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June 2025

Simplify Your Content Creation With AI

Jun 10 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Free

Are you ready to finally show up online with consistency, clarity, and confidence in 2025? Creating social media content doesn’t have to be overwhelming or time-consuming—especially with AI tools at your fingertips. Join us for this hands-on webinar led by Deborah Deras, AI trainer to Fortune 100 brands like Netflix, Google, and Verizon. She’ll walk you step-by-step through creating your 2025 Social Media Content Calendar using AI tools that sound like YOU and sell for YOU.   What You’ll Learn: How to use…

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Business Finance Literacy Series [Session 1 of 3] What You Need To Know About Accounting And Financial Record Keeping

Jun 12 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Free

How to handle the accounting and financial record keeping is one of the most difficult decisions company owners make. They ask questions such as: Should we use QuickBooks online, QuickBooks desktop or some other program? What records do we need to keep for tax reporting? Should we hire someone to do our bookkeeping? What is the difference between a bookkeeper, accountant and CPA? How do we know we are hiring the right person? Unfortunately, too many small business owners do…

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Developing An Actionable Business Plan

Jun 12 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Free

You can’t get there if you don’t know what or where “there” is. This class is intended to assist both startups and expanding or scaling businesses in developing an actionable and measurable plan for the next steps in growing a profitable business. In this class we will actively work on: • Defining your business model • Identifying your place in the market • Identifying your customers and revenue channels • Identifying expansion opportunities • Costing and pricing • Revenue and…

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Business Finance Literacy Series [Session 2 of 3] Using an Excel Document for Financial Modeling and Forecasting

Jun 17 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Free

A simple Excel financial model can be created using your company's financial data (historical and/or forecasted). CFOs and financial analysts use Excel models to determine if/when a company will be profitable, what is the correct selling price, how many "widgets" need to be sold to be cover cost, and how much money is available to pay expenses. Financial models are used for start-ups and for on-going analysis to make sure the company is operating at an optimal financial performance. This…

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How To Use LinkedIn To Grow Your Brand Or Get Invited On Private Yachts

Jun 17 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Free

LinkedIn and other online professional and social media sites are powerful tools if used correctly. What if you could leverage the power of these platforms to create new opportunities for both business and personal growth. Learning Points: Make your online profiles and presence stand out! Becoming a REAL influencer Hacks to be invited to exclusive events Systematic approach to growing your network of contacts Create a competitive advantage through social marketing Generate new leads and create opportunities for “luck” REGISTER…

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Business Finance Literacy Series [Session 3 of 3] How to Analyze your Company’s Financials for Better Decision Making

Jun 19 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Free

Business owners struggle with business decisions that affect the financial health of the company. Are we selling at the right price? Are we making money? Can we afford to hire someone? Many times, these decisions are made without a thorough understanding of the financial implications. This does not need to be the case. There are simple mathematical calculations that can be used to answer key business questions. Performance Measurements are simple mathematical calculations that can be used to monitor sales,…

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Sole Prop, LLC, S Corp, — Which One And Why?

Jun 24 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Free

Many entrepreneurs do not fully understand the differences between a Sole Proprietorship, LLC and S Corporation. This causes many to form a corporation when they may be better operating as a sole prop. Additionally, they are confused about the tax differences for each structure. They often choose a legal structure based on a perceived tax advantage that is incorrect. This webinar provides an overview of: The various tax structures The required documentation for the original filing and annual filings The…

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Should You Be Charging Your Customers Sales Tax? What You Need To Know.

Jun 26 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Free

Should you charge sales tax? What if you are selling out of state or on an online platform? These are the type of questions that many business owners are asking. Addressing sales tax requirements has been even more confusing. On June 21, 2018, The United States Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in South Dakota v. Wayfair that states can mandate that businesses without a physical presence in a state with more than 200 transactions or $100,000 in-state sales collect and remit…

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