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Business Advisory Centre Durham
March 2019
BACD Start Up Session
This session is for budding entrepreneurs and those considering opening their own small business and a great place for you to start exploring the fundamentals of starting a business. There must be a hundred questions running around in your head! Find answers to these questions! This session is presented by BACD’s advisors. After attending this session, we strongly recommend that you also attend the BACD Business Fundamentals: Business Planning, Marketing & Sales, and Financials & Operations. These sessions are designed to…
Find out more »BACD Business Bootcamp
Take your business to the next level and profit from the success you have been dreaming of! This 1-day course is perfect if you want to start and grow your part time business or take it full time. It’s an opportunity to work ON your business and plan your growth instead of IN your business doing the work. In this day we will cover: – further developing and validating your business idea– designing products and services your customers want– creating…
Find out more »BACD Start Up Session
This session is for budding entrepreneurs and those considering opening their own small business and a great place for you to start exploring the fundamentals of starting a business. There must be a hundred questions running around in your head! Find answers to these questions! This session is presented by BACD’s advisors. After attending this session, we strongly recommend that you also attend the BACD Business Fundamentals: Business Planning, Marketing & Sales, and Financials & Operations. These sessions are designed to…
Find out more »BACD Business Fundamentals: Financials & Operations
In this session we discuss Financials and Operations. By understanding the accounting and financial basics and developing these operational strategies, you can create effective and efficient systems for running your business. Key concepts covered: Budgeting and budgets – looking at creating a sales forecast and an operating budget Understand your financial statements e.g. (Income Statement, Cash Flow and balance sheet) How to work out your break even analysis Tax deductible business expenses Source deductions Banking and payment processing options Tips for record…
Find out more »Content Creation for Beginners
Knowing how to promote your business online isn’t easy, there are so many options available. What is the best way to appeal to your ideal client? What are the best platforms to use to get the word out there? In this workshop, Laura will be bringing content creation back to basics. By attending you will learn:– How to start a blog– How to start a newsletter – How to create a business page on social– The best apps for content…
Find out more »April 2019
Small Business Taxes…Everything the CRA Doesn’t Want You to Know
In this workshop you will learn what you can and cannot expense, how to properly claim your home office and auto expenses, how to avoid Canada Revenue Agency red flags, understanding HST and why you should have an HST number. About The Presenter Shaelene McInnis is the founder and CEO of Books In Line, an accounting company located in Durham Region. She had spent many years in the corporate world until deciding, with the birth of her two daughters, to enter…
Find out more »BACD Start Up Session
This session is for budding entrepreneurs and those considering opening their own small business and a great place for you to start exploring the fundamentals of starting a business. There must be a hundred questions running around in your head! Find answers to these questions! This session is presented by BACD’s advisors. After attending this session, we strongly recommend that you also attend the BACD Business Fundamentals: Business Planning, Marketing & Sales, and Financials & Operations. These sessions are designed to…
Find out more »BACD Business Fundamentals: Business Planning
This session is designed to give you a solid foundation with regards to the differences between a business plan, a business model canvas and the planning required in starting your own business. These 3 sessions are the fundamentals of most businesses and presented by BACD’s advisors and can be taken in any order. In this 2 hour session, you will learn why every entrepreneur and small business needs have a plan to help guide them and what the various sections…
Find out more »BACD Start Up Session
This session is for budding entrepreneurs and those considering opening their own small business and a great place for you to start exploring the fundamentals of starting a business. There must be a hundred questions running around in your head! Find answers to these questions! This session is presented by BACD’s advisors. After attending this session, we strongly recommend that you also attend the BACD Business Fundamentals: Business Planning, Marketing & Sales, and Financials & Operations. These sessions are designed to…
Find out more »Mastering the Art of Instagram For Your Business
Instagram is an incredible platform, that enables you to connect with hundreds of potential clients and customers every single day. There are over 1 Billion Instagram users, and learning simple strategies to gain targeted followers can significantly increase your business’s revenue. With Instagram, you can use photos & videos to tell the story of your product or service in a highly visual & engaging way. In this workshop you will learn how to: Develop a posting schedule Use tools to schedule Instagram posts…
Find out more »Using MailChimp to Set up Your Mailing List and Convert Followers into Buyers
Participants will learn how to set up a mailing list with their current contacts and how to find new ones. We will also cover the basic principles of setting up a campaign. Reference guides will be provided. By the end of this course participants will have essential knowledge needed to create a mailing list, design an email campaign or newsletter and distribute and track its engagement. Special emphasis will be placed on developing engaging content. About the Presenter: Antoinette Burrell,…
Find out more »BACD Start Up Session
This session is for budding entrepreneurs and those considering opening their own small business and a great place for you to start exploring the fundamentals of starting a business. There must be a hundred questions running around in your head! Find answers to these questions! This session is presented by BACD’s advisors. After attending this session, we strongly recommend that you also attend the BACD Business Fundamentals: Business Planning, Marketing & Sales, and Financials & Operations. These sessions are designed to…
Find out more »BACD Start Up Session
This session is for budding entrepreneurs and those considering opening their own small business and a great place for you to start exploring the fundamentals of starting a business. There must be a hundred questions running around in your head! Find answers to these questions! This session is presented by BACD’s advisors. After attending this session, we strongly recommend that you also attend the BACD Business Fundamentals: Business Planning, Marketing & Sales, and Financials & Operations. These sessions are designed to…
Find out more »BACD Business Fundamentals: Marketing & Sales
This session is part of the Business Fundamentals Series and can be taken in any order. The Marketing and Sales session gives you a robust structure for creating your own marketing and sales strategy. These 3 sessions are the fundamentals of most businesses and presented by BACD’s advisors. Without a Marketing & Sales strategy, your marketing efforts could be wasted or money spent in the wrong channels. In Marketing and Sales Strategy we will cover: How to create a brand…
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