A businesses strategy is a guiding force for small manufacturers through the ups and downs of production, selling, and distribution. In this 6-week course, North Metro SBDC Manufacturing Consultant, Jon Jaggers, will guide your business through essential concepts for small manufacturers, all through the lens of honing your strategy and implementing new approaches. This course is designed for small manufacturing businesses who are in business and are producing a product, have less than 20 employees, and are interested in growing their business. Reserve your spot now, this course is filling fast.

This course is a seven-week program designed to help owners and staff of Child Care Centers with fewer than 75 children in the state of Colorado to improve their business practices to both better serve their customers and promote their business sustainability with increased revenues. The course will meet via Zoom, and participants are also invited to meet one-on-one with an SBDC business consultant during and after the course for specific and continued training and support.

This 90-minute, interactive, virtual webinar will help you improve everything about your website. Digital Marketing Dude and CEO Peter Brissette will work with you to address content, page design, SEO, security, and more so that you can drive more traffic, increase conversions, and grow your bottom line. It’s all about taking your website to the next level. And if your business doesn’t have a website yet, this workshop will be the perfect way to get started, too. Sponsored by Brighton Economic Development and produced in partnership with North Metro SBDC. Register now, spots are limited!

Do you know how to advocate for yourself as a small business owner? Join us for a special Small Business Week webinar to learn about your rights when it comes to legal action. SBDC Legal Consultant, Samantha Peaslee offers her expertise in her presentation, Arbitration vs. Litigation – Which Should You Prefer?

We all sign contracts every day. We check the box or sign on the dotted line. Very few of us actually read those contracts, but every so often, we hear about Wells Fargo not permitting class actions or the Equifax arbitration clause. Would you know what to do if you wanted to enforce a claim against one of these large companies? Do you know what your own contracts with your clients say? In this class, you will get a brief, easy-to-understand explanation of the difference between arbitration and litigation, learn how to recognize them in your own contracts, and when you may prefer one method or the other.

Confused about QuickBooks? You’re not alone! Join North Metro SBDC as we learn from Suzy Schutz, President of Apis Business Solutions, in this webinar session sponsored by the City of Westminster. You’ll have a chance to see the software in action as Suzy demonstrates the most important aspects every QuickBooks online user should know. Find out which product is best for you, what you need to know about your setup, how to connect vendors and customers, common pitfalls to avoid, invoicing, how to keep accurate record keeping, and more! This QuickBooks 101 session is a perfect primer for QuickBooks 201 where Suzy will expand on these building blocks. We hope you will join us for both sessions to sharpen your bookkeeping practices.

Accurate financial reports are one of the most useful tools to business owners for a proactive and strategic approach. Join North Metro SBDC for QuickBooks 201, sponsored by the City of Westminster. Suzy Schutz, President of Apis Business Solutions, covers the most important lists and reports you will need to give insights into your profit and loss statement, balance sheet, open invoices, unpaid bills, and account reconciliations. Put your mind at ease with tips and tricks to know your reporting is accurate. Registrants of the webinar will receive a tailored handout with images from the software to help guide you even after the session ends!