Workshops

• BUILD A BETTER BUSINESS WORKSHOPS
  Do You Own a Business or Have Plans to Start One?
  Fort Bragg: Aug 24 - Sept 28, 2010
  Fort Bragg (Spanish): Aug 26- Sept 30, 2010
  Ukiah: Aug 31 - Oct 12, 2010
  
  West Company Offers Build a Better Business Training Workshops designed to make you a successful business owner. The series includes six 3-hour workshops that are designed to give new business owners the basic knowledge necessary to make their idea successful. The workshops can be taken as a series, or individually to brush up on specific skills.  The series is as follows:
  Got What It Takes? - An exploration of personal readiness for owning a business
  Does Your Idea Make Cents? - An Introductory course on business feasibility
  Know Your Customers - An Introduction to marketing and sales
  Communicating with Customers - An introduction to marketing strategies, budgets, and sales.
  Nuts and Bolts - Introductory session on business management, logistics, and finances
  Follow Your Money - Introductory session on cash flow and profit and loss basics
  
  The Build a Better Business Workshop Series is held four times a year. You can sign up online if you are a resident of Mendocino County. If you are a Glenn County resident, contact Bill Becket at the Glenn County office, 530-865-7402.
• BUILDING A BETTER SERVICE BUSINESS
  A three part series for improving the profitability of your service business!
  Fort Bragg: Tuesdays, October 12 - October 26, 2010
  
  Join West Company for an opportunity to review and improve both your pricing and marketing strategy for your service-based business. Whether you run a cleaning business, child care service, landscaping, handy man or computer and web design, this three part series will help you better manage your service business. This series includes:
  "The Price is Right?" Pricing Your Service
  Marketing a Service Business
  "Marketing You"
  For more information call (707) 964-7571.
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  PROFIT MASTERY
  "Creating Value and Building Wealth"
  October 9th & 16th, 2010 in Fort Bragg
  Profit Mastery combines humor and plain English with real-world experience to give business owners and advisors the skills and tools they need to drive immediate improved financial performance.  Profit Mastery consists of 16 hours of hands-on classroom activities and presentation designed for the highest comprehension and retention. 
  
  In this workshop you will determine and evaluate the current financial position of a case study business utilizing industry benchmarks and formulas.  Using the Road Map, you will gain the tools to chart a course for the future of your business.  You will leave with a process to assess the performance of your business and a strategy to implement change. Classes will be held in Ukiah and Fort Bragg starting in the winter of 2010.  For more information about Profit Mastery call (707) 964-7571.
  
• BUSINESS PLAN WRITERS GROUP
  Having trouble getting your business plan started?
  Come write your business plan with us and get it done in five sessions with the support of a business consultant and a creative group of entrepreneurs! Each week we will work on a section of the plan including profit and loss and cash flow projections. Call our office for more information on future business plan writers' groups.
• SCHEDULE C AND TAX SEMINARS
  West Company offers tax seminars and workshops in late winter/early spring to help new and existing small and micro businesses learn what they need to know to file their returns.  We can help you learn about deductions, credits, and how to file.  For more information see our course list.
  
  
  
  • Glenn County Workshops: Call 530-865-7402 for details or
    view the course list.