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What About That Darn Sales Tax?
Learn when Washington State sales tax needs to be collected and how to compute the correct amounts.

Shaking the Money Tree:  How to Improve Your Loan Application
Bankers can make “executive decisions” about loaning to your business within minutes.  It’s critical to be prepared before you visit the bank.  Get tips to develop a strong loan proposal. Learn about required documentation, questions to anticipate, and how banks analyze your proposal to reach a final decision.

Developing a Business Plan
Learn why a business plan is essential and how to write one.
Also at 2:30 pm and 8:30 am

Give Your Elevator Speech a Lift! 
You have 10 seconds or less to spark someone's interest in what you have to say about your business.  Can you make it memorable?

Understanding Cash Management and Profit Improvement
Is your business thriving but your cash flow floundering? Learn about profit and loss statements, balance sheets, ratio analysis and cash flow statements and how they all tie together.  

Developing Your Business - Making it Grow
Guidelines for reviewing your business operations.  Focus on how to attract and maintain a customer base and developing a market strategy for expansion.
Also at 2:30 pm

DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Website
Need a website, but don't know where to begin? Before you hire designers, coders, your niece or nephew, we'll show you how to get a site up quickly and inexpensively. And, introduce you to tools to build a site fast and make it easy to maintain too – without the need for much technical expertise.

Thinking About Hiring Workers?
Learn about the pros, cons and costs of hiring an employee vs. hiring a contractor, and how to avoid common pitfalls on taxes, unemployment insurance and workers' compensation caused by hiring a contractor who's really an employee.

To Form or Not To Form . . a Business Entity
Learn about the pros and cons of the various forms of business structures: sole proprietorship, corporation, and LLC.  This class does not constitute legal advice, but will provide you with a basic understanding of which business entity is right for you.
Also at 8:30 am

Keys to Small Business Success
Secret weapons and common mistakes.  Strategies for success and avoiding pitfalls. 
Also at 10:00 am

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