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Management Training Courses

Starting A New Business
192 Animated Slides
Approx. 3.0 Hours
Cost: $30

    This course provides the advice and strategies of some of the leading entrepreneurs concerning what it really takes to start a new venture. This course will show you how to protect your ideas, how to hire employees, how to find out what licenses and regulations may apply, as well as, provide more than 50 resources of free information that are available to you in making your new business a reality.

    FREE Course Tools include:

      bullet Start-Up Checklist

      bullet Mission and Vision Worksheet

      bullet Goals and Objectives Worksheets

      bullet Business Plan Outline

      bullet Business Planning Guide

      bullet Company PowerPoint Presentation Template


Crafting A Business Plan
135 Animated Slides
Approx. 2.5 Hours
Cost: $30

    This course is about the craft of creating a plan for your business. The business plan is the essential document used to raise money for a business and communicate your business vision and strategy to your management team, suppliers, customers, and other stakeholders.

    FREE Course Tools include:

      bullet Business Planning Guide

      bullet Financial Projection Model Spreadsheet

      bullet Mission and Vision Worksheet

      bullet Goals and Objectives Worksheets

      bullet Financial Projection Worksheets

      bullet Company Presentation Template

      bullet Business Plan Outline


Choosing A Legal Structure
129 Animated Slides
Approx. 2.0 Hours
Cost: $30

    Every new venture has to work the complex decision of what legal structure to choose for the business. This course breaks down this decision into its essential characteristics simplifying the decision-making process.

    FREE Course Tools include:

      bullet Legal Structure Checklists

      bullet Sole Proprietorship Checklist

      bullet Partnership Checklist

      bullet 'C' Corporation Checklist

      bullet 'S' Corporation Checklist

      bullet LLC Checklist

      bullet Employee Considerations Checklist


Buying A Business
221 Animated Slides
Approx. 3.5 Hours
Cost: $30

    A comprehensive course on how to buy the right business at the right price. Developed by entrepreneurs who buy businesses for a living, this course offers advice and wisdom in such areas as: the key questions to ask of any seller, the due diligence process, valuing a business and determining the offer, negotiation steps and tactics, and sample legal agreements.

    FREE Course Tools include:

      bullet Key Questions To Ask Checklist

      bullet Due Diligence Checklist

      bullet Business Valuation Spreadsheet Model

      bullet Table of Business Valuations

      bullet Sample letter of Intent

      bullet Sample Offer To Purchase Agreement


Strategic Planning and Execution
183 Animated Slides
Approx. 3.5 Hours
Cost: $30

    This course presents the fundamental devices used in crafting a strategy for a business venture. The course puts forth the innovative mechanisms of internal and external strategy which are based on the findings of a new body of research into the strategy-making processes of successful growing ventures.

    FREE Course Tools include:

      bullet Strategic Planning and Execution Workbook

      bullet Activeplans Strategic Planning Software

      bullet Mission and Vision Worksheet

      bullet Future Plans, Goals, and Objectives Worksheets

      bullet Strategic Plan Presentation Template


The Entrepreneurial Strategies
160 Animated Slides
Approx. 3.0 Hours
Cost: $30

    This course describes the available entrepreneurial strategies and how they are applied in the marketplace. For anyone starting or growing a business venture, the knowledge and skills underlying the entrepreneurial strategies are an essential part of any entrepreneur's toolkit.

    FREE Course Tools include:

      bullet The Entrepreneurial Strategies Workbook

      bullet Entrepreneurial Strategies Worksheets


Hiring and Managing Employees
155 Animated Slides
Approx. 3.0 Hours
Cost: $30

    An overview of the essential processes of managing employees. Includes best practice on the hiring process, employee forms you must file, wage and hour regulations, taxation and privacy issues, health and safety standards, benefit and retirement plans, discrimination and termination processes, and more.

    FREE Course Tools include:

      bullet Sample Interview Questions

      bullet Illegal Interview Questions

      bullet Withholding Tax Calculator

      bullet Checklist for Handling Workers' Compensation Claims

      bullet Creating An Employee Handbook

      bullet Documenting Disciplinary Action

      bullet Employees' Complaint Toolkit


 

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