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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.
COMING SOON - NH Specific courses, watch for the date!
Business Plan OnLine (BPOL) Create your start-up or growth business plan on your own, or over time with an SBDC business advisor with this online software product. Cost: $49
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. Phase III Premier Sponsor: Public Service of New Hampshire.
CFor 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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NH SBDC: Your Business Lifeline ---Recovery to Growth!!
Upcoming Event
5th Annual Small Business Day at the State House
January 27, 2010, 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Holiday Inn, Concord
The NH SBDC, the NH BIA, and local and regional chambers will host the 5th Annual Small Business Day at the State House to bring small business owners face to face with state leaders for public policy discussion and debate.
There will be three panels:
I. A panel discussion with the state's elected leaders, followed by a Q&A, begins the morning. The state leadership panel includes Senate President Sylvia Larsen, House Speaker Terie Norelli, Senate Republican Leader Peter Bragdon and House Republican Leader Sherm Packard, and will focus specifically on top small business issues of 2010 and how state elected leaders seek to resolve them.
II. Taxing Distributions from LLCs will focus on New Hampshire's extension of the 5% interest and dividends tax to distributions from LLC's and partnerships.
III. Recovery to Growth: Where are the Opportunities? Discover new strategies and opportunities in three areas: Improving Your Bottom Line, Doing Business with the Government, and Effective Marketing on a Small Business Budget. Participants include Rudy Bazelmans, Expense Reduction Analysts; Rachael Roderick, US Small Business Administration; David Pease, NH Procurement Technical Assistance Program; and Sara Adams, ska works. Moderated by Mary Collins, State Director, NH SBDC.
Cost: $15 per person. To register, call 603-224-5388 x116 or visit www.nhbia.org and click on January 27 on the events calendar. This event is sponsored by Public Service of New Hampshire, NH Division of Economic Development, and media sponsor NH Business Review. | |
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SBDC News
Take a look at Coffee Break Chat! The topics below and many other useful tools and news for keeping your small business going and growing can be found there, posted twice weekly.
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| Timely Tools for Entrepreneurs
New Hampshire Start-up Challenge 2010
The New Hampshire Start-up Challenge is a business plan competition created to connect entrepreneurs and social innovators with seed capital and key services to help them on their path toward the creation of value, sustainable growth, and profitability. Applicants who are chosen to participate in the Challenge will receive scholarships to the Stonyfield Farm Entrepreneurial Institute and other guidance on important aspects of their business plans, and plenty of support as they prepare for their launch. Ultimately, one winner will be chosen to receive a $25,000 cash award and in-kind professional services and products from New Hampshire-area businesses. Applications are due by January 31st!
SBA, Dell Launch New Educational Video Series to Help Small Businesses Grow, Create Jobs.
Strategies for Growth: Advice for Expanding Your Business includes real-world insight, solutions and advice from small business owners who've succeeded, in good and bad economic times. Additionally, the series draws on the expertise of counselors, policy makers and others for accessing resources and tools available to small business owners.
Over $3M Available Through New Energy Reduction Fund
CDFA and its partners, the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund and the Jordan Institute, were awarded $3.5 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding through the New Hampshire Office of Energy and Planning, to capitalize a revolving loan fund, the Energy Reduction Fund. The Fund will help finance energy improvements in buildings owned by micro, small, medium, and large commercial businesses and nonprofit organizations.
The tax filing season is just around the corner, so if you haven't already done so, it's time to organize your records. Whether you are a business owner or an individual taxpayer, you can avoid headaches at tax time with good records because they will help you remember transactions you made during the year. Keeping well-organized records also ensures you can answer questions if your return is selected for examination or prepare a response if you are billed for additional tax. For more information about recordkeeping, check out IRS Publications on Recordkeeping for Individuals, Starting a Business and Keeping Records, and Travel, Entertainment, Gift and Car Expenses. |
| SBDC Educational Programs
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.
Amoskeag Business Incubator
33 S. Commercial St., Manchester
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.Demolition Safety
Presented by the NH SBDC and the Construction Safety Roundtable.
January 19, 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Confined Spaces
Presented by the NH SBDC and the Construction Safety Roundtable.
February 23, 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Ammon Center, Manchester
Marketing
This workshop is an introduction to
methods and tactics for improving your online
marketing efforts. It is intended to provide
an overview of search engine optimization,
blogging, social media sites and other tools
with real-life examples. It will be best suited
for the business owner who wants to gain a better
understanding of these topics in order to make
better-informed decisions when speaking with their
web development provider or optimizing their web
site directly.
January 13, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Dover Chamber of Commerce
550 Central Ave., Dover
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Partner Events
BIA's "Welcome Back Legislators"
Join fellow business leaders for an evening of cocktails and conversation with the state's elected officials. Gov. John Lynch and all legislators and staff have been invited.
January 13, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m
Holiday Inn, 172 North Main St., Concord
Women Inspiring Women presents "Chicks-Conversation and Cocktails"
According to Leslie Sturgeon, president of the organization, the focus of these evenings is to "shake off those winter blahs, enjoy some sinful delights and delicious girl talk." Hearty appetizers will be served and there will be special treats and door prizes. Registration is preferred and is $25.00 for members and first-time attendees and $30.00 per person for non-members.
January 14, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Courtyard Bistro at the Margate Resort
76 Lake St., Laconia
January 28, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Jillians
50 Phillipe Court Street, Manchester Visit the Women Inspiring Women website at www.wiwnh.com for online registration or contact them at (603) 744-0400.
Join top industry leaders at Business NH Magazine's annual breakfast as they offer insight into the Granite State's economic trends, challenges and opportunities for 2010. Topics include: health & wellness, energy & utilities, real estate, higher education, tourism, and banking.
January 21, 7:30 - 9:30 a.m.
SERESC Conference Center, Bedford
Pete Lachance, CPA, to Present Workshop at ABI
Confused about federal and NH taxes for your small business? Unsure if you are claiming all potential tax deductions? Whether you are a new or experienced small business owner, this workshop will provide you with plenty of ideas to reduce your taxes and take advantage of available savings.
January 21, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Amoskeag Business Incubator
33 S. Commercial St., Manchester
There is no cost for this workshop, but registration is requested. Call 629-9511, or email Jesse Cloutier at jesse@abi-nh.com.
ABI's January "Ask-the-Expert" - A New Year...A New Business?
Michele Petersen is the Vice President of the ABI and provides business coaching to start-up and early stage companies. Michele will be answering questions about starting a new business in the new year.
Presented by the NH Manufacturing Extension Partnership, the NH International Trade Resource Center, and the U.S. Commercial Service, the ExporTech program helps companies to enter or expand in global markets, by assisting in the development of a customized international growth plan, vetted by experts, and by building a team of organizations that helps companies move quickly beyond planning to actual export sales. The ExporTech program leads companies through a facilitiated process that prepares them for a profitable growth in global markets.
Session 1: February 8, 2010
Session 2: March 15, 2010
Session 3: April 15, 2010
All sessions will take place at the NH Dept. of Resources and Economic Development, 172 Pembroke Rd., Concord. |
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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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