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NJ Small Business Development Center Training

Summer/Fall 2008

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BASIC ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS CERTIFICATE SERIES

 

STARTING A BUSINESS FROM A-Z
This course is designed for entrepreneurs intending to start or have recently started a small business.  It examines legal forms of doing business in New Jersey, how to register a business, setting up bookkeeping records, Federal and State taxation, payroll, insurance and licensing. Materials: Workbook and disk.

Date

Location

Day

Time

Fee

Phone

City

County

07/09/08-07/16/08

Gloucester County College

Wednesday

6-9 pm

 $  95

856-415-2217

Sewell

Gloucester

07/24/08-07/31/08

Burlington County College - Business Incubator CANCELLED

Thursday

6-9 pm

 $  95

609-877-4520 X3021

Mt. Laurel

Burlington

09/10/08-09/17/08

Gloucester County College

Wednesday

6-9 pm

 $  95

856-415-2217

Sewell

Gloucester

10/01/08-10/08/08

Cherry Hill Library

Wednesday

6-9 pm

 $  95

856-225-6221

Cherry Hill

Camden

10/09/08-10/16/08

Burlington County College - Business Incubator

Thursday

6-9 pm

 $  95

609-877-4520 X3021

Mt. Laurel

Burlington

12/05/08 

Waterfront Technology Center

Friday

9 am - 4 pm

 $  95

856-225-6221

Camden

Camden

 

WRITING A BUSINESS PLAN
Developing a business plan is one of the most important challenges you will face as an entrepreneur.  The process of developing a good business plan requires an understanding and appreciation for the tools required to do it right.  This nine hour program was developed to guide you through that process and give you a hands-on systematic way to develop an outline, investigate and evaluate the resources and create a draft of your own business plan.

Date

Location

Day

Time

Fee

Phone

City

County

07/23/08
07/30/08

Gloucester County College

Wednesday
Wednesday

6-9 pm

 $ 95

856-415-2217

Sewell

Gloucester

08/07/08
08/14/08

Burlington County College - Business Incubator CANCELLED

Thursday
Thursday

6-9 pm

 $ 95

609-877-4520 X3021

Mt. Laurel

Burlington

09/24/08
10/01/08

Gloucester County College

Wednesday Wednesday

6-9 pm

 $ 95

856-415-2217

Sewell

Gloucester

10/23/08
10/30/08

Burlington County College - Business Incubator

Thursday
Thursday

6-9 pm

 $ 95

609-877-4520 X3021

Mt. Laurel

Burlington

10/15/08
10/22/08

Cherry Hill Library

Wednesday Wednesday

6-9 pm

 $ 95

856-225-6221  

Cherry Hill

Camden

 

SUCCESSFULLY MARKETING YOUR SMALL BUSINESS
This is a basic How-To Marketing Class that covers some of the specific actions you can take to market your business.  The class is designed for small businesses who want to start marketing their business today.  It is also the second part of the MARKETING RESEARCH AND STRATEGIES 6 hour program.

Date

Location

Day

Time

Fee

Phone

City

County

08/13/08 Gloucester County College Wednesday 6-9 pm $ 50 856-415-2217 Swell Gloucester
08/21/08 Burlington County College - Business Incubator CANCELLED Thursday 6-9 pm $ 50 609-877-4520 X3021 Mt. Laurel Burlington
10/08/08 Gloucester County College Wednesday 6-9 pm $ 50 856-415-2217 Swell Gloucester
10/29/08 Cherry Hill Library Wednesday 6-9 pm $ 50 856-225-6221 Cherry Hill Camden

 

ADVANCED ENTREPRENEURIAL CERTIFICATE SERIES

FINANCING A BUSINESS
One of the primary challenges facing a new business is obtaining the necessary funding to start or expand the business. This course explains the criteria used by lenders to evaluate a potential borrower. Sources of financing will also be explored, including bank and non-bank lenders: the SBA; Micro-lenders; Venture Capitalists; and others. The borrowing basics will be directly tied to the contents of a business plan/loan proposal.

Date

Location

Day

Time

Fee

Phone

City

County

11/06/08

Burlington County College - Business Incubator

Thursday

6-9 pm

 $  50

609-877-4520 X3021

Mt. Laurel

Burlington

RECORDING BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS
This is a practical application class designed to teach the business owner how to record specific transactions in a manual record keeping system.  Disbursement and Sales journals will be prepared as well as Accounts Receivable, and Accounts Payable Ledgers.  Sample transactions will be used to generate business activity through the end of an accounting period and formulate financial statements.

Date

Location

Day

Time

Fee

Phone

City

County

11/13/08

Burlington County College - Business Incubator

Wednesday

6-9 pm

 $  50

609-877-4520 X3021

Mt. Laurel

Burlington

MARKETING RESEARCH AND STRATEGIES (2 Parts)
Examine in detail the two critical aspects of marketing.  The first session will focus on marketing research techniques and tools.  This program is for new and existing businesses.  The second session covers strategies and actions you can take to market your business.  (The second session of this program is the equivalent to SUCCESSFULLY MARKETING YOUR SMALL BUSINESS – described on page 4)