Butte Business Resources » News http://buttebusinessresources.com Your connection to business solutions Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:17:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 How to Strengthen Your Business http://buttebusinessresources.com/how-to-strengthen-your-business http://buttebusinessresources.com/how-to-strengthen-your-business#comments Thu, 01 May 2008 18:53:53 +0000 dsblair http://buttebusinessresources.com/?p=184 2008 Workshops for Existing Businesses

How to Avoid the 10 Most Common

Mistakes Women Make in Business How to Market Your Business

Date: October 4, 2008

Since roughly one third of all new businesses are owned by women, Score is presenting a new workshop given by women for women

Presented by Score counselors Clydette Mayfield and Yvonne Vanoni. The material is based on their own extensive business experience and years of observing what works and what doesn’t work in a business environment.

Come prepared for a candid discussion of ten things to avoid to make your business more successful.

Date: October 18, 2008

Topics covered include:

Understanding your targeted market

Finding the best ways to reach your targeted market

The role of signage to market your business

Low cost ways to promote your business

Stretching your promotion dollars

Using customers to market your business

Using employees to market your business

Using the Internet

Pulling it all together.

By: Jack Mayfield, SCORE Chico

How to Read & Use Your Financial Statements How to Strengthen Your Business

Date: November 1, 2008

Topics covered include:

What information is needed to run your business?

How to forecast Sales

What are the three numbers you should you look at in your P&L statement to understand the health of your business?

How to free up cash from inventory & receivables

How to forecast Cash Flow

By: Jack Mayfield, SCORE Chico

Date: November 15, 2008

Topics covered include:

Targeting the right customer

Why discounting doesn’t work

Understanding the competition

Finding your “Niche”

Take advantage of being small

Understanding the Profit Formula

Impact of Pricing

Impact of Purchasing

Impact of Expenses & how to reduce them

Understanding how to “leverage” profits

By: Jack Mayfield, SCORE Chico

Location & Registration

The workshops are held on Saturday mornings from 9 AM to Noon at the Chico Chamber of Commerce, 3rd. and Salem St., Chico. The cost per workshop is $20 or take all four workshops for $70 (paid in advance.) Registration is required. Call the Chamber at 530 891 5556 to register or register online at www.scorechico.org. .

Special Arrangements for the handicapped will be made if requested in advance. Score is partially funded by the US Small Business Administration. The support given the Small Business Administration does not constitute an expressed or implied endorsement of any of the cosponsor’s opinions, products or services. All SBA services and programs are extended to the public on a nondiscrimination basis.

Score Chico, 1324 Mangrove Ave., Suite 114, Chico, CA 95926, (530) 342-8932 www.scorechico.org

]]> http://buttebusinessresources.com/how-to-strengthen-your-business/feed 0 How to Read and Use Your Financial Statements http://buttebusinessresources.com/how-to-read-and-use-your-financial-statements http://buttebusinessresources.com/how-to-read-and-use-your-financial-statements#comments Thu, 01 May 2008 18:51:04 +0000 dsblair http://buttebusinessresources.com/?p=183 2008 Workshops for Existing Businesses

How to Avoid the 10 Most Common

Mistakes Women Make in Business How to Market Your Business

Date: October 4, 2008

Since roughly one third of all new businesses are owned by women, Score is presenting a new workshop given by women for women

Presented by Score counselors Clydette Mayfield and Yvonne Vanoni. The material is based on their own extensive business experience and years of observing what works and what doesn’t work in a business environment.

Come prepared for a candid discussion of ten things to avoid to make your business more successful.

Date: October 18, 2008

Topics covered include:

Understanding your targeted market

Finding the best ways to reach your targeted market

The role of signage to market your business

Low cost ways to promote your business

Stretching your promotion dollars

Using customers to market your business

Using employees to market your business

Using the Internet

Pulling it all together.

By: Jack Mayfield, SCORE Chico

How to Read & Use Your Financial Statements How to Strengthen Your Business

Date: November 1, 2008

Topics covered include:

What information is needed to run your business?

How to forecast Sales

What are the three numbers you should you look at in your P&L statement to understand the health of your business?

How to free up cash from inventory & receivables

How to forecast Cash Flow

By: Jack Mayfield, SCORE Chico

Date: November 15, 2008

Topics covered include:

Targeting the right customer

Why discounting doesn’t work

Understanding the competition

Finding your “Niche”

Take advantage of being small

Understanding the Profit Formula

Impact of Pricing

Impact of Purchasing

Impact of Expenses & how to reduce them

Understanding how to “leverage” profits

By: Jack Mayfield, SCORE Chico

Location & Registration

The workshops are held on Saturday mornings from 9 AM to Noon at the Chico Chamber of Commerce, 3rd. and Salem St., Chico. The cost per workshop is $20 or take all four workshops for $70 (paid in advance.) Registration is required. Call the Chamber at 530 891 5556 to register or register online at www.scorechico.org. .

Special Arrangements for the handicapped will be made if requested in advance. Score is partially funded by the US Small Business Administration. The support given the Small Business Administration does not constitute an expressed or implied endorsement of any of the cosponsor’s opinions, products or services. All SBA services and programs are extended to the public on a nondiscrimination basis.

Score Chico, 1324 Mangrove Ave., Suite 114, Chico, CA 95926, (530) 342-8932 www.scorechico.org

]]> http://buttebusinessresources.com/how-to-read-and-use-your-financial-statements/feed 0 How to Market Your Business http://buttebusinessresources.com/how-to-market-your-business http://buttebusinessresources.com/how-to-market-your-business#comments Thu, 01 May 2008 18:49:24 +0000 dsblair http://buttebusinessresources.com/?p=181 2008 Workshops for Existing Businesses

How to Avoid the 10 Most Common

Mistakes Women Make in Business How to Market Your Business

Date: October 4, 2008

Since roughly one third of all new businesses are owned by women, Score is presenting a new workshop given by women for women

Presented by Score counselors Clydette Mayfield and Yvonne Vanoni. The material is based on their own extensive business experience and years of observing what works and what doesn’t work in a business environment.

Come prepared for a candid discussion of ten things to avoid to make your business more successful.

Date: October 18, 2008

Topics covered include:

Understanding your targeted market

Finding the best ways to reach your targeted market

The role of signage to market your business

Low cost ways to promote your business

Stretching your promotion dollars

Using customers to market your business

Using employees to market your business

Using the Internet

Pulling it all together.

By: Jack Mayfield, SCORE Chico

How to Read & Use Your Financial Statements How to Strengthen Your Business

Date: November 1, 2008

Topics covered include:

What information is needed to run your business?

How to forecast Sales

What are the three numbers you should you look at in your P&L statement to understand the health of your business?

How to free up cash from inventory & receivables

How to forecast Cash Flow

By: Jack Mayfield, SCORE Chico

Date: November 15, 2008

Topics covered include:

Targeting the right customer

Why discounting doesn’t work

Understanding the competition

Finding your “Niche”

Take advantage of being small

Understanding the Profit Formula

Impact of Pricing

Impact of Purchasing

Impact of Expenses & how to reduce them

Understanding how to “leverage” profits

By: Jack Mayfield, SCORE Chico

Location & Registration

The workshops are held on Saturday mornings from 9 AM to Noon at the Chico Chamber of Commerce, 3rd. and Salem St., Chico. The cost per workshop is $20 or take all four workshops for $70 (paid in advance.) Registration is required. Call the Chamber at 530 891 5556 to register or register online at www.scorechico.org. .

Special Arrangements for the handicapped will be made if requested in advance. Score is partially funded by the US Small Business Administration. The support given the Small Business Administration does not constitute an expressed or implied endorsement of any of the cosponsor’s opinions, products or services. All SBA services and programs are extended to the public on a nondiscrimination basis.

Score Chico, 1324 Mangrove Ave., Suite 114, Chico, CA 95926, (530) 342-8932 www.scorechico.org

]]> http://buttebusinessresources.com/how-to-market-your-business/feed 0 Mentoring for Women-Owned Businesses http://buttebusinessresources.com/mentoring-for-women-owned-businesses http://buttebusinessresources.com/mentoring-for-women-owned-businesses#comments Thu, 01 May 2008 18:48:32 +0000 dsblair http://buttebusinessresources.com/?p=180 2008 Workshops for Existing Businesses

How to Avoid the 10 Most Common

Mistakes Women Make in Business How to Market Your Business

Date: October 4, 2008

Since roughly one third of all new businesses are owned by women, Score is presenting a new workshop given by women for women

Presented by Score counselors Clydette Mayfield and Yvonne Vanoni. The material is based on their own extensive business experience and years of observing what works and what doesn’t work in a business environment.

Come prepared for a candid discussion of ten things to avoid to make your business more successful.

Date: October 18, 2008

Topics covered include:

Understanding your targeted market

Finding the best ways to reach your targeted market

The role of signage to market your business

Low cost ways to promote your business

Stretching your promotion dollars

Using customers to market your business

Using employees to market your business

Using the Internet

Pulling it all together.

By: Jack Mayfield, SCORE Chico

How to Read & Use Your Financial Statements How to Strengthen Your Business

Date: November 1, 2008

Topics covered include:

What information is needed to run your business?

How to forecast Sales

What are the three numbers you should you look at in your P&L statement to understand the health of your business?

How to free up cash from inventory & receivables

How to forecast Cash Flow

By: Jack Mayfield, SCORE Chico

Date: November 15, 2008

Topics covered include:

Targeting the right customer

Why discounting doesn’t work

Understanding the competition

Finding your “Niche”

Take advantage of being small

Understanding the Profit Formula

Impact of Pricing

Impact of Purchasing

Impact of Expenses & how to reduce them

Understanding how to “leverage” profits

By: Jack Mayfield, SCORE Chico

Location & Registration

The workshops are held on Saturday mornings from 9 AM to Noon at the Chico Chamber of Commerce, 3rd. and Salem St., Chico. The cost per workshop is $20 or take all four workshops for $70 (paid in advance.) Registration is required. Call the Chamber at 530 891 5556 to register or register online at www.scorechico.org. .

Special Arrangements for the handicapped will be made if requested in advance. Score is partially funded by the US Small Business Administration. The support given the Small Business Administration does not constitute an expressed or implied endorsement of any of the cosponsor’s opinions, products or services. All SBA services and programs are extended to the public on a nondiscrimination basis.

Score Chico, 1324 Mangrove Ave., Suite 114, Chico, CA 95926, (530) 342-8932 www.scorechico.org

]]> http://buttebusinessresources.com/mentoring-for-women-owned-businesses/feed 0 How to Prepare Your Own Business Plan http://buttebusinessresources.com/how-to-prepare-your-own-business-plan http://buttebusinessresources.com/how-to-prepare-your-own-business-plan#comments Thu, 01 May 2008 18:38:15 +0000 dsblair http://buttebusinessresources.com/?p=179 SCORE Chico 2008 Workshops

For Business Start Ups

SCORE Chico offers two workshops for persons interested in starting their own business: These workshops cover the basics for any type business and will help answer your questions,

“Is owning my own business right for me?” and if the answer is yes, “How do I get started?”

How to Start Your Own Business How to Prepare Your Own Business Plan

September 6, 2008

Topics covered include:

Things to consider in starting a business

Traits of a successful entrepreneur

Structuring the business

An introduction to the business plan

Record keeping and accounting

Professional support

Where do start ups get their money?

Presenter: B.T. Chapman Score Chico

September 20, 2008

Topics covered include:

What is a business plan?

Why should I write a business plan?

Components of a business plan

Building a simple business plan

Management/Operations

How to build a Sales Forecast, P&L Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Forecast and Start Up Expenses Statement

Presenter: Maurice Angvall Score Chico

Location & Registration

The workshops are held on Saturday mornings from 9 AM to Noon at the Chico Chamber of Commerce, 3rd. and Salem St., Chico. The cost per workshop is $20 or take both workshops for $35 (paid in advance.) A SCORE certificate will be awarded to clients who complete both workshops.

Registration is required. Call the Chamber at 530 891 5556 to register or you can register online at www.scorechico.org. Your payment of the workshop fee to the Chico Chamber (cash or check made out to Score Chico) secures your reservation.

Special Arrangements for the handicapped will be made if requested in advance. Score is partially funded by the US Small Business Administration. The support given the Small Business Administration does not constitute an expressed or implied endorsement of any of the cosponsor’s opinions, products or services. All SBA services and programs are extended to the public on a nondiscrimination basis.

Score Chico, 1324 Mangrove Ave., Suite 114, Chico, CA 95926, (530) 342-8932 www.scorechico.org

]]> http://buttebusinessresources.com/how-to-prepare-your-own-business-plan/feed 0 How to Start Your Own Business http://buttebusinessresources.com/how-to-start-your-own-business http://buttebusinessresources.com/how-to-start-your-own-business#comments Thu, 01 May 2008 18:37:18 +0000 dsblair http://buttebusinessresources.com/?p=178 SCORE Chico 2008 Workshops

For Business Start Ups

SCORE Chico offers two workshops for persons interested in starting their own business: These workshops cover the basics for any type business and will help answer your questions,

“Is owning my own business right for me?” and if the answer is yes, “How do I get started?”

How to Start Your Own Business How to Prepare Your Own Business Plan

September 6, 2008

Topics covered include:

Things to consider in starting a business

Traits of a successful entrepreneur

Structuring the business

An introduction to the business plan

Record keeping and accounting

Professional support

Where do start ups get their money?

Presenter: B.T. Chapman Score Chico

September 20, 2008

Topics covered include:

What is a business plan?

Why should I write a business plan?

Components of a business plan

Building a simple business plan

Management/Operations

How to build a Sales Forecast, P&L Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Forecast and Start Up Expenses Statement

Presenter: Maurice Angvall Score Chico

Location & Registration

The workshops are held on Saturday mornings from 9 AM to Noon at the Chico Chamber of Commerce, 3rd. and Salem St., Chico. The cost per workshop is $20 or take both workshops for $35 (paid in advance.) A SCORE certificate will be awarded to clients who complete both workshops.

Registration is required. Call the Chamber at 530 891 5556 to register or you can register online at www.scorechico.org. Your payment of the workshop fee to the Chico Chamber (cash or check made out to Score Chico) secures your reservation.

Special Arrangements for the handicapped will be made if requested in advance. Score is partially funded by the US Small Business Administration. The support given the Small Business Administration does not constitute an expressed or implied endorsement of any of the cosponsor’s opinions, products or services. All SBA services and programs are extended to the public on a nondiscrimination basis.

Score Chico, 1324 Mangrove Ave., Suite 114, Chico, CA 95926, (530) 342-8932 www.scorechico.org

]]> http://buttebusinessresources.com/how-to-start-your-own-business/feed 0 How to take your existing Web Business to the next level http://buttebusinessresources.com/how-to-take-your-existing-web-business-to-the-next-level http://buttebusinessresources.com/how-to-take-your-existing-web-business-to-the-next-level#comments Thu, 01 May 2008 18:34:38 +0000 dsblair http://buttebusinessresources.com/?p=177 SCORE Chico offers an overview and an advanced workshop for owners interested in starting their own Internet business or who want to use the Internet to market their existing business

May 17, 2008

You must have an existing website to attend this workshop. We will focus on each participant’s existing web business and make specific suggestions related to:

Tracking your online marketing effort

Is your layout and navigation optimized for your users?

How to pay less for better Technology

Is outsourcing right for you?

Better ways to retain your online customers

Ranking higher in search engines

How to convert online buyers to in person buyers and vice-versa

Increase your online market with Social Networking, Blogs, Forums and Web 2.0

Using Craigslist and eBay to increase your sales

Any specific questions you have about your site

Presenter: Ron Chambers Score Redding

Location & Registration

The workshops are held on Saturday mornings from 9 AM to Noon at the Chico Chamber of Commerce, 3rd. and Salem St., Chico. The cost per workshop is $20 or take both workshops for $35 (paid in advance.) A SCORE certificate will be awarded to clients who complete both workshops.
Registration is required. Call the Chamber at 530 891 5556 to register or you can register online at www.scorechico.org. Your payment of the workshop fee to the Chico Chamber (cash or check made out to Score Chico) secures your reservation.

Special Arrangements for the handicapped will be made if requested in advance. Score is partially funded by the US Small Business Administration. The support given the Small Business Administration does not constitute an expressed or implied endorsement of any of the cosponsor’s opinions, products or services. All SBA services and programs are extended to the public on a nondiscrimination basis.

Score Chico, 1324 Mangrove Ave., Suite 114, Chico, CA 95926, (530) 342-8932 www.scorechico.org

]]> http://buttebusinessresources.com/how-to-take-your-existing-web-business-to-the-next-level/feed 0 How to use the Internet to Market Your Business http://buttebusinessresources.com/how-to-use-the-internet-to-market-your-business http://buttebusinessresources.com/how-to-use-the-internet-to-market-your-business#comments Thu, 01 May 2008 18:31:45 +0000 dsblair http://buttebusinessresources.com/?p=176 SCORE Chico offers an overview and an advanced workshop for owners interested in starting their own Internet business or who want to use the Internet to market their existing business

May 3. 2008

This overview workshop helps the business owner build a marketing program using the Internet

Topics covered include:

How to research and build an effective web site

How to promote your web site online and offline

How to use email marketing

How to measure your website’s effectiveness with site statistics.

Presenter Jack Mayfield

Score Chico

Location & Registration

The workshops are held on Saturday mornings from 9 AM to Noon at the Chico Chamber of Commerce, 3rd. and Salem St., Chico. The cost per workshop is $20 or take both workshops for $35 (paid in advance.) A SCORE certificate will be awarded to clients who complete both workshops.

Registration is required. Call the Chamber at 530 891 5556 to register or you can register online at www.scorechico.org. Your payment of the workshop fee to the Chico Chamber (cash or check made out to Score Chico) secures your reservation.

Special Arrangements for the handicapped will be made if requested in advance. Score is partially funded by the US Small Business Administration. The support given the Small Business Administration does not constitute an expressed or implied endorsement of any of the cosponsor’s opinions, products or services. All SBA services and programs are extended to the public on a nondiscrimination basis.

Score Chico, 1324 Mangrove Ave., Suite 114, Chico, CA 95926, (530) 342-8932 www.scorechico.org

]]> http://buttebusinessresources.com/how-to-use-the-internet-to-market-your-business/feed 0 Suprise Valley Common Ground Symposium – June 5-7 http://buttebusinessresources.com/suprise-valley-common-ground-symposium-june-5-7 http://buttebusinessresources.com/suprise-valley-common-ground-symposium-june-5-7#comments Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:31:49 +0000 dsblair http://buttebusinessresources.com/?p=175 Some of the west’s most notable names in the arts and sciences will convene June 5-7 in California’s remote Surprise Valley to discuss such issues as land conservation and the western water crisis at the Common Ground Symposium.

They include poet Gary Snyder, geologist Eldridge Moores, author Darryl Babe Wilson, publisher Malcolm Margolin and hydro geologist Graham Fogg. The three-day program will also include a geologic field trip conducted by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), a panel on the use of alternative energy for the benefit of local communities, a mini-film festival featuring “Desert Wars: Water and the West” and an afternoon panel hosted by the Sierra Nevada Conservancy titled “A Regional Look at Local Problems” or “Ranching and Farming — Keeping It Real,” which deals with retaining an agricultural landscape as a viable part of the region’s economy and historic heritage.

Anyone wishing more information may call Modoc Forum at (530) 279-2099 or visit http://www.modocforum.org/symposiums.html

]]> http://buttebusinessresources.com/suprise-valley-common-ground-symposium-june-5-7/feed 0 Vendors Sought for Women in Business Conference http://buttebusinessresources.com/vendors-sought-for-women-in-business-conference http://buttebusinessresources.com/vendors-sought-for-women-in-business-conference#comments Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:59:41 +0000 chabin http://buttebusinessresources.com/vendors-sought-for-women-in-business-conference Butte College Small Business Development Center is seeking vendors for its 10th Annual Women in Business Conference, Sept. 23, 2008, in Chico.The conference features nationally known keynote speakers, breakout sessions, networking opportunities, and a Marketplace. This is a wonderful opportunity to showcase your business and market your products and services to the fastest growing population of the business community—women.

Both rental is $100, and includes an 8 or 6 ft table and conference registration for one person (including lunch). Contact Butte College SBDC, (530) 895-9017, for more information.

Early bird registration for the conference attendees is available through July 25.

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