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Entrepreneurship Series – Session 1
College of the Canyons – Canyons Hall Building Room 211
26455 Rockwell Canyon Road
Santa Clarita, CA  91355
Date: March 2, 2017
Day: Thursday 
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Cost: Free $3.00 parking
Some are entrepreneurs or naturally entrepreneurial. The Entrepreneurship Series is an opportunity to explore the “entrepreneur in you”. The featured one-hour sessions on 3/2, 3/9, and 3/16, will highlight entrepreneurship as an option to generate income and cash flow, provide steps to start a formal business, and explore how to develop a business model to bring your vision to life. Participants will also be introduced to resources to help you take the next step in starting or growing your business, or transitioning from current activity into a formal business. * Common Characteristics of an Entrepreneur * Types of Entrepreneurs * Entrepreneurship Economic Impact * Find Out How Entrepreneurial You Are * Determine How to Proceed with Your Business Idea
Register click [here].
How To Successfully Start Your New Business
College of the Canyons – UCEN Room 223
26455 Rockwell Canyon Road
Santa Clarita, CA  91355
Date: March 2, 2017
Day: Thursday
Time: 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Cost: $30.00 +$3.00 parking
Learn to start, run and grow your business. This workshop covers critical topics such as business development, market research, business entities and so much more. Don’t waste another minute, join us in learning how to bring your entrepreneurial idea life.
Register click [here]
QuickBooks Boot Camp
College of the Canyons – UCEN Room 309
26455 Rockwell Canyon Road
Santa Clarita, CA  91355
Date: March 3, 2017
Day: Friday
Time: 9:30 am – 4:00 pm
Cost: $139.00 +$3.00 parking
In this day long, fast-paced and all inclusive, workshop participants will learn how to set up their company file from scratch; how to create a quality chart of accounts; how to create new vendors, customer, items, and accounts. You will also learn how to pay bills, invoice customers, receive payments, make deposits and reconcile bank accounts. An introduction to the report center will be covered, including how to create a Profit & Loss Statement and a Balance Sheet. Ideal for business owners, office managers, and bookkeepers who are brand new to QuickBooks, as well as, existing users who would like some formal education in one of these QuickBooks features. Training held in a computer lab with limited seating. Please note that there will be a half an hour break lunch break, lunch is not provided. Training is on QuickBooks 2016.
Register click [here]
Webinar – Tips on Buying or Selling A Business

via webinar

Date: March 4, 2017
Day: Saturday
Time: 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Cost: Free
Getting prepared to buy or sell a business, learn tips to help you navigate.  The buyer must understand a seller’s game plan, and the seller must understand the buyer’s game plan.
The following areas will be highlighted:

  • How to find a business for sale
  • Preparing for the business purchase
  • Advantages/Disadvantages for Buying an Existing Business
  • Preparing your business for sale
  • Due Diligence and more

Register click [here]

Business Modeling – What business are you really in? (Part 2)
College of the Canyons – UCEN Room 222
26455 Rockwell Canyon Road
Santa Clarita, CA  91355
Date: March 7, 2017
Day: Tuesday
Time: 10:00  am – 12:00 pm
$3.00 parking fee – kiosk located in Lot #14
This is the ideal workshop where business owners at all levels will learn how to build, design, and define a business model. A business model is what defines a business and its practice. In this workshop attendees will learn how to first define their business model. They will be introduced to a business model canvas as a tool.
Register click [here]
Webinar-CRM: Track and Automate your Sales and Operations
via webinar
Date: March 8, 2017
Day: Wednesday
Time: 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Cost: Free
Contact management and process is the key metric to drive sales. Would you like to see how you can increase sales by implementing a process oriented software package? Companies who use CRM, have specific steps that start with the lead, then manage the communications and promote them to accounts. Funnel Management within your organization is imperative to track metrics. We will show you what to do with all of those cards on your desk and how to convert conversations into sales.
Register click [here]
Webinar – Finding Funding for Your Business
via webinar
Date: March 8 
Day: Wednesday 
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm 
Cost: Free
The session will highlight financing options for small business including alternative lenders, crowd funding, merchant services, suppliers, investors, etc.
Register click [here]
Entrepreneurship Series – Session 2
College of the Canyons – Canyons Hall Building Room 211
26455 Rockwell Canyon Road
Santa Clarita, CA  91355
Date: March 9, 2017
Day: Thursday
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Cost: Free $3.00 parking fee
Some are entrepreneurs or naturally entrepreneurial. The Entrepreneurship Series is an opportunity to explore the “entrepreneur in you”. The featured one-hour sessions on 3/2, 3/9, and 3/16, will highlight entrepreneurship as an option to generate income and cash flow, provide steps to start a formal business, and explore how to develop a business model to bring your vision to life. Participants will also be introduced to resources to help you take the next step in starting or growing your business, or transitioning from current activity into a formal business. * Learn the Steps from Business Idea to Business Launch * Identify Business Structures * Discuss Key Marketing, Sales and Financial Issues.
Register click [here]
Raise Your Prices and Earn More Money
College of the Canyons – UCEN Room 222
26455 Rockwell Canyon Road
Santa Clarita, CA  91355
Date: March 9, 2017
Day: Thursday
Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm 
Cost: Free+ $3.00 parking fee
(kiosk located in lot #14)
Come in person to learn how to convert 2 cents into $40,000! This energetic and informative 90 minute workshop will help you figure out if the prices of your products or services are too low and then how and why you should raise your prices now! Learn proven ways to grow your business and earn more profits from a marketing and sales expert with more than 35 years of successful business experience. We begin with a presentation and then it is your turn – you ask the questions and get answers customized to your business situation. Ideal for both existing business owners and those just getting started.
New Client Orientation
College of the Canyons – UCEN Room 222
26455 Rockwell Canyon Road
Santa Clarita, CA  91355
Date: March 14, 2017
Day: Tuesday
Time: 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Cost: Free+ $3.00 parking fee

(kiosk located in lot #14)
Description: This orientation will give insight into starting and running a successful small business. You will learn all about what the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) has to offer and how we can assist you in establishing or maintaining your small business through one-on-one consultation and training seminars. We offer the New Client Orientation free of charge to all new clients.
Register click [here]
Grow Your Business with Email & Social Media
College of the Canyons – UCEN Room 301
26455 Rockwell Canyon Rd
Santa Clarita, CA 91355
DATE: March 10, 2017
Day: Friday
Time: 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Cost: Free + $3.00 Parking Fee
(Kiosk located in lot #14)
Come and learn from a Guest Instructor, who is a trusted social media guide. Many small businesses and organizations find themselves seeking the right strategies, tools and tactics to make their marketing efforts as effective as possible. But between Facebook and Twitter, email and mobile, deals, and whatever new social network is rolling out that month-there’s a lot to keep up with. And there are only so many hours in each day. The number of possibilities can feel overwhelming. This session will help make sense of the noise. In this session, we’re going to show you how to make the most of the combination of email and social media for your business. When the session is done you’ll have a greater understanding of marketing basics like goals and objectives. * You’ll learn what a “campaign” is and what to write about and offer in that campaign. * You’ll be given some simple but powerful tips on how to get your messages opened and read, shared and socially visible. * And you’ll see that there are some great tools you can use to help engage with your existing customers and supporters as well as expand your reach to new prospects. Throughout the session, you’ll be given opportunities to capture your own ideas and build out the framework of your own “next great campaign.” Join us and start to build a plan that will help you grow your business by eliciting the responses you want from your customers or supporters.
Register click [here]
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