This series costs to participate.

It’s been proven that the entrepreneur who plans… is the entrepreneur who succeeds! During this course, participants will develop a comprehensive business plan to act as a road map for future growth and success. NXLEVEL® - How To Write A Business Plan is an intense, 10 session, 30-hour course designed for entrepreneurs who want to expand an existing business or start a new business. You will receive professional guidance in an online classroom setting taught by a certified NXLEVEL® instructor, plus one-on-one counseling.

NXLevel: How To Write A Business Plan course will provide the knowledge needed to understand what goes into a business plan. The goal is for each participant to produce a finished business plan by the end of the course.

COURSE OVERVIEW (What you’ll learn) · Introduction: Overview and Entrepreneurship · Planning and Research: Entrepreneurial Essentials · Organizational Matters: Management and Legal Structure · Marketing: Analysis and Understanding · Marketing Strategies: Tactics and Implementation · Financial Overview: Books, Records, and Controls · Managing Your Money: Financial Planning and Budgets · Managing Your Money: Understanding and Using Cash Flow Projections · Managing Your Money: Understanding and Using Financial Statements · Financing Your business: Sources of Money

Participant must be computer literate because all of the actual work will be done on online. Homework assignments will be distributed via email.

Session #3 Organizational Matters: Management and Legal Stru10/5/226:00 PM - 9:00 PM (AST)
Session #4 Marketing: Analysis and Understanding10/12/226:00 PM - 9:00 PM (AST)
Session #5 Marketing Strategies: Tactics and Implementation10/19/226:00 PM - 9:00 PM (AST)
Session #6 Financial Overview: Books, Records, and Controls10/26/226:00 PM - 9:00 PM (AST)
Session #7 Managing Your Money: Financial Planning and Budge11/2/226:00 PM - 9:00 PM (AST)
Session #8 Managing Your Money: Understanding and Using Cash11/9/226:00 PM - 9:00 PM (AST)
Session #9 Managing Your Money: Understanding and Using Fina11/16/226:00 PM - 9:00 PM (AST)
Session #10 Financing Your business: Sources of Money11/30/226:00 PM - 9:00 PM (AST)

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Lisa Hamilton 
USVIHTA President 
340-774-6835