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Planning for a Healthy Business
The Planning for a Healthy Business module encourages participants to focus on planning as an essential competency of business ownership.
Record Keeping
The Record Keeping for a Small Business module provides an overview of record keeping and is designed to help participants to understand how record keeping can benefit their business.
Organizational Types
The Organizational Types and Considerations for a Small Business module provides an overview of business organizational types and is designed to help participants to understand how selecting the correct organizational type can benefit their business.
Tax Planning and Reporting
The Tax Planning and Reporting for a Small Business module provides an overview of tax planning and reporting and is designed to help participants to understand how taxes can benefit and affect their business.
Financial Management
The Financial Management for a Small Business module provides an overview of business financial management and is designed to help participants to understand how financial management can benefit their business.
Managing Cash Flow
The Managing Cash Flow module encourages the participants to focus on cash flow management as an essential competency of business ownership.
Building Credit
The Credit Reporting for a Small Business module provides an overview of credit reporting and is designed to help participants to understand how reporting their credit can benefit their business.
Banking Services
The Banking Services Available for a Small Business module provides an overview of business banking services.
Insurance
The Insurance for a Small Business module provides an overview of insurance and is designed to help participants to understand how insurance can benefit their business.
Time Management
The Time Management for a Small Business module provides an overview of time management and is designed to help participants to understand how time management can benefit their business.
Risk Management
The Risk Management for a Small Business module provides an overview of risk management and is designed to help participants to understand how risk management can benefit their business.
Personal Finances
The personal finances modules provides an overview of hard skills and resources to help participants manage their personal finances in a responsible manner. This module will benefit their personal finances and in turn help them with their business as well.
Marketing and Design
The Marketing and Design module focuses on helping participants market their businesses to help them attract more customers. It will also help participants learn resources to design a marketing plan for their business.
Money Smart for Small Business
SBA’s money smart program provides a practical introduction to topics related to starting and managing a business. This 13 class curriculum was developed jointly by SBA and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).