Learn and Take Action

Navigating Small Businesses into Growth

  • 1

    Welcome to the Biz Zone Entrepreneurship Program

    • How to use this course

    • Before we begin...

    • Business Check-Up Survey

    • Welcome to the Biz Zone Entrepreneurship Training Program

    • Face-to-face Class Offerings

    • How to Have Success With This Program
  • 2

    Module 1: Getting Started: Your Growth vs. Your Businesses Growth

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    Module 2: Knowing Your Industry

    • Researching and Understanding Compliance and Standards

    • TAKE ACTION IN MODULE 2
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    Module 3: What Competition Looks Like

    • Identifying your Competition

    • TAKE ACTION IN MODULE 3
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    Module 4: The Legal Structure of Your Business

    • Your Entity's State and Federal Registrations

    • The Initial Legal Structures of Your Business

    • Operational Policies/Procedures

    • Business Taxes and When to Graduate your Entity

    • Asset Protection for Your Business

    • Preventing Legal Issues and Estate Planning

    • Structuring for Funding and Competition

    • TAKE ACTION IN MODULE 4
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    Module 5: Creating a Business Plan

    • Do you need a Business Plan?

    • Using Business Plan Templates

    • Setting S.M.A.R.T. Goals

    • Marketing Vs. Advertising Vs. Branding

    • Properly Branding your Business

    • Know Your Numbers

    • Creating Financial Projections

    • Profit and Loss Projections (12 yr. and 3 yr.)

    • TAKE ACTION IN MODULE 5
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    Module 6: Creating a Marketing Plan

    • How to Target Your Market

    • Marketing Mix: Promotion Strategy

    • Marketing Mix: Promotion Strategy Part 1

    • Marketing Mix: Promotion Strategy Part 2

    • Marketing Mix: Promotion Strategy Part 3

    • Product Marketing & Strategy: Marketing Mix

    • TAKE ACTION IN MODULE 6
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    Module 7: Licenses and Permits

    • Licensing and Permits in the City of Shreveport

    • TAKE ACTION IN MODULE 7
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    Module 8: HR/Training and Paying Employees

    • Employer Responsibilities

    • Policies and Procedures Manual

    • Human Resource Managers and Their Roles

    • HR Manager's Resources

    • TAKE ACTION IN MODULE 8

    • CONTACT OUR OFFICE FOR A PROGRESS CHECKUP
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    Module 9: Market the Business (Your Brand)

    • Let's Revisit Your Brand

    • TAKE ACTION IN MODULE 9
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    Module 10: The Financial Growth of Your Business

    • Preliminary Business Plan Check UP

    • Understanding Cashflow: A Critical Component to the Life of Your Business Part 1

    • Understanding Cashflow: A Critical Component to the Life of Your Business Part 2

    • Understanding Cashflow Guide

    • Business Bank Accounts and Accounting Softwares

    • Structuring your Payment System

    • Schedule a FREE Strategy Consultation Call

    • Hiring Accountants and other Financial Services Professionals

    • Establishing Business Credit

    • Access to Capital

    • SBA Funding

    • Hard Money Lending

    • TAKE ACTION IN MODULE 10
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    Module 11: Seeing Profit in Your Business

    • Business Check-Up Survey

    • Adopting Financial Systems to Manage Your Business

    • TAKE ACTION IN MODULE 11
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    Module 12: When to Get Additional Funding for Your Business

    • Evaluating Your Business for Funding

    • Nonprofit Structuring and Generating Sustainable Revenue

    • Creating a Business Credit Funding Strategy

    • Scaling Your Business

    • Thank You and remember......TAKE ACTION!