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By Dan Boudreau, on August 28th, 2012 Access Powerful “Hands-on” Training, Research Your Business Idea and Write Your Business Plan!
Join the RiskBuster Team for the Business Planning Online Workshop. Master business planning and market research skills and techniques so you can confidently start or grow your business! Use your business planning skills to develop a business plan you can use to start a business, grow an existing business, attract investors or leverage funding. You will learn how to research competitors, complete market research, develop the basis of a marketing plan and create one or more 3-year financial projections.
You’ve heard it said that four out of five new businesses fail in their infancy. That’s a scary statement. We think it’s misleading. We think it should go like this – four out of five businesses that fail to plan fail.
The top value of the Business Planning 2012 Online Workshop is that you become the expert for your business by building your own business plan. Working your way through a business plan gets you grounded in your business and takes you to opening day with confidence. The business plan removes much of the guesswork, freeing up your energy to focus on serving customers and . . .Continue reading Join us for the Business Planning Online Workshop
By Dan Boudreau, on April 23rd, 2012 
With the ever changing demands of the new economy many people are opting to direct and control their careers through self-employment.
There are a number of benefits to being self-employed. You will:
▪ Have more freedom.
▪ Have more control over your work schedule.
▪ Have the choice to work from home.
▪ Be paid more money for the work.
▪ Be able to take on work from different sources.
Here are 8 things you can do to ease the transition to self-employment:
Get Into a Business You Love. At the end of each day, you will have invested another 24 precious hours of your life doing whatever it is your business demands of you, and if you’re work life isn’t jammed full of activities you enjoy, you’ll be wondering why the heck you started the business in the first place. Surround Yourself with Champions. When you announce your intention to start a business, you’ll find well-meaning friends will discourage you citing notorious business failures and financial shipwrecks. Old party partners will go to great lengths to get you back into the party game. Others, knowing you just scored a business loan or earned a profit, will try to guilt . . .Continue reading Making the Transition to Self-Employment
By Britta, on April 19th, 2012 In Kelowna June 11-13. If you’ve been thinking about starting a business, now is the time. Navigate the transition from employee to self-employed contractor and business owner with safely and with confidence.
This workshop is designed to take individuals from working as employees to working as self- employed contractors and business owners. With the ever changing demands of the new economy many individuals are opting to direct and control their careers through self-employment. The course will assist in bridging to self-employment and fully understand what is necessary. The program will cover such topics as market research, understanding industries, identifying opportunities in learner-specific fields of interest, developing and describing a business concept, marketing for self-employed, navigating legal and regulatory requirements, assessing the competition, knowing what customers want, bookkeeping, accounting, taxation, social network marketing, business communications, and understanding labour markets. Participants will leave the workshop with a basic understanding of what it means to own and operate a small business in the 21st century, how to start a small business, and how to get contracts and keep busy as an independent, self-employed contractor.
City Location Workshop Dates Instructor Kelowna, BC Sprott-Shaw Campus #200-546 Leon Ave. June 11, 12, 13, 2012 Dan Boudreau . . .Continue reading Fast-Track to Self-Employment BootCamp Kelowna
By Dan Boudreau, on April 10th, 2012 Fast-Track to Self-Employment BootCamp
Upcoming Workshop Dates and Locations City Location Workshop Dates Instructor Prince George, BC Sprott-Shaw Campus 1575 2nd Ave June 5, 6, 7, 2012 Dan Boudreau Kelowna, BC Sprott-Shaw Campus #200-546 Leon Ave. June 11, 12, 13, 2012 Dan Boudreau Victoria, BC Sprott-Shaw Campus 2621 Douglas St. June 20, 21, 22, 2012 Dan Boudreau Vancouver, BC Sprott-Shaw Campus 2750 Rupert Street June 25, 26, 27, 2012 Dan Boudreau
Course Description
This workshop is designed to take individuals from working as employees to working as a self- employed contractors and business owners. With the ever changing demands of the new economy many individuals are opting to direct and control their careers through self-employment. The course will assist in bridging to self-employment and fully understand what is necessary. The program will cover such topics as market research, understanding industries, identifying opportunities in learner-specific fields of interest, developing and describing a business concept, marketing for self-employed, navigating legal and regulatory requirements, assessing the competition, knowing what customers want, bookkeeping, accounting, taxation, social network marketing, business communications, and understanding labour markets.
Participants will leave the workshop with a basic understanding of what it means to own and . . .Continue reading Fast-Track to Self-Employment BootCamp
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