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Start a Business Workshops
F.O.C.U.S. Resources is committed to providing information and answers on starting a business. From making an informed decision on the legal and tax structures of a business to what it takes to market and grow your business. From day one, we want you to make the best decisions for you and your business.
Entrepreneurship Series
2009 Webinars, Seminars and Workshops
QuickBooks - Company Preferences, Navigation, and Quick Tips
Webinar: September 28, 2009
3 - 4:30 pm Eastern
Cost: FREE!!!
Hosted by North Carolina SBTDC
Lead by Lea Strickland, MBA CMA CFM CBM GMC
Get started and/or improve your use of QuickBooks!
If you are just getting started or even if you’ve been using QB for years chances are you taught yourself or “picked it up” from someone else who taught themselves. The challenge with QB is to know how to use it effectively – quickly and accurately. By understanding basic process flows, short cuts, and how preferences setup impacts your results, you can get more from QB and the financial information it provides.
In this Webinar, we will cover:
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Accounting – More than numbers
o Debits and credits - What are they?
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Company preferences
o Access
o Changes
o Options
o Increased flexibility and structuring with the right options.
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Navigation
o Four ways to move around in QB
o How process flow (follow the arrows) impacts the accuracy of your information
o Using process flow to improve your results and save time
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Quick Tips
o Shortcut keys
o Modifying the tool bar
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Reporting
o Reviewing your results
o Modifying reports
REGISTER
QuickBooks - Creating the Company File and Structuring for Results
Workshops
October 20, 2009
or
November 10, 2009
9 - 4:30 pm
Cost: $149 Pre-registered and Pre-paid
Dates for Pre-registration and pre-payment
Discount Ends on October 10, 2009 or November 3, 2009, respectively
Price after Discount Deadlines: $199
Lead by Lea Strickland, MBA CMA CFM CBM GMC
Hosted by Dixon Hughes PLLC
Dixon Hughes Offices
2501 Blue Ridge Road, Suite 500
Raleigh, NC 27607
919.876.4546 - phone
Sponsored by: North Carolina SBTDC
Presented by: F.O.C.U.S. Resources
What will be covered:
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Core accounting concepts
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What are debits and credits?
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What is a chart of accounts?
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What are financial statements?
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GAAP?
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Transactions
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Process flows
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Reporting
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Purposes of accounting
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Setup and preference in the "Company file"
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Chart of accounts design and changes
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Maximizing the information versus data through use of:
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Chart of accounts
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Accounts and subaccounts
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Account numbers
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Jobs
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Class codes
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Reports
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Following the flow of transactions
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Entry
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Edits
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Deletes
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Voids
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Reports
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Structuring your QB to satisfy grant and other reporting needs
Session will be in two halves: Morning will focus on the basics of QB and setup with items that are common and beneficial to all businesses. Afternoon session will be emphasizing how to set more management accounting and grant accounting information. Full day will benefit all users.
Lunch is not included. Cafe available in the building and other restaurants just minutes away.
Each session limited to 30 attendees.
REGISTER
If you have issues with the registration link, you may e-mail your registration to info@focusresourcesinc.com
You will receive a confirmation and invoice for your pre-registration. Upon receipt of payment you will receive a final confirmation of your registration for the workshop.
Out of the Cubicle and Into Business
Be Your Own Boss
Start Your Own Business
Get Out of the Cubicle and Into Business!
If you've ever dreamed of a business of your own, these events are for you. Make the dream a reality and start out strong! These events are part networking, part workshop, and totally practical.
Learn the "things you don't know you don't know" about:
- operating a business
- staffing
- legal structures
- marketing
- publicity
- accounting
- funding
- priorities
Business is about more than the product, the technology, or the service you are providing. It is also about the business model, the business plan, and how you execute the day-to-day operations of the business.
Every day the complexities of going into business and staying in business are increasing. The business and its processes, its competitive edge, is as much about being innovative in the board room, the back office, and the marketing, as it is about "the product".
Entrepreneurial Education
Out of the Cubicle and Into Business
Workshop Series
Make the Transition from Working for Someone to Being in Business and Become an Entrepreneur!
Out of the Cubicle and Into Business: Make the Transition from Employee to Entrepreneur
Who should attend:
Anyone thinking about starting a business
Laid-off employees
Solo entrepreneurs and technology experts
Individuals taking over family owned businesses (the next generation)
Owners/managers of struggling businesses
Why should you attend:
Learn what makes a successful, profitable business
Get guidance on running the business day-to-day and for the long term
Learn how to make cold calls and what making a sale really means
Learn the difference between sales and marketing
Get guidance and practical advice on business structures, operations, employees, accounting and so much more!
Begin the transition to a successful, profitable business on...
To BE ANNOUNCED - WEBINARS and IN PERSON SESSIONS
Registration 9 - 9:30 am Registration, Networking and Refreshments
9:30 to 4:00 pm Full Day of Practical Action Oriented Workshop
9:30 to 12:30 Make the Transition and Take the First Steps
- What does it mean to be "in business"?
- What does it take to start a business?
- What is the process - from changing your mindset to managing your life, money, perspectives and emotions?
- Discuss "what you don't know you don't know".
- Listen, talk and write down your business ideas, steps, and things to do.
- Learn about business processes and issues - accounting, legal structures, being your own boss, and much more.
12:30 to 1:30 Lunch (provided as part of your workshop fee)
Question and Answer Session with
Lea Strickland, President/CEO of F.O.C.U.S. Resources
1:30 to 4:00 You Want Me to (GASP) Market and Sell!!!
- Building and Being a Brand
- What is marketing?
- Sales - Every day in every way...we all do it. Now make money!
- Ethics of marketing, selling, and branding...doing things with integrity
- Press releases, networking, and other "tools" - How do that fit into the business picture
This series will help the startup business person get hands-on expert advice in an environment that is made for this very purpose at the BNC.
Out of the Cubicle and Into Business is a trademark of F.O.C.U.S. Resource, Inc. All Rights Reserved
The Entrepreneur Resource Education Workshops include:
- Business plans
- Building Viability, Visibility, Capability and Credibility
- New Businesses
- Turnarounds/Troubled
- Established
- Budgets
- Pricing for Profitability and Market Position
- From Technology Guru to Entrepreneur
- Overhead or Investment? Looking at Your Expenses with a Business Perspective
- Maximizing Every Dollar - Return on Investment
- Building a Business that Succeeds
- Advisors, Consultants, Employees, and Contractors - Who, What, When, How, and Why (or Why Not) to Have Them
- Performance - Getting Employees and Yourself to Hit the Targets
- The Competitive Edge - A Business Model and a Plan
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