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Knowledge is power! Improve your ability to compete by participating in one or more of the short, self-paced courses and workshops listed below.
See what people are saying about our most popular course, Entrepreneurship: Starting and Managing Your Own Business
STARTING A BUSINESS
  1. Entrepreneurship: Starting
    & Managing Your Own Business
    View this course in other languages: (Para Espanol) (En Francais) (Mongolian)
  2. Identify Your Target Market
  3. The Business Plan
  4. El Plan Commercial
    (The Business Plan – Spanish)
  5. Business Plan Workshops
  6. Start-up Costs Tool
  7. Startup Guides
  8. Business Plan Examples
  9. State Resource Centers
FRANCHISING
  1. Franchise Directories & Evaluation
  2. IFA University

INTERNATIONAL TRADE
  1. Trade Mission Online
  2. A Primer on Exporting
  3. International Business Opportunities
  4. Assess your International Risk
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
  1. Analyze Profitability
  2. Building Your Business
  3. Business Mentoring
  4. Entrepreneurship: Starting
    & Managing Your Own Business
  5. Business Plan Workshops
  6. Growth Strategies
  7. Business Plan Examples
  8. State Resource Centers
EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT
  1. Benefits, Compensation & Wages
  2. Select a Retirement Plan
  3. Human Resource Tools
FEDERAL & STATE RESOURCES
  1. Government Resource Links
 
FINANCING
  1. First Step Review
  2. Cash Flow
  3. Accessing Venture Capital
  4. Finance Made Easy
  5. Financial Planning Toolkit
FEDERAL TAX TRAINING
  1. Introduction to Federal Taxes for Small Businesses
  2. Understanding Taxes
  3. Tax & Accounting Basics
  4. Small Business Tax Workshop
  5. Small Buisness Tax Center
  6. Small Business Tax Workshop (Para Espanol)
MARKETING & ADVERTISING
  1. Building Your Brand
  2. Identify Your Target Market
  3. Analyze Your Competition
  4. Advertising Your Business
  5. Promoting Your Business
  6. Understanding Demographics
  7. Industry Research
  8. Researching Companies Online
  9. Marketing Primer
  10. Signs - The Speech Of The Street -
    (Download Windows Media Player)
  11. PR Toolkit
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING
  1. Steps to Accessing Contracts & Subcontracts
  2. Small Business Opportunities
    in Procurement
  3. Guide to Government Contracts
  4. Certification Programs
  5. Defense Acquisition University
  6. Government Procurement
    Overview
FEDERAL SMALL BUSINESS TRAINING
  1. Safety & Health — OSHA
  2. Environmental Protection — EPA
  3. Employment Laws — DOL
  4. Securities & Exchange Commission — SEC
  5. Small Business Federal Taxes — IRS
  6. Information Technology Security — DOD
  7. Patent & Trademark Education
  8. Census Information
BUSINESS PLANNING TOOLS
  1. 60 Sample Business Plans
  2. Starting Costs Tool
  3. Business Plan Workshops
  4. Sample Marketing Plans
  5. Business Planning Resource Tools
RESOURCE CENTER
  1. Online workshops for growing a small business
    - Made available by Bank of America
RISK MANAGEMENT & CYBER SECURITY
  1. Computer Security
  2. Be Aware & Prepare
  3. -Introduction to Business Insurance    (En Español)
    -Business Owner's Policy - Property   (En Español)
    -Business Owners Policy - Liability
  4. Information Security Basics
  5. Copyright, Trademarks and Patents
OTHER
  1. What Every Employer Needs to Know About
    Child Support (Interactive) or (Text Only)
  2. The Small Business Advocate Show -
    On the Internet    . Jim Blasingame's weekday talk show
    covers the small business landscape with his
    community of experts and entrepreneurs.
E-COMMERCE
  1. SBA/Cisco E-Commerce Learning Series
  2. Business Basics: Technology
  3. E-Commerce Basics
WEBINARS
  1. Information about Starting and Running a Business

 

 

 

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