PJC Small Business Development Center
Offers Session in January

 

From PJC

 

The Small Business Development Center at Paris Junior College will 
offer workshops and free counseling for new and existing small 
businesses during the month of January, according to Director Pat Bell.

The Live the Dream! Workshop will be offered from 9-11 a.m. on Friday, 
January 7.  This free workshop will include information needed to 
start a small business. Topics will include legal requirements of 
starting a business including the different forms of business 
organization and their advantages and disadvantages, conducting a 
feasibility study, writing a business plan, types of financing 
available for a start-up business, and what lenders want to know, as 
well as information on SBA guaranteed loan programs.

Government Contracting 101 will be offered from 10:00 am-12 Noon on 
Tuesday, January 11.  Topics for this course include regulations, 
uniform contract format, contract types, electronic commerce (EC), and 
more to help you succeed in government contracting.
The QuickBooks business accounting class will be offered each Friday, 
January 7-28, 10:00 am-2:00 pm.  Learn how to use QuickBooks to keep 
accurate records for your business, generate helpful reports to manage 
your business, and track payables, inventory and receivables.

To register for workshops, contact the Small Business Development 
Center by calling 903-782-0224.  Workshops are held at the Bobby R. 
Walters Workforce Training Center on Clarksville Street, West Entrance.

Free, confidential counseling to start or expand a small business is 
offered by appointment in Paris every Monday and Tuesday at the Small 
Business Development Center located at 1405 S. Collegiate. To make an 
appointment, call the SBDC at 903-782-0224.

The Small Business Development Center is funded by the U.S. Small 
Business Administration, the State of Texas, and Paris Junior College.

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