Seminar Highlights: No matter how large or small, all businesses should have a written plan. A business plan helps to define concepts, evaluate the competition, analyze markets, determine risks and estimate financial potential. Business plans are required to obtain a small business loan. This in-depth seminar discusses the business planning process in detail. Participants will learn about the importance of planning and the elements that go into a good plan. For new entrepreneurs, Starting a Business in Arkansas is recommended as a first step.
Speaker: Tara Thornton, HSU SBTDC Training Coordinator
Co-sponsor: The College of the Ouachitas
Seminar Highlights: The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center presents "Restaurant 101." Restaurants are among the hardest businesses to start up and to operate. This seminar will offer an overview of what it takes to open and run a successful restaurant by providing step by step details such as menu development, site configuration, personnel, financing, marketing, advertising and legal issues. Sign up now to guarantee your spot for this great seminar! Advance registration required. Lunch will be provided.
Speaker: Steve Lucchi, SCORE Representative
Co-sponsor: Lake Point Conference Center
Seminar Highlights: The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center presents Four Essential Topics to Guide you to a Successful Start Up. This one day event offers four of the fundamental seminars for all entrepreneurs: Starting a Business in Arkansas, How to Write a Business Plan, Business Modeling and Keeping Your Books Straight (a basic guide for cash flow and understanding financial statements).
Speaker: Bill Fox, SBTDC Mark Tocco, Arketype consulting.
Co-sponsor: Fist National Bank of Rogers
Seminar Highlights: This seminar prepares participants for the intensive business planning process, identifies major steps crucial to starting a business, discuss key issues that affect your business success, start -up requirements and common pitfalls you will face as an entrepreneur. Free New Business Guide! $50 one time application fee covers all 5 seminars!
Speaker: Tara Thornton, HSU SBTDC Training Coordinator
Co-sponsor: The Greater Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce
Seminar Highlights: The SAU Small Business and Technology Development Center presents "Starting a Business in Arkansas". This seminar prepares you for the intensive business planning process, identifies major steps crucial to starting a business, discusses key issues that affect your business success, and discusses start-up requirements and common pitfalls you will face as an entrepreneur.
Speaker: Felicia Boone-Bozeman, SAU ASBTDC Center Director
Co-sponsor: UACCH
Seminar Highlights: The SAU Small Business and Technology Development Center presents "Starting a Business in Arkansas". This seminar prepares you for the intensive business planning process, identifies major steps crucial to starting a business, discusses key issues that affect your business success, and discusses start-up requirements and common pitfalls you will face as an entrepreneur.
Speaker: Felicia Boone-Bozeman, SAU ASBTDC Center Director
Co-sponsor: CABS
Seminar Highlights: The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center presents "Starting a Business in Arkansas." This seminar prepares you for the intensive business planning process, identifies major steps crucial to starting a business, discusses key issues that affect the success of your business, and discusses start-up requirements and common pitfalls that you will face as an entrepreneur. Free New Business Guide included!
Speaker: Whitney West, ASBTDC Business Consultant
Seminar Highlights: The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center presents "Marketing Techniques for Small Businesses." A small marketing budget doesn't have to mean restricted resources for your small business. Get an overview of general marketing techniques, accompanied by suggestions for small businesses with small budgets. Topics include how to create a marketing plan and calendar, determining your target markets, low cost marketing tools, image development and branding, and e-marketing.
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Seminar Highlights: The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center presents "Starting a Business in Arkansas." This seminar prepares you for the intensive business planning process, identifies major steps crucial to starting a business, discusses key issues that affect the success of your business, and discusses start-up requirements and common pitfalls that you will face as an entrepreneur. Free New Business Guide included!
Speaker: Whitney West, ASBTDC Business Consultant
Seminar Highlights: No matter how large or small, all businesses must have a business plan. A business plan will help you define your concept, evaluate the competition, determine risks, and estimate your costs. This seminar explains and illustrates the business plan format. (Veterans attend FREE)
Speaker: Tara Thornton, HSU SBTDC Training Coordinator
Co-sponsor: CCCUA
Seminar Highlights: The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center presents Starting a Business in Arkansas. Want to be your own boss but don't know where to start? Many questions entrepreneurs have about starting a business are answered in this three hour workshop. Starting A Business in Arkansas prepares participants for the intensive business planning process. Find out the major steps crucial to starting a business, identify key issues that affect your business success, and discuss start-up requirements as well as common pitfalls you will face as an entrepreneur. Registration is required.
Speaker: ASBTDC Representative
Seminar Highlights: The SAU Small Business and Technology Development Center presents "How to Write a Business Plan". No matter how large or small, all businesses must have a business plan! A business plan will help you define your concept, evaluate the competition, determine risks, and estimate your costs. This seminar will explain and illustrate the business plan format.
Speaker: SAU ASBTDC Representative
Co-sponsor: CABS
Seminar Highlights: The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center presents Learn from those who have done it!.
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Seminar Highlights: No matter how large or small, all businesses must have a business plan! A business plan will help you define your concept, evaluate the competition, determine risks, and estimate your costs. This seminar will explain and illustrate the business plan format.
Speaker: SAU ASBTDC Representative
Co-sponsor: UACCH
These online learning programs require about 3-hours to complete. To register for any of the following programs, contact the ASBTDC Lead Center at 1-800-862-2040 or (501) 683-7700 or click on the Register Now button to register online.
Seminar Highlights: This online course provides the advice and strategies of the some of the leading entrepreneurs concerning what it really takes to start a new venture. This online course will show you how to protect your ideas, how to hire employees, how to find out what licenses and regulations may apply, as well as, provide more than 50 resources of free information that are available to you in making your new business a reality. more
Seminar Highlights: Every new venture has to work the complex decision of what legal structure to choose for the business. This online course breaks down this decision into its essential characteristics simplifying the decision-making process. more
Seminar Highlights: A comprehensive online course on how to buy the right business at the right price. Developed by entrepreneurs who buy businesses for a living, this online course offers advice and wisdom in such areas as: the key questions to ask of any seller, the due diligence process, valuing a business and determining the offer, negotiation steps and tactics, and sample legal agreements. more
Seminar Highlights: A comprehensive ten-part online course on the tactics of how money is really raised for small business formation. This online course examines the sources of available capital and provides an overview concerning the difference between debt and equity. This online course walks you through the maze of financial terms and tactics necessary to successfully identify and secure money for a new business venture. more
Seminar Highlights: This online course presents practical tactics on how to identify and secure different types of capital including seed capital, angel capital, and venture capital. The process used by different kinds of investors is presented and the tools for completing the fund-raising process are presented. Special focus is given to the federal and state laws that govern the capital and securities process. more
