the business of YOU.
During this program you will learn:
- Why you need a Personal Brand in today’s interconnected, fast-moving, and competitive economy
- The step by step process of how to create YOUR Personal Brand, and
- How to use it to accelerate your career, grow your business, and increase your income.
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Lessons Learned from Running a Business
July 17 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM
Harry Bennett Library, Stamford
This workshop shares a set of lessons learned during the daily operations of a business. Covering Sales, Operations, Finance, HR and more, each scenario is presented in a problem-faced/lesson learned format and each is no more than a few minutes long. The lessons presented apply to businesses of all types.
Examples of challenges and lessons learned:
- Financial: How to collect payments more quickly
- Marketing: Grow your brand by establishing your business as a trusted expert
- Sales: Recognize the value of your existing customer base
- HR: Company culture is bigger than the individual
- Customer Support: Customer service is a relationship builder
- IT: Using off-the-shelf software as a way to implement a business process
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Webinar:
7 Biggest Mistakes Made by Small Business Owners when Trying to Grow
July 9 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM
Online webinar
All small businesses need to grow, especially those just starting out. Unfortunately, too many business owners focus on the wrong things, ignoring what really matters and wasting precious time and money in the process.
- Poor contact management
- Lack of investment in technology
- Working successfully with contractors
- Ignoring your finances
- Not hiring people to help you
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In a recent, independently verified one-year study, our chapter started 330 new businesses and created 890 non-owner jobs.
We are very proud of our track record and accomplishments and welcome you to take advantage of our services at your convenience.
We would also encourage you to volunteer with us and help continue the mission of being America's top small business advocates. The leaders of our Chapter are committed to maintaining the highest standards and performing for our clients at the highest possible level.
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SCORE Fairfield County
203-831-0065
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SCORE is a nonprofit association dedicated to helping small businesses get off the ground, grow and achieve their goals through education and mentorship. We have been doing this for more than 50 years.
Because our work is supported by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), and thanks to our network of 10,000+ volunteers, we are able to deliver our services at no charge or at a very low cost.
Find out more about our Mission, Vision and Values
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