Financial Essentials for Business

Financial Essentials For Business: Everything You Need To Know About Your Cash Flow - Remote using Zoom

The focus of this series is to provide you with the tools to understand your numbers and maximize profit.

This 2-part series will provide the financial essentials in understanding the ins and outs of your business operations and analyzing the numbers. From your balance sheet and profit and loss statement, to payroll and cash flow analysis. This course will also provide training on the ways in which to use these key metrics and the resources available for creating each. We will focus on basic templates in Excel, as well as an overview of QuickBooks, how to use it and get it set up properly to work for you and your business. Each session includes 2 hours of lecture, and 1 hour of optional open discussion with Q&A.

Session 1: Thursday April14th, 2022 from 9:00AM-12:00PM

In this first session we provide you with an overview of all your essential financial statements such as profit and loss, cash flow, balance sheet and understanding how to read each and identify paths forward based on that analysis. Learn what information is needed and the best tools to use for this, including Excel and QuickBooks. We will also focus on giving you the ability to create these reports using Microsoft Excel, it’s templates and features.

Session 2: Thursday April 21st, 2022 from 9:00AM-12:00PM

In this session you will learn about QuickBooks! We will look at the desktop, online and mobile versions and what tools you need to have to run your business, from payroll to paying taxes, we’ll walk you through the features so you can decide what best meets your needs.

NOTE: Once you have registered initially, you will be prompted to click "Continue" on the following screen. This will take you to the event link where you will click on the event once again, and then click "Complete Registration Here" at the bottom of the page. If you need assistance, please email sbdc@bluecc.edu or call 541-278-5833.

Cost: $50 flat fee (discounted from $100), for the entire 2-part series that includes the sessions occurring on April 14th & 21st, 2022.

This series is offered by the Small Business Development Center at Blue Mountain Community College