The NxLeveL™ Entrepreneurs course is a 12-session
intensive training program designed to encourage business expansion
in a community. The course focuses on teaching the art of better
business practices while producing a comprehensive business plan to
guide business expansion decisions and activities. Entrepreneurs
will learn the following as they prepare a written business plan.
- How and when to start
business planning
- How to organize and better
manager their business
- How to identify opportunities
and market their business
- How to understand the get the
business' financials in order
- How and where to get funding
for their business
- How to write a detailed,
comprehensive business plan
- Networking with other
entrepreneurs
- How to develop a network with
small business support services
Who
Should Take This Course?
If you answer "yes" to any of these questions, you
should consider enrolling the NxLevel™ for Entrepreneurs course.
- Are you finally ready to plan
for the success of your business?
- Do you wish you better
understood your business financial statements?
- Are you ready to take your
business to the next level?
Where
Two Rivers City Hall
1717 East Park Street
When
Contact Us For
Next Class Date
Cost
$212
Cost includes comprehensive reference book, all class handouts,
dinner and/or refreshments, etc.
How to
Register
Call the UW Green Bay SBDC Office at
920.496.2115
E-mail
Teachers and Trainers
Doug Gjerde
Mike Zimmer
Dan Pawlitzke
Curriculum
- Introduction, overview
& entrepreneurship
Gain and understanding of the NxLeveL™ Business Plan and begin
to develop the business mission statement, goals and objectives.
- Planning and
researching entrepreneurial essentials
Begin market/industry research through identification and usage
of research resources.
- Organization matters:
Management and legal structure
Explore legal and organizational topics
including legal structures, government taxes and regulations,
risk management and employee issues.
- Marketing "behind the
scenes": Analysis & understanding
learn key concepts of analyzing your
market including customer profiling and competitive analysis.
- Marketing "on stage":
Strategic tactics and implementation
Develop marketing strategies around the
product pricing, promotion, and distribution elements of your
business.
- Financial overview: Books,
records & controls
Examine how your books and arecords become
the language of business.
- Managing your money:
Financial planning, budgets & assumptions
Understand how to develop and derive
feedback from budgets.
- Managing Money: Developing
and using cash flow projections
Learn to prepare and use the ultimate
management tool - cash flow projections.
- Understanding and using your
financial statements
Take the mystery out of the Income
Statement, Balance Sheet and other financial statements by
learning how to use the numbers.
- Financing your business:
Alternative sources of money
Evaluate financing options and determine
which are best for you.
- The deal making
process: Negotiating in the real world
Develop an understanding of the negotiation process and
techniques
- Your business future:
Managing growth and plan completion
What's next? Growth? Expansion? What's
your business's future?
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