Web Site
Boulder Small Business Development Center
Boulder Chamber
Boulder
Director: Sharon King |
|
| The SBDC focuses on three areas of support for small business: training (short and long-term), counseling, and access to valuable resources. The SBDC helps small businesses analyze marketing and growth issues, set reasonable short and long-term goals, obtain financing, and prosper in competitive markets. Numerous courses and programs, designed specifically for the small business owner, are offered every year through the SBDC. A wide variety of topics are covered, such as learning how to successfully market and sell your product, growth in the high-tech industry, entrepreneurial training, staying on track with a growth program, writing and implementing a business plan, evaluating your business, and customer service. |
Events
Start-up Assistance
Wednesday, September 08, 2010 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Attorney Theresa Pickner walks you through the nuts and bolts of starting your own business, including legal entity selection, taxes (sales, use, and payroll), liability protection, registering your trade name, and more. This workshop will help save time and stress by helping you determine which agencies to contact along with the forms you will need, and by providing the information necessary to make key decisions before completing your paperwork. Attendees will receive a packet containing reference materials and forms you will need to get your business started right away. Attendees may also arrange for a private consultation for up to an hour with Theresa Pickner at no extra charge.
Speaker: Theresa Pickner, Attorney at Law
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Attorney Theresa Pickner walks you through the nuts and bolts of starting your own business, including legal entity selection, taxes (sales, use, and payroll), liability protection, registering your trade name, and more. This workshop will help save time and stress by helping you determine which agencies to contact along with the forms you will need, and by providing the information necessary to make key decisions before completing your paperwork. Attendees will receive a packet containing reference materials and forms you will need to get your business started right away. Attendees may also arrange for a private consultation for up to an hour with Theresa Pickner at no extra charge.
Speaker: Theresa Pickner, Attorney at Law
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Attorney Theresa Pickner walks you through the nuts and bolts of starting your own business, including legal entity selection, taxes (sales, use, and payroll), liability protection, registering your trade name, and more. This workshop will help save time and stress by helping you determine which agencies to contact along with the forms you will need, and by providing the information necessary to make key decisions before completing your paperwork. Attendees will receive a packet containing reference materials and forms you will need to get your business started right away. Attendees may also arrange for a private consultation for up to an hour with Theresa Pickner at no extra charge.
Speaker: Theresa Pickner, Attorney at Law
Business Basics
Thursday, September 09, 2010 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Access a wealth of free industry data, market data, and business plan resources with a Business Information Specialist at the Boulder Public Library. While all are welcome to attend, our friends at the libary have designed this workshop with Boulder SBDC clients in mind. Save yourself countless hours by hearing about the variety of print and digital resources that the library provides - many of them accessible from your home or office. Once you have attended the workshop, you may schedule an individual appointment to receive specific recommendations for books, periodicals, and databases relevant to your business.
Speaker: Eladia Rivera and Terzah Becker, Business Information Specialists, Boulder Public Library
Location: Boulder Public Library, Boulder
Thursday, October 14, 2010 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Access a wealth of free industry data, market data, and business plan resources with a Business Information Specialist at the Boulder Public Library. While all are welcome to attend, our friends at the libary have designed this workshop with Boulder SBDC clients in mind. Save yourself countless hours by hearing about the variety of print and digital resources that the library provides - many of them accessible from your home or office. Once you have attended the workshop, you may schedule an individual appointment to receive specific recommendations for books, periodicals, and databases relevant to your business.
Speaker: Eladia Rivera and Terzah Becker, Business Information Specialists, Boulder Public Library
Location: Boulder Public Library, Boulder
Tuesday, November 02, 2010 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Stop struggling with your bookkeeping on QuickBooks and get help from a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor. This workshop should be taken by those who have worked in QuickBooks, but have questions about the Customer Center, Vendor Center, reconciling dos and don'ts, and creating reports. Those without a working knowledge of QuickBooks should are encouraged to attend QuickBooks Essentials: Getting Started. Laptops optional.
Mac users: live demonstrations will be presented with PC versions of the software. Mac users of QuickBooks 2009 for Mac and later should be able to follow along without a probelm; Mac users of versions pre-dating QuickBooks 2009 for Mac may want to consider attending QuickBooks Essentials: Mac.
Speaker: Neil Chambers, Doty, Lyle, and Jones (Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor)
Tuesday, November 02, 2010 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM
Add inventory tracking to QuickBooks with the help of a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor. Get an overview of managing inventory, understand the cost and benefits of inventory tracking, process purchase orders, track receipts, and adjust inventory manually. Those without a working knowledge of QuickBooks should are encouraged to attend QuickBooks Essentials: Getting Started beforehand. Laptops optional.
Mac users: live demonstrations will be presented with PC versions of the software. Mac users of QuickBooks 2009 for Mac and later should be able to follow along without a probelm; Mac users of versions pre-dating QuickBooks 2009 for Mac may want to consider attending QuickBooks Essentials: Mac.
Speaker: Neil Chambers, Doty, Lyle, and Jones (Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor)
Location
|
2440 Pearl Street
Boulder, CO 80302 |


