Access to other
business networks
Sales presentation
development
Start and Operate your own Home-Based Business
Home-Based
businesses are the hottest business trend of the decade! Learn how to be your
own boss and eliminate the stress of having a job. The benefits of working
from home are endless! Earn what you deserve, be independent, have tax
deductions, do away with traffic, office politics and more! Learn how to
develop the entrepreneurial qualities - motivation, discipline, creativity -
that you will need to succeed! This class is a great way to start your own
business or enhance the one you already have.
Start Your
Own Construction Management Business
Your contracting business can gain a powerful and permanent advantage over
the competition by practicing expert business management. Learn how to build
your company's business skills up to the same high level as your trade skills.
This course gives you hands-on, practical management tools to help you design
and construct a superior business operation that serves your customers better
and keeps them coming back. This course will show each person on your business
team how to understand your entire operation so they can help improve the
management process. Production managers will see how the sales people and
estimators rely on their performance to meet timelines and project costs.
Finance and administration people will learn how to keep other managers and
staff current on critical company operations while keeping a pulse on the
financial health of the company. The contractor/owner will discover how each
part of the management team can affect and improve total company operations.
Discover how to get your management group working as a well-informed team. This
course will provide you with clear and simple directions to give your
contracting company the strongest possible business advantage.
Start Your Own Consulting Practice
Do
you have training or knowledge that could be useful to others? Have you ever
considered providing consulting services based upon your background? This course
is designed to help those who wish to set up a consulting practice get started.
You will learn the complete process of starting and operating a consulting
practice. The course will begin with surveys and assessments designed to help
you pinpoint the best consulting services to offer. The course then progresses
into the business start-up process, including issues such as licensing and
legalities. You will then develop a complete business plan for their consulting
firm that details finances, pricing policies, contracting, and marketing. The
course concludes with a discussion of record-keeping and tax concerns. There
will also be an online discussion area where you can exchange valuable business
ideas and resources with other students and the instructor. The instructor will
keep you updated by citing resources such as books, periodicals, and
organizations designed to help small businesses.
Start
Your Own Small Business
Learn how to take
your dream of starting a business and put it into action. In this class,
you'll learn everything you need to know about starting a business.
You'll begin by discovering the tricks to picking the right opportunity
for you. Next, you'll learn how to develop proven marketing techniques
to easily build sales. Since every business needs money, we'll discuss
traditional and nontraditional financing options. Finally, you'll learn
easy-to-implement employee-management procedures and how to write
business policies that help you build your business.
You, as a business owner, need to manage all your limited resources. One
resource that often gets overlooked is your time. In the final lesson,
you'll learn time-management techniques especially for entrepreneurs.
While taking this course, you'll discover the secrets that separate the
successful entrepreneurs from the struggling ones.
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