Introduction to Desktop QuickBooks and Financial Management

Accounting is much more than how you keep score in business. It’s also how you insure your business is healthy and has the resources needed to grow. Whether you use the services of an independent professional like a bookkeeper or accountant, or you decide that you or a family member will keep the books, you need to understand some accounting basics.

SCORE Vancouver’s Introduction to Desktop QuickBooks is a simple and hands-on way to get started with the tool that over 4 million US businesses use for their accounting records and financial reporting. We’ll show you the mechanics of recording basic transactions with real world examples. More importantly, you'll learn how accounting and financial reporting are inter-related, helping you understand what is affected by each transaction. Most importantly, the class offers a separate no cost opportunity to meet with a SCORE mentor to review your use of QuickBooks and address any questions you may have.

Many business owners get lost in the special language of accounting. When you finish this class, you’ll have a better understanding of those terms and why they are important to you and your business. Most importantly, this is a practical class, not a boring theoretical lecture about accounting. Our volunteer instructor, Ted Powell, like all SCORE volunteers, is a down-to-earth, experienced business guy.  After the class, you can follow-up on your learning with SCORE’s always-free individual counseling. Copies of most classroom illustrations will be provided through a link.

SCORE volunteers are seasoned business professionals which explains why this intimate hands-on seminar is a great bargain. 

WHERE: SCORE Vancouver office, 4001 Main Street, Vancouver

REGISTRATION FEE: $85

Mr. Ted Powell will serve as the SCORE Course Leader for this seminar.  Ted is a graduate of Eastern Washington University and served 36 years with an International tire manufacturer in various marketing positions.  He developed sales and marketing plans as well as channels of distribution and developed dealer annual business plans while leading several sales teams in various regions in the US. 

SCORE "Counselors to America's Small Business" is a nonprofit association dedicated to educating entrepreneurs and helping small business start, grow and succeed nationwide.  SCORE is a resource partner of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).

SCORE is headquartered in Herndon, VA and Washington, DC and has over 300 chapters throughout the United States and its territories with 11,000 + volunteers nationwide.  Both working and retired executives and business owners donate time and expertise as business counselors. Now celebrating its 53 rd year, SCORE was founded in 1964.