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Even the most skeptical banker can be persuaded positively with a convincing business plan. Comprehensive plans include sales forecasts, market identification, resources, personnel, cash flow, and income projections. Learn how your finished plan should look, what’s to be included, which language to use and what information to present and in what format your plans are clearly convincing.

Interested in starting a business or expanding an existing business? Need financial assistance? This workshop will address these issues by providing information on determining money needs, SBA loans, venture capital, working with local banks, use of a business plan to secure financing, services provided by the Small Business Development Center.

Fee: $60

Code: XBUSD 009

Register: Call (732) 842-8685 or Register Online for Brookdale Community College.

In a simulated business environment, we will demonstrate how to manage both the Customers/Sales and Vendors/Expenses capabilities and Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable transactions and reporting.

Prerequisite: Fundamentals of Small Business Accounting.

Instructor: Carla Fallone, MBA, Fallone Business ResourcesNOTE: “Fundamentals of Small Business Accounting” is a prerequisite for this course.

This is a two session course, Monday & Tuesday continuously.

This is the third of a 4-part series of webinars on Supply Chain Management designed for the small business owner. Note: To receive the full benefit of the material, one should attend all sessions, but that is not required.

Workshop 3: Inventory Replenishment Management

In this session, we will:

• Explain the basic functions of statistical inventory management

• Understand the difference between independent and dependent demand

• Define the theory of inventory replenishment management

• Describe the difference between continuous and periodic inventory review

• Define the seven inventory replenishment methods

INSTRUCTOR: St. Claire Gerald (APICS Master Instructor, CSCP) is Principal Consultant for Harambee Logistics Solutions, specializing in Global Supply Chain certification and Supply Chain Management

Entrepreneurs need customized business plans − a fundamental tool for determining the viability and potential for business ideas. In an aggressive marketplace, business plans serve as game plans that help established businesses sustain momentum and profitability. Attendees explore the benefits of business plan templates.

Instructor: Vicki Lynne Morgan, Russmor Mentoring Group

Is Going Global the right decision for your company?

This 6-part course presents an analysis of the sales function across national borders. The impact of strategic, economic, political, legal, and cultural factors on sales activities, factors that influence the globalization of selling, and the impact of cultural differences on global selling and buying will be discussed. The material presented in this course is geared to business owners or managers with authority to decide the strategy and direction of the company. This is NOT a HOW to sell basics; it is designed to help participants decide if Going Global is the right decision and if it is, how do they start.

Workshop 1: How the COVID-19 Crisis and Recovery are Shaping the Global Economy

• Is going global right for my business?

• The international expansion paradox

INSTRUCTOR: Michael Taylor is an Adjunct Professor in the Russ Berrie Institute for ProfessionalSales (Department of Management, Marketing, and Professional Sales) in the Cotsakos College of Business at William Paterson University.

Note: To receive the full benefit of the material, one should attend all sessions, but that is not required.

Crowdfunding has become a great alternative for small business owners to raise working capital for their business ventures. Our workshop will help participants understand the principles associated with building successful Crowdfunding campaigns and will show you how to use Crowdfunding to finance your goals.

Instructor: Carla Fallone, MBA, Fallone Business Resources

This is the final session of a 4-part series of webinars on Supply Chain Management designed for the small business owner. Note: To receive the full benefit of the material, one should attend all sessions, but that is not required.

Workshop 4: Inventory Management Case Study

In this session, we will:

• Review of a case study to allow students to apply what they have learned in our lectures and readings to solve a supply chain problem in a highly realistic simulation.

INSTRUCTOR: St. Claire Gerald (APICS Master Instructor, CSCP) is Principal Consultant for Harambee Logistics Solutions, specializing in Global Supply Chain certification and Supply Chain Management

Are you building a business while working fulltime? Don’t quit your day job until you until you learn the key elements you need to have in place to transition to self-employment and make your business a success.

Instructor: Karen Auld, KCA Coaching Services

Are you considering becoming a business owner? Do you have the characteristics and fundamental skills to run a business? And, what are the types of qualities that may offer a better chance for business success?

Find out if entrepreneurship is right for you. During the session, complete a self-assessment questionnaire to determine if you have the personal characteristics, the financial fitness and the business readiness skills to own a business. We’ll score, interpret and discuss results to provide a better understanding of your entrepreneurial profile.

Instructor: Karen Katcher, MBA, Katcher Associates

Is Going Global the right decision for your company?

This 6-part course presents an analysis of the sales function across national borders. The impact of strategic, economic, po