Changes

<div style="text-align: center;"<br/>&lt;/div&gt;<div> Assess your skills, and expertise. Do you have the necessary characteristics, and skills to start, and run a business? Persistence? Collaborative skills? Communication skills?</div><div> Market Research. What are the trends in the industries? Who are your clients, your target market? Where are your customers located? Competitors? What is your competitive advantage?</div><div> Legal questions. Do you register the enterprise as a sole proprietorship, LLC, or partnership?</div><div> How will you start? From scratch? By buying an existing enterprise? Under a corporate umbrella? Franchising?</div><div> Complete the necessary registration. Find out the local, state, and federal licensing, and registration requirements.</div><div><br/></div><div style="text-align: center;">'''WEEK 2 Workshop&nbsp;'''<br/>'''</div><div style="text-align: center;">'''ENT 102&nbsp;'Business & Financia''''''l Basics'''</div><div style="text-align: center;">'''Part I'''<br/></div><div><br/></div><div> Set up a recordkeeping system, and a bank account.</div><div> How will you know how much money are you making?</div><div> How to know which products/services are profitable?</div><div> What records are needed for filing taxes?</div><div> Source documents</div><div> Journal entries</div><div> Ledger posting</div><div> Balance sheet</div><div> Trial balance</div><div> Balance sheet</div><div> Income statement</div><div><br/></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">'''WEEK 3 Workshop&nbsp;'''</div><div style="text-align: center;">'''ENT 103 Business & Financial Basics'''</div><div style="text-align: center;">'''Part II – Financial Statements'''</div><div> Balance sheet</div><div> Income statement</div><div>Thursday February 12, 2015</div><div>Wendell P. Holmes bldg. #328</div><div><br/></div></div><div><br/></div><div style="text-align: center;">'''WEEK 4 Workshop&nbsp;'''</div><div style="text-align: center;">'''ENT 104 Marketing Strategies'''</div><div> Learn effective, efficient, and inexpensive ways to market your product, or service.</div><div> Did you know that you can create a website for free?</div><div> Learn how to use social media to gain new customers, and promote.</div><div> How do you price your product, or service?</div><div> Learn from the examples of ‘rights,’ and ‘wrongs’ of marketing, and advertising.</div><div><br/></div><div style="text-align: center;">'''WEEK 5 Workshop'''<br/></div><div style="text-align: center;">'''ENT 105&nbsp;''''''Small Business Certifications''</div><div>''''' Certifications are often required for government contracting business opportunities.'''''</div><div>''''' Getting your business certified can offer special advantages for contracting opportunities.'''''</div><div>''''' Learn about various types of certifications, and eligibility prerequisites.'''''</div><div>''''' Understand which certification you qualify for, where to apply, and what assistance is available.'''''</div><div><br/></div><div style="text-align: center;">''WEEK 6 Workshop''<br/></div><div style="text-align: center;">''ENT 106 &nbsp;''''''Create a Plan for the Business'''</div><div> Write a business plan. But, what is a business plan? In the start-up stage, business plan is a roadmap that can help you assess the feasibility of your business concept, organize information, and make decisions about starting a business. The business plan is essential in order to obtain a certain type of funding.</div><div> Project cash flow. How much funding do you need to start the business?</div><div> How much working capital will you need to have?</div><div> When will you make enough money to pay for all of the expenses (break-even)?</div><div><br/></div>