Entrepreneur Education

Strategic Planning For Entrepreneurs

A sound strategic plan provides a foundation for effective decision making as a company grows. In this workshop you will learn to analyze your company, develop strategic options, prioritize strategic issues and produce a strategic plan that will help you use your resources effectively.

BUS0085.B01 Sept. 15, 10 a.m. - Noon Instructor: Bill Dorman, MBA SF Blount Center, DA-121 FEE $79

Developing A Business Plan

Whether your business is well established or a potential startup, a business plan will help you succeed. This workshop puts a twist on the traditional planning process to help participants quickly create an overview of each section of a business plan.

BUS0055.B01 Sept. 29, 10 a.m. - Noon Instructor: Bill Dorman, MBA SF Blount Center, DA-121 FEE $79

Do You Want To Start A Business? (A Four-Part

Introduction Course)

To be successful you need a solid business model, which answers four essential questions:

1. What will the business sell or offer to its customers (product or service)? 2. Who is the primary customer (target market)? 3. Why would those customers want to buy (customer value proposition)? 4. How will the business make money (profit and loss)?

In this course we explore the core elements of a business model and learn how each part will help a business become successful.

BUS0090.BT1 Thursdays, Sept. 23 - Oct. 21, 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Instructor: Bill Dorman & Laurence Andrews SF Blount Center, DC-010 FEE $129

How to Effectively Manage Your Business or Nonprofit

Series Summary: As an entrepreneur, business owner or nonprofit professional, you perform many, if not all, the vital roles and functions in your business or nonprofit in order to successfully execute its mission. Changes in the landscape (i.e. economic, social, financial, technological, health, global, etc.) have accelerated over the last few years, demanding management to move from a “seat-of-the-pants” style approach to a more structured formalized approach. This lunch and learn series is designed to provide you with the tools and skillsets you need to create a robust and resilient operating infrastructure in your business or nonprofit so it will be around for the long-term or build value for a maximum sale price upon exit.

Maximizing Profits By Keeping And Growing Key

Customers

In this workshop participants will learn how to measure the value of current and target customers, how to identify true opportunities, and how to focus on key relationships to improve profits.

BUS0755.B01 Oct. 13, 10 a.m. - Noon Instructor: Bill Dorman, MBA SF Blount Center, DA-121 FEE $79

Getting Ahead Of The Competition Through Effective

Industry Research

The internet allows for free distribution of virtually unlimited amounts of information, but knowing where to find reliable data, as well as knowing how to interpret and use that data, makes all the difference. This workshop will use relevant examples to walk participants through a number of resources, and illustrate how that data could be put to use to better prepare a business for competition and growth.

BUS0073.B01 Oct. 27, 10 a.m. - Noon Instructor: Bill Dorman, MBA SF Blount Center, DA-121 FEE $79

Developing Systems To Improve Workflow And

Reduce Stress

Inefficient business processes can cause problems throughout an organization, from out-of-control costs to poor customer service. This workshop will provide you with valuable planning tools and insight that will help you analyze your current workflow, identify key opportunities for improvement and develop new systems that are built to achieve measurable results.

BUS0075.B01 Nov. 17, 10 a.m. - Noon Instructor: Bill Dorman, MBA SF Blount Center, DA-121 FEE $79

The Winning Pitch: How To Say Less And Get

More Across

Whether your audience is one potential investor, a group of business partners, or a class full of brilliant interns, the way you describe your business matters. This workshop will help you know what to say to make good things happen.

BUS0079.A01 Dec. 15, 10 a.m. - Noon Instructor: Bill Dorman, MBA SF Blount Center, DA-121 FEE $79

BUS0101.001 Series 1: Navigate The Unknown (Planning the business) Tuesday, Sept. 14

BUS0102.B01 Series 2: Ace The Race (Managing the business) Tuesday, Oct. 12

BUS0104.B01 Series 3: Expand Beyond Your Reach (Growing the business) Tuesday, Nov. 9

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Instructor: Dwight Hulse, MBA, MPA, CPA/CITP, CGMA SF Blount Center, DA-126 FEE $29

Ideas Into Income (An Eight-Week Business Plan

Course)

Do you have an entrepreneurial dream? Would you like to launch or expand your business, but need help getting started? Sign up for Santa Fe College’s eight-week course designed to help you start or grow your business.

BUS0095.BT1 Tuesdays, Oct. 5 - Nov. 23, 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Instructor: Bill Dorman & Laurence Andrews SF Blount Center, DC-010 FEE $159

Finding Your Purpose (A Three-Part Course)

Whether it be for business or personal, finding a clear purpose can bring clarity to everything you do. In this threepart course we will use thought-provoking exercises to help participants discover their own purpose and understand how it aligns with the purpose of their organization.

BUS0096.BT1 Mondays, Oct. 4 - Oct. 18, 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Instructor: Bill Dorman & Laurence Andrews SF Blount Center, DA-121 FEE $99