West Company is offering a special deal for this series. If you sign up for the Building a Better Business Series and "Share" that you are attending on Facebook (just click the button on your registration confirmation) you will get a FREE copy of Rhonda Abrams "The Owner's Manual for Small Business' when you attend the first class.
West Company is the host to the Mendocino Women's Business Center and the Small Business Development Center. Located in Fort Bragg and Ukiah, West Company has been providing services to small businesses since 1988.
To find out more about us:
Thursdays April 28th & May 12-June 2nd, 2011
5:30 - 8:30 pm
at West Company in Fort Bragg
West Company Offers Build a Better Business Training Workshops designed to make you a successful business owner. The series includes five 3-hour workshops that are designed to give new business owners the basic knowledge necessary to make their idea successful.
The workshops can be taken as a series, or individually to brush up on specific skills. The series is as follows:
April 28th: Does Your Idea Make Cents? - An exploration of personal readiness for owning a business and an Introductory course on business feasibility.
May 12th: Know Your Customers - An Introduction to marketing and sales
May 19th: Communicating with Customers - An introduction to marketing strategies, budgets, and sales.
May 26th: Nuts and Bolts - Introductory session on business management, logistics, and finances.
June 2nd: Follow Your Money - Introductory session on cash flow and profit and loss basics.
Cost: $75 per workshop, scholarships ARE available, please contact our office 707-969-7571 for more details.
Funding provided by the State of California Department of Housing and Community Block Grant Program, City of Ft. Bragg and Mendocino County. Funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. All opinions, conclusions or recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the SBA