Collin SBDC classes are now online for your convenience. Please click on the links below to get information.
If you need additional assistance, please email us at SBDC@collin.edu or complete our Request for Assistance Form.
Click HERE to view and register for upcoming live online classes.
Click HERE to view pre-recorded online classes on YouTube.
How to Fund Your Small Business:
This class is a comprehensive overview of the different funding options available for your small business and the qualifications for each. This class will cover:
- Sources of funding
- Lender requirements
- Other funding considerations
How to Start a Small Business:
It’s back to basics! If you want to start a business but don’t know where to begin, then this class is for you. This class will address many of the questions you should ask yourself before beginning the process of starting a new business.
- Why start a small business?
- What are your goals?
- What are your strengths?
- How do you work?
The workshop will also cover the process of starting the business and:
- Analyze feasibility of your idea
- Prepare a business plan
- Determine the best operations management system
- Find sources of capital
- Create competitive analysis
Register now for an upcoming live online class by clicking HERE
IRS Small Business Tax Workshop:
Do you know your small business tax responsibilities? This workshop is designed as an awareness seminar to inform business owners of their tax obligations. Tax information for each of the small business structures is provided along with a review of independent contractors versus employees, and an introduction to tax forms required from a small business.
Employees & Independent Contractors: What You Need to Know:
Wondering whether you should have employees or independent contractors? How much and how often should you pay your employees? How do you protect your business assets?
This class will address:
- Hiring and firing practices
- Independent contractor vs. employee
- Paying employees – salaried vs. hourly
- Confidentiality and non-competes
- Employee handbooks
- Policies on technology use
- Succession planning
Legal Aspects of Starting a Business:
Thinking of starting a business but don’t know where to start? Confused by all the different types of entities you could form for your business and wondering which type will be best? This class will address:
- How to effectively work with your attorney (and save $$$ doing it)
- Choice of entity & documents required
- Minimizing liability
- Assumed names (Doing Business As: DBA)
- Financing the business – loans, angels & VC’s
- Intellectual property – trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets & patents
SBA Learning Platform:
The SBA Learning Platform provides a comprehensive range of free, online educational resources to help small business owners and entrepreneurs. It offers courses and tools on various aspects of starting, managing, and growing a business, including financial management, marketing, and legal compliance. Additionally, the platform features specialized programs like “Boots to Business” for veterans and “SBA Thrive” for scaling businesses.
Verizon Small Business Digital Ready Program:
Running a small business has never been more complex. The good news is the Verizon Small Business Digital Ready program can help.1 It’s a free program designed to give small businesses like yours more tools to succeed. It’s personalized and easy to use, with all the information online in one place.
Verizon Small Business Digital Ready includes:
- Learning modules: Brief, information-packed lessons that give you strategies you can use right away
- Coaching: Guidance from business experts who can help you apply what you know and what you’re learning to build and execute your plan of action
- Networking: Online opportunity to share information with other business owners, build your network, support each other and engage in potential projects together
- Incentives: Gain eligibility to apply for grants2 and benefit from an exclusive marketplace of tools, solutions, products and services that can help move your business forward
The Verizon Small Business Digital Ready program is part of Verizon’s commitment to provide support for 1 million small businesses over the next decade—including yours.
Interested? Get more details and sign up at:
1 Verizon Small Business Digital Ready content is provided for informational purposes only, and Verizon makes no guarantees regarding, nor is not responsible for, your use or implementation of such content.
2 Participants who register for Verizon Small Business Digital Ready and complete two courses or mentoring events will be eligible to apply for a $10,000 grant.
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