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e-Learning for Entrepreneurs
NH SBDC's e-Learning for Entrepreneurs provides 24/7 availability of business management and industry-related workshops, seminars, and e-Tools right in your workplace or home.
Business Plan OnLine (BPOL) is an online software product that walks you through the narrative and financial parts of your business plan. Create your start-up or growth business plan on your own, or over time with an SBDC business advisor. BPOL is available for $49 from the SBDC homepage.
SBDC's How To's for Business Owners - OnLine, AnyTime are courses in Business Management, Marketing, and Finance. These are free, 2-3.5 hour courses, which you can take in one sitting or in several via the internet. Underwritten by Citizens Bank Foundation, NH Department of Environmental Services, Public Service of New Hampshire, Daniel Webster College, and TD Banknorth.
For more information on e-Learning for Entrepreneurs and on becoming an e-Learning sponsor, contact Heidi Edwards Dunn, Educational Program Coordinator. |
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Survival Tools for Entrepreneurs
The NH SBDC offers real time assistance 24/7.
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| SBDC Events
SAVE THE DATE
NH SBDC HOSTS 2009 SBA SMALL BUSINESS AWARDS LUNCHEON
Wednesday, June 3rd
11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. C.R. Sparks, Bedford, NH
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| Timely Tools for Entrepreneurs
SBA Announces Launch of New Web Initiative
Community.Business.gov is the first government-sponsored online community built specifically for small businesses.
The IRS announced on March 23rd that small businesses with deductions exceeding their income in 2008 could use a new net operating loss tax provision to get a refund of taxes paid in prior years.
SBIR Phase I Solicitations Announced by EPA and NSF
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) have announced their Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Solicitations. Read an announcement from the NSF, and from EPA.
Want to be knowledgeable about OSHA standards?
Train your own employees to receive or deliver the 10 and/or 30 hour Dept. of Labor OSHA card required on public projects in New England states. Train-the-Trainer courses available. Call: 1-800-449-OSHA (6742) or 603-645-0050. Additional information is available here. |
| SBDC Educational Programs
Business Planning
BUILD YOUR BUSINESS PLAN IN-A-DAY
Take the Build Your Business Plan in-a-Day workshop.
Use NH SBDC's Business Plan OnLine.
Write your business plan in a day!
SBDC certified business advisors will facilitate this workshop. Limited to 6 businesses.
April 15, 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
International Trade Resource Center
17 New Hampshire Drive, Portsmouth
To attend, you must purchase the online software Business Plan OnLine, at $49, available at www.nhsbdc.org. Workshop registration fee is $120. For information and to register, please call Heidi Edwards Dunn at 227-0417 or email h.edwardsdunn@unh.edu.
QuickBooks
All Seminars will be held at Daniel Webster College, 119 International Drive, Portsmouth, NH 03801.
April 9, 10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
For businesses currently using QuickBooks, this seminar will focus on important tips and hints to help you better utilize QuickBooks, increase your efficiency, streamline reporting, practice good security and backup habits, simplify tasks, and create a more productive working environment.
April 16, 10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Professional Services is a unique seminar developed just for your industry specific needs. Using QuickBooks we will focus on those areas that can help take you to that next level:
- Create invoices from estimates or proposals.
- Tracking time and applying it to clients.
- Share data with Microsoft applications.
- Management Reporting
- Review business planning options
- Much more!
Business Basics
This workshop is for people who are interested in learning the fundamentals of starting and running a business the right way. Some subjects covered are the pros and cons of being in business, registering your business, choosing the business form (LLC, sole proprietor, etc.), basics of accounting and record keeping, understanding your market, basic business law, cash flow planning and budgeting, and how financing really works.
April 15 - 5:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Daniel Webster College
20 University Drive, Nashua
Amoskeag Business Incubator
33 S. Commercial Street, Manchester
SBDC Environmental Management Program
The Environmental Management Program, located at the Manchester Regional Office of the NH SBDC, helps you develop best management practices to achieve sustainability.
Presented by the NH SBDC and the Construction Safety Roundtable:
April 28, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Ammon Center, Manchester
May 26, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Ammon Center, Manchester |
| Partner Events
Forum on the Future- Health Care System
April 8, 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
C.R. Sparks, Bedford, NH
Event speakers include Dr. James Squires, President, Endowment for Health; Nicholas Toumpas, Commissioner, NH Dept. of Health & Human Services; Bruce King, President, NH Hospital Association; Dr. Charles Blitzer, President, NH Medical Society; and Cheryl Matheis, Senior VP for Health Strategy, AARP
April 14, 10:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Radisson Hotel, Nashua
The New England Eco-Hospitality Expo will advance green initiatives and sustainability practices, raise environmental consciousness and promote eco-tourism throughout the hospitality industry in New England.
April 16, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Holiday Inn, Concord
A luncheon event and panel discussion focusing on the current state of NH's infrastructure, the impact and timing of federal stimulus money on key highway projects, the health of the NH Highway Fund and the need for additional revenue, and the future of commuter rail in New Hampshire. Featuring: U.S. Representative Paul Hodes, NH Transportation Commissioner George Campbell, State Rep. David Campbell and Christian Zimmerman, President, Pike Industries.
Increase your Human Resources Knowledge and Effectiveness!!
The SHRM Essentials of Human Resources class will be held at Keene State College's Manchester Safety Center, 175 Ammon Drive, Manchester. Instructor: William Prokop, Assistant City Manager and Human Resources Director, City of Keene.
Saturdays, April 18 & May 2, 2009
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
For more information or to register, call 603-358-2290.
April 21, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Belknap County Econ. Dev. Council
SNHU, 2 Airport Road, Laconia
- Veterans Entrepreneurship...Your Key to Small
Business Success.
April 28, May 26, and June 30
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Development Officer, will be available to provide
the military community members full access to
the SBA's ranges of programs and services,
appointment is necessary.
How Economic Challenges
Can Provide Opportunity to "Rally Your Troops" -
a discussion about employee engagement.
- Second Monday of the month, 12 - 1:00 p.m.
Presented by Sharon Sharon Bailey, owner and
founder of TWP Marketing and Technical
Communications.
- April 7th, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
May 4, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Radisson Hotel, Center of NH, Manchester |
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The NH SBDC provides
confidential business
management consulting and educational programs to more than 3,000 NH small businesses each year. The NH SBDC is the only NH agency that has full time, certified business advisors providing one-on-one, long-term management consulting to small businesses.
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