Magnolia Area

SAU Magnolia SBDC

To register for any of the following programs, contact the SAU Magnolia SBDC at (870) 235-5033 or click on the Register Now button to register online.

Seminar Highlights: Growing your business is not just a goal - it is a necessity! It can be very exciting, however there are many factors that should be taken into consideration. Have you considered the current business environment? What doe the market look like? Will you need money to grow you business? In this seminar you will learn that forecasting and planning for growth is critical to your success.
Speaker: Felicia Bozeman, SAU ASBDC Training Coordinator
Cosponsor: CABS

Seminar Highlights: Owning a restaurant is a tough business that requires lots of hours and hard work on behalf of the owner and managers. This seminar is designed to give restaurant entrepreneurs a heads up on common pitfalls that restaurants face and provide participants with necessary tools to survive the industry.
Speaker: Felicia Bozeman, SAU SBDC Training Coordinator
Cosponsor: El Dorado Chamber, SCORE, and GTEDC

Seminar Highlights: No matter how large or small, all businesses must have a business plan! A business plan will help you define your concept, evaluate the competition, determine risks, and estimate your costs. This seminar will explain and illustrate the business plan format.
Speaker: SAU ASBDC Representative
Cosponsor: UACCH

Seminar Highlights: Many business owners consider marketing to be just advertising and selling. They don't consider additional techniques that are available to them. In this presentation, the speaker shares approaches that are not only practical and inexpensive but also effective for any size business.
Speaker: Felicia Bozeman, SAU ASBDC Training Coordinator
Cosponsor: CCCUA/SBAE and Little River Chamber

Seminar Highlights: No matter how large or small, all businesses must have a business plan! A business plan will help you define your concept, evaluate the competition, determine risks, and estimate your costs. This seminar will explain and illustrate the business plan format.
Speaker: SAU ASBDC Representative
Cosponsor: BancorpSouth, Magnolia Alliance, and GTEDC

Seminar Highlights: This a hands-on course focused on the balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flow. This seminar is designed to introduce financial statements to existing and potential business owners to increase understanding of the information that is generated from internal accounting software or an account. Attendees will be introduces to the uses of the financial statements, basic principles, the types of statements, how they are interrelated and analyzing statements using industry ratios.
Speaker: Paul Considine, SAU ASBDC Center Director
Cosponsor: CABS

Seminar Highlights: Owning a restaurant is a tough business that requires lots of hours and hard work on behalf of the owner and managers. This seminar is designed to give restaurant entrepreneurs a heads up on common pitfalls that restaurants face and provide participants with necessary tools to survive the industry.
Speaker: Felicia Bozeman, SAU SBDC Training Coordinator
Cosponsor: UACCH

Seminar Highlights: This seminar provides entrepreneurs with an understanding of the key factors that need to be considered when starting a food manufacturing business. Topics include market research, product development, packaging, labeling, pricin, product introduction, promotional materials, food safety, legal and business structure issues.
Speaker: University of Nebraska Food Processing Center
Cosponsor: University of Nebraska Food Processing Center, El Dorado Chamber, SCORE, and SBDC

Seminar Highlights: Did you have a successful filing season? April 15th is behind us but it is not too early to prepare for next year. This year more than 665,930 Arkansas federal tax returns were filed electronically. This is a significant increase over last year. Are you a part of this sweeping trend? If not, this tax seminar will answer questions like, What is in e-File for me? and How do I get started? Are you an established Electronic Return Originator filing the occasional electronic return or a seasoned pro at responding to rejection codes? Regardless of your level of e-file expertise, the 2008 Tax Practitioner Seminar will provide valuable information on moving your business forward with the latest e-file program enhancements.
Speaker: Greg Metcalf, Jane Fisher and Samuel Coleman IRS; Dan Brown, Department of Revenue; Charles Burton, SSA
Cosponsor: IRS, Department of Revenue, SSA

Arkansas Small Business Development Center
University of Arkansas at Little Rock - College of Business
Donald W. Reynolds Center for Business and Economic Development
2801 S. University / Little Rock, Arkansas 72204
Phone: 501.683.7700 Fax: 501.683.7720

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