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Incubator Workshops
To register for any workshop, please call 970.243.5242 or e-mail info@gjincubator.org with your name, address and phone number.
Pumping Up the Dream, Starting a Business in Western Colorado
A 2 1/2 hour overview of everything you need to know to start and grow your company including business licensing requirements, the business planning process and business financing options.
Day Classes: 9:00 - 11:30 am
Thursday, September 16
Afternoon Classes: 1:30 - 4:00 pm
Friday, September 3
Evening Classes: 6:00 - 9:00 pm
TBA
Cost: $50 includes "Pumping Up the Dream" workshop, training materials and membership in the Fast Trac Business Basics program.
Fast Trac Business Basics
Four interchangeable one-hour (noon to 1 p.m.) BYOB luncheons delve more deeply into popular startup topics. Sessions are free & require registration. Prerequisite: "Pumping Up the Dream" workshop.
Fast Trac Licensing: License your business on-line.
Aug 24, Sept 21
Fast Trac Cash Flows: Learn how to do a cash flow budget using Excel.
Aug 26, Sept 23
Fast Trac Market Research: Learn how to use RefUSA to find your target market.
Sept 7
Fast Trac Business Planning: Write a plan to help ensure the success of your business.
Sept 9
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What's it worth to you? the basics of business valuation
What would be a fair listing price for a business and how is it determined? Will a lender finance the acquisition? Does selling a business within the industry provide opportunity to command a premium price? Join us in learning about the roles of market analysis and business evaluation in developing a realistic business worth assessment.
Date: Wednesday August 25
Time: 9:00am - 10:30am
Cost: $35
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Leading EDGE
The Leading Edge Program is a 12-week program that helps move your business to the next level. This intensive training course provides business owners and entrepreneurs expert guidance in the areas of cash flow management, marketing, finance, personnel, legal issues, and more. Each participant will receive hands-on assistance in preparing a complete business plan.
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Date: August 24 to November 16
Time: Tuesday evenings from 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Cost: $275
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payroll: the process in a nutshell
Hiring your first employee can be an exciting, but confusing adventure if you've never done payroll before. this class is designed to help the average small business owner understand the basic process and forms, including how to avoid common pitfalls by paying payroll liabilities in a timely manner.
Date: Wednesday September 29
Time: 9:00am - 10:30am
Cost: $35
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Bookkeeping Boot Camp: Understanding Bookkeeping & Financial Statements
•Learn how to set up and track business accounting records and what types of expenses are deductible.
•Gain better control of your business by learning how balance sheets, income statements and cash flow projections are prepared and what they can tell you about your business.
Instructor, Helen Roe, works with the Loan Fund of Mesa County and has been recognized
as an Outstanding Woman Accountant by the American Society of Women Accountants.
Date: Wednesday October 20
Time: 9:00am - 2:00pm
Cost: $75, includes lunch
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Building Your Social Brand
How can you use social media tools to enhance your company's BRAND recognition?
This workshop will demonstrate how to use Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter to raise your profile among key industry groups, find and cultivate relationships with your customers, and hone your search techniques and strategies. The objective is to provide a better understanding of how to use social media tools to get involved with the discussion going on in your industry and cultivate your presence in that conversation.
Date: TBA
Time: 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Cost: $50
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GUERRILLA MARKETING FOR NEW BUSINESSES
Strategies and tactics to market your company. Learn how to create a target customer profile, explore various marketing opportunities. This class will help you develop a marketing plan the speaks to YOUR customers.
Date: Wednesday August 11
Time: 4:00pm - 6:30pm
Cost:$50
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TAX PLAN WORKOUT: DEALING WITH THE BUSINESS TAX MAZE
This informative presentation will help you simplify some otherwise confusing
tax issues such as tracking and paying business taxes, depreciation of home or
auto use in business and other allowable business expenses.
Instructor, Pamela J. Belcher, CPA, has many years experience working
with entrepreneurs in Mesa County.
Date: Wednesday August 18
Time: 9:00am - 12:00am
Cost: $50
Join us on LinkedIn
Collaboration amongst peers is one of the most important benefits to being part of the Business Incubator Center community. To help enrich this aspect of the program, we would like to suggest that if you are not already a user of the social networking site LinkedIn, please consider joining! The Business Incubator Center now has a group on LinkedIn, and we would like to invite all of you to join us. The more people who are in the group, the more valuable a resource it will become to the Business Incubator Center community. As the community grows, you will be able to find colleagues who may be in similar industries or facing similar growth issues, and it will serve as just one more way that the community can help businesses grow and prosper.
The Business Incubator Center http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/1554637/
To learn more about how to use LinkedIn to help grow your business go to: http://learn.linkedin.com/entrepreneurs/
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Toastmasters: Become the Speaker & Leader You Want to Be
Join us as the downtown Toastmasters meeting moves to the Incubator Campus! Toastmasters participants practice and learn skills by filling a meeting role, ranging from giving a prepared speech or an impromptu one to serving as timer, evaluator or grammarian. There is no instructor; instead, each speech and meeting is critiqued by a member in a positive manner, focusing on what was done right and what could be improved. Good communicators tend to be good leaders. Incubator Clients are welcome! Attend a meeting or two to observe and participate as much as you like, but membership is required for additional participation.
When: Every Thursday at noon
Where: Incubator Center Training Room
Driving directions: Coming in from Grand Junction, go over the 5th street bridge toward Orchard Mesa. Bear right (and turn right) at the intersection of 26 ¼ road (and Unaweep) This will bring you into the cemetery. Follow the signs through the cemetery. At the bottom of the hill, turn to the left past the Department of Energy complex. Take your next right hand turn, going over the railroad tracks and into the Business Incubator complex. The building straight ahead as you enter through the gate is the administration building where the workshops are held. Call 243-5242 if you have any questions.
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