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The Department of Economic Development offers many free and low cost classes and workshops. Please see the current offering below.
Bilingual Business Planning Series
Bilingual Business Planning Series
June 3 - June 24 | Mondays 6:00pm – 8:00pm | Longmont Chamber of Commerce | 528 Main Street
This 8-week program will help you quickly develop your business plan and to decide if your business is feasible.
The four workshops include: Entrepreneurial Essentials, Marketing, Organizational Issues, and a Financial Overview.
In addition, each participant is required to schedule 4 hours of free, one-on-one consulting with the series presenter. The goal of this series is to allow participants to have their business plan or feasibility study completed in 8 weeks.
Multicultural businesses are encouraged to attend. Attendees with little or no business experience are welcome!
Presenter: Jesse Esparza, Morning Sun Enterprises, LLC
Dates: June 3, June 10, June 17, June 24
To register: Contact Rachel Garcia, Boulder SBDC Program Manager at rachel.garcia@bouldersbdc.com or (303) 442-1475 X2
**Completion of this series and an approved business plan may be used to qualify for a grant from Boulder County CAP’s Personal Investment Program (PIE.)
Flyers:
June 4 , 2013 | 6:00pm - 9:00pm | Longmont Chamber of Commerce | 528 Main Street
Complete or refine your business plan, with an emphasis on understanding your market and developing financials. Each business plan component will be explained, along with information about additional resources that will be helpful in completing each section. A must for any entrepreneur, especially for those seeking funding or in the early stages of their business growth.
Presenter(s): Diana Royce Smith and Tron Welch
Cost: $45/attendee; $35/attendee with Boulder or Longmont Chamber membership
**There is no cost to attend this workshop if you are a current of prospective City of Longmont business!
Destination Business BootCamp®
June 4‐6, 2013 (2½ day workshop)
The Meeting Place Conference Center | Marriott Complex | Longmont, CO
If you want to make your business stronger and more profitable or make your business more desirable to sell when you decide to retire, you can't afford to miss this workshop! This 2½ day workshop is designed for existing retailers, restaurateurs, and small business owners interested in learning the strategy of creating a Consumer Destination. Participants will learn Jon Schallert’s proprietary 14‐step strategy to make their business a dominant Destination Business.Using this strategy, past attendees of Schallert’s BootCamp have:
- Increased their sales by double digits in a year,
- Positioned their businesses to appear on national television shows and other national media, and
- Have multiplied their sales in following years
A limited number of scholarships are available to owners of existing retail stores or restaurants in the City of Longmont (more than 50% of sales are sales taxable transactions). Other restrictions may apply.
Price with scholarship: $295 (limited to one scholarship per business)
Price without scholarship: $1,295
Scholarships are limited. Contact Doug Bene to secure your spot today! 303‐651‐8403 | doug.bene@ci.longmont.co.us
Note: Attendees will be required to attend two post BootCamp meetings with Jon Schallert and city
staff (one a week after the BootCamp and one 60‐days after the BootCamp)
June 11, 2013 | 6:00pm - 9:00pm | Longmont Chamber of Commerce | 528 Main Street
This training class is an introduction to the basic functions of QuickBooks. It will cover topics starting with the initial setup and end with creating the financial reports that summarizes the health of the business.
QuickBooks can save the company money by delivering a completed financial statement to their tax accountant as opposed to a series of loose transactions that would have to be summarized by the accountant.
Attendees will learn and take away:
• Initial setup
• Recording sales transactions from clients
• Recording payments due to vendors
• Reconciling bank accounts
• Running reports
• Knowledge of the record keeping processes that allow a company to track company sales, expenses, and bank activity, then summarize those transactions to determine the company’s financial position
Who should attend?• Focuses on service-oriented businesses, but all businesses can benefit
• The course content covers the basics of recording financial transactions for normal business activity
• It is intended for those who have not used QuickBooks yet or have just started
• The course would benefit both business owners and the bookkeepers that support them
Presenter(s): Don Potratz, Owner, Long's Peak Accounting, LLC
Cost: $45/attendee; $35/attendee with Boulder or Longmont Chamber membership
**There is no cost to attend this workshop if you are a current of prospective City of Longmont business!
Register here
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Many of our economic partners also provide business training, programs or workshops. Please visit their websites for additional information.
Boulder Small Business Development Center
Longmont Area Chamber of Commerce
For more information, contact at 303-651-8330 or email economic.vitality@ci.longmont.co.us.