BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20110928T233000Z DTEND:20111215T030000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Small Business Fundamentals Class DESCRIPTION:Starting a business?\n\n Running a business without a current business plan?\n\n Need business financing?\n\n \n\n Attend "Small Business Fundamentals: Elements of Your Business Plan\," and help achieve your goals of operating\, financing and growing your own successful small business. \n\n \n\n This ten-session course will cover a different essential small business topic each session and local business experts will share their insights and knowledge. The instructor\, guest business professionals and the NxLevel Entrepreneurs Guide will provide what you need to write a successful business plan.\n\n \n\n WHEN: Wednesdays\, September 28 through December 14\, 2011. 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM\n\n No class October 19 and November 23.\n\n WHERE: UW-Baraboo / Sauk county\n\n INSTRUCTOR: James Bowers\, a successful entrepreneur since 1994. \n\n COST: $185 includes all reading materials and a business plan workbook\, a real bargain for a ten-week class of this length and depth. \n\n \n\n What previous attendees say about the class:\n\n \n\n "I don't think we'd be nearly as far along with our business\, setting it up\, without that class." \n\n Cliff Peterson\, who opened Green Plan-It with Ed Witczak in Baraboo. \n\n \n\n "We just renewed our mortgage for our four Portage AmericanWay assisted living homes. The business plan that you helped me put together was a significant factor in obtaining this renewal. Thank you so much for the class that you put together last fall. Your help was invaluable!" Janis Deets Nowak\, AmericanWay\n\n \n\n Program topics include:\n\n Introduction\, overview and entrepreneurship \n\n Planning and research: entrepreneurial essentials \n\n Organizational matters: management and legal structure \n\n Marketing "behind the scenes" analysis and understanding \n\n Marketing---"on stage": strategies\, tactics and implementation \n\n Financial Overview: books\, records\, and controls \n\n Managing your money: financial planning\, budgets\, & assumptions \n\n Managing your money: developing and using cash flow projections \n\n Understanding and using your financial statements \n\n Financing your business: alternative sources of money \n\n The deal making process: negotiating in the real world \n\n Your business future: managing growth and plan completion \n\n \n\n REGISTER Today! Call UW Baraboo Continuing Education at 608-355-5220 or online at http://www.baraboo.uwc.edu/?pid=7 and click on Professional Development.\n\n \n\n SPONSORS\n\n UW-Madison Small Business Development Center\, UW-Baraboo/Sauk County\, Madison College\, the Sauk County Development Corporation\, the Columbia County Economic Development Corporation\, Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative and the Inventors and Entrepreneurs Clubs of Sauk and Columbia counties. Partially underwritten by Wisconsin Business Development Finance Corp. \n\n SStarting a business?\n\n Running a business without a current business plan?\n\n Need business financing?\n\n \n\n Attend "Small Business Fundamentals: Elements of Your Business Plan\," and help achieve your goals of operating\, financing and growing your own successful small business. \n\n \n\n This ten-session course will cover a different essential small business topic each session and local business experts will share their insights and knowledge. The instructor\, guest business professionals and the NxLevel Entrepreneurs Guide will provide what you need to write a successful business plan.\n\n \n\n WHEN: Wednesdays\, September 28 through December 14\, 2011. 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM\n\n No class October 19 and November 23.\n\n WHERE: UW-Baraboo / Sauk county\n\n INSTRUCTOR: James Bowers\, a successful entrepreneur since 1994. \n\n COST: $185 includes all reading materials and a business plan workbook\, a real bargain for a ten-week class of this length and depth. \n\n \n\n \n\n Program topics include:\n\n Introduction\, overview and entrepreneurship \n\n Planning and research: entrepreneurial essentials \n\n Organizational matters: management and legal structure \n\n Marketing "behind the scenes" analysis and understanding \n\n Marketing---"on stage": strategies\, tactics and implementation \n\n Financial Overview: books\, records\, and controls \n\n Managing your money: financial planning\, budgets\, & assumptions \n\n Managing your money: developing and using cash flow projections \n\n Understanding and using your financial statements \n\n Financing your business: alternative sources of money \n\n The deal making process: negotiating in the real world \n\n Your business future: managing growth and plan completion \n\n \n\n REGISTER Today! Call UW Baraboo Continuing Education at 608-355-5220 or online at http://www.baraboo.uwc.edu/?pid=7 and click on Professional Development.\n\n \n\n SPONSORS\n\n UW-Madison Small Business Development Center\, UW-Baraboo/Sauk County\, Madison College\, the Sauk County Development Corporation\, the Columbia County Economic Development Corporation\, Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative and the Inventors and Entrepreneurs Clubs of Sauk and Columbia counties. Partially underwritten by Wisconsin Business Development Finance Corp. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

\n  \; \; \; \; \; \;Starting a business?
\n Running a business without a current business plan?
\n Need business financing?
\n  \;
\n Attend &ldquo\;Small Business Fundamentals: Elements of Your Business Plan\,&rdquo\; and help achieve your goals of operating\, financing and growing your own successful small business.  \;
\n  \;
\n This ten-session course will cover a different essential small business topic each session and local business experts will share their insights and knowledge. \; The instructor\, guest business professionals and the NxLevel Entrepreneurs Guide will provide what you need to write a successful business plan.
\n  \;
\n WHEN: \; Wednesdays\, September 28 through December 14\, 2011. \; 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
\n No class October 19 and November 23.
\n WHERE: \; UW-Baraboo / Sauk county
\n INSTRUCTOR: James Bowers\, a successful entrepreneur since 1994.
\n COST: \; $185 includes all reading materials and a business plan workbook\, a real bargain for a ten-week class of this length and depth.
\n  \;
\n What previous attendees say about the class:
\n  \;
\n &ldquo\;I don&rsquo\;t think we&rsquo\;d be nearly as far along with our business\, setting it up\, without that class.&rdquo\;
\n Cliff Peterson\, who opened Green Plan-It with Ed Witczak in Baraboo.
\n  \;
\n &ldquo\;We just renewed our mortgage \;for our four Portage AmericanWay assisted living homes. \; The business plan that you helped me put together was a significant factor in obtaining this renewal. Thank you so much for the class that you put together last fall. \; Your help was invaluable!&rdquo\; \; Janis Deets Nowak\, AmericanWay
\n  \;
\n Program topics include:
\n Introduction\, overview and entrepreneurship
\n Planning and research: entrepreneurial essentials
\n Organizational matters: management and legal structure
\n Marketing&mdash\;&ldquo\;behind the scenes&rdquo\; analysis and understanding
\n Marketing---&ldquo\;on stage&rdquo\;: strategies\, tactics and implementation
\n Financial Overview: books\, records\, and controls
\n Managing your money: financial planning\, budgets\, &\; assumptions
\n Managing your money: developing and using cash flow projections
\n Understanding and using your financial statements
\n Financing your business: alternative sources of money
\n The deal making process: negotiating in the real world
\n Your business future: managing growth and plan completion
\n  \;
\n REGISTER Today! \; Call UW Baraboo Continuing Education at 608-355-5220 or online at http://www.baraboo.uwc.edu/?pid=7 \; and click on Professional Development.
\n  \;
\n SPONSORS
\n UW-Madison Small Business Development Center\, UW-Baraboo/Sauk County\, Madison College\, the Sauk County Development Corporation\, the Columbia County Economic Development Corporation\, Wisconsin Women&rsquo\;s Business Initiative and the Inventors and Entrepreneurs Clubs of Sauk and Columbia counties. \; Partially underwritten by Wisconsin Business Development Finance Corp. \; \;
\n  \;SStarting a business?
\n Running a business without a current business plan?
\n Need business financing?
\n  \;
\n Attend &ldquo\;Small Business Fundamentals: Elements of Your Business Plan\,&rdquo\; and help achieve your goals of operating\, financing and growing your own successful small business.  \;
\n  \;
\n This ten-session course will cover a different essential small business topic each session and local business experts will share their insights and knowledge. \; The instructor\, guest business professionals and the NxLevel Entrepreneurs Guide will provide what you need to write a successful business plan.
\n  \;
\n WHEN: \; Wednesdays\, September 28 through December 14\, 2011. \; 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
\n No class October 19 and November 23.
\n WHERE: \; UW-Baraboo / Sauk county
\n INSTRUCTOR: James Bowers\, a successful entrepreneur since 1994.
\n COST: \; $185 includes all reading materials and a business plan workbook\, a real bargain for a ten-week class of this length and depth. \;
\n  \;
\n  \;
\n Program topics include:
\n Introduction\, overview and entrepreneurship
\n Planning and research: entrepreneurial essentials
\n Organizational matters: management and legal structure
\n Marketing&mdash\;&ldquo\;behind the scenes&rdquo\; analysis and understanding
\n Marketing---&ldquo\;on stage&rdquo\;: strategies\, tactics and implementation
\n Financial Overview: books\, records\, and controls
\n Managing your money: financial planning\, budgets\, &\; assumptions
\n Managing your money: developing and using cash flow projections
\n Understanding and using your financial statements
\n Financing your business: alternative sources of money
\n The deal making process: negotiating in the real world
\n Your business future: managing growth and plan completion
\n  \;
\n REGISTER Today! \; Call UW Baraboo Continuing Education at 608-355-5220 or online at http://www.baraboo.uwc.edu/?pid=7 \; and click on Professional Development.
\n  \;
\n SPONSORS
\n UW-Madison Small Business Development Center\, UW-Baraboo/Sauk County\, Madison College\, the Sauk County Development Corporation\, the Columbia County Economic Development Corporation\, Wisconsin Women&rsquo\;s Business Initiative and the Inventors and Entrepreneurs Clubs of Sauk and Columbia counties. \; Partially underwritten by Wisconsin Business Development Finance Corp. \;
\n  \;

\n LOCATION:The class will be taught at UW-Baraboo/ Sauk County. UID:e.374.4051 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260409T174619Z URL:http://chambermaster.portagewi.com/events/details/small-business-fundamentals-class-09-28-2011-4051 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR