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small business support center

Series III - Established Business Owners
What does this mean? Your business has annual sales between $100,000 - $5,000,000+.

Executive Management (E.M.)
Complete the first five workshops and workshop 3f is free. Complete all six to receive a Certificate
in Executive Management of a Small Business.


3a. The Importance of Strategic Planning
What is a strategic plan? What is its value? Learn how to prepare a strategic plan and the value in
using one.

3b. Analyze and Improve your Marketing Efforts
Learn marketing techniques for today’s environment. Covers retail, manufacturing and service businesses

3c. Tracking Your Business with QuickBooks
A record keeping and analysis/reporting tool for small businesses. Learn for maximum advantage how to use the various tools.

3d. Lower Cost Expansion Financing and Managing Potential Risks
Learn to arrange financing for a growing business and what should you be protecting against?

3e. Use the Internet for Procurement, Sales and Exporting
Learn to look for government aid for exporting. Use of the Internet for information research, increasing sales,
purchasing etc.

3f. Learn from Your Peers
Exchange ideas with your fellow small business owners on a variety of subjects. NO CHARGE for participants of entire series or by invitation.

$50 per person per workshop
$200 per person for the series
Workshops in this series run two times per year on alternate Tuesdays, 10:30 am - 1:00 pm

For more information call 860-412-7300

Although it is not necessary, you are
encouraged to take Series 2 or Series 3
workshops in the order indicated. Starting
dates for each cohort are listed on the
schedule.