Business Education
VALLEY BUSINESS EXCHANGE
A business-to-business platform to foster strategic partnerships among Valley-based businesses.
A membership-based benefits program for chamber of commerce members and their employees. In cooperation with San Fernando Valley chambers.
Benefits will include group discounts on purchases of goods and services from national and local participating retailers and service providers.
Launch date to be announced.
Contact Ed Crowe 818-883-3374
More than 70,000 businesses registered and operating in the San Fernando Valley.
February 2012
Tuesday, February 14
Customer Service
4pm-6pm
VEDC*
$10
Contact: 818-907-9977 or fboone@vedc.org
Tuesday, February 14
Entrepreneurial Training Program (ETP)
6pm-8:30pm
VEDC*
Free (if you qualify)
Contact: 818-907-9977 or fboone@vedc.org
Wednesday, February 15
Business Plan Essentials
4pm-6pm
VEDC*
$10
Contact: 818-907-9977 or fboone@vedc.org
Wednesday, February 15
Marketing your Business Right Series 1
6pm-8pm
VEDC*
Free
Contact: 818-907-9977 or fboone@vedc.org
Thursday, February 16
Accounting & Bookkeeping
4pm-6pm
VEDC*
$10
Contact: 818-907-9977 or fboone@vedc.org
Thursday, February 16
Business Strategies for Growth & Sustainability Series 1
6pm-8:30pm
VEDC*
Free
Contact: 818-907-9977 or fboone@vedc.org
For additional information about fees and locations, visit: www.vedc.org
Thursday, February 16
Women's Owned Small Business Certification (WOSB)
9am-11am
VEDC
330 North Brand Street, Suite 1200, Glendale, CA 91203
Free
Contact: 818-907-9977 or fboone@vedc.org
Saturday, February 18
Business Survival in a Bad Economy
9am-4pm
VEDC*
Free (if you qualify)
Contact: 818-907-9977 or fboone@vedc.org
Tuesday, February 21
Entrepreneurial Training Program (ETP)
6pm-8:30pm
VEDC*
Free (if you qualify)
Contact: 818-907-9977 or fboone@vedc.org
Tuesday, February 21
Start-Up Do's & Don'ts
4pm-6pm
5121 Van Nuys Blvd. 3rd Floor, Van Nuys, CA 94403
$10
Contact: 818-907-9977 or fboone@vedc.org
Wednesday, February 22
Legal Issues for Small Businesses
6pm-8pm
VEDC*
$10
Contact: 818-907-9977 or fboone@vedc.org
Wednesday, February 22
Marketing your Business Right Series 1
6pm-8pm
VEDC*
Free
Contact: 818-907-9977 or fboone@vedc.org
Thursday, February 23
Business Strategies for Growth & Sustainability Series 1
6pm-8pm
VEDC
Free
Contact: 818-907-9977 or fboone@vedc.org
Tuesday, February 28
Entrepreneurial Training Program (ETP)
6pm-8:30pm
VEDC
5121 Van Nuys Blvd. 3rd Floor, Van Nuys, CA 94403
Free (if you qualify)
Contact: 818-907-9977 or fboone@vedc.org
Wednesday, February 29
Marketing your Business Right Series 1
6pm-8pm
VEDC
Free
Contact: 818-907-9977 or fboone@vedc.org
*All VEDC workshops at:
Valley Economic Development Center
5121 Van Nuys Blvd. 3rd Floor, Van Nuys, CA 91403
Call 818-907-9977 or email to fboone@vedc.org
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Valley Economic Development Center (VEDC)5121 Van Nuys Blvd., 3rd Floor
Van Nuys, CA 91403
www.vedc.org
– Low cost or Free Workshops
– Access to capital (SBA Loans)
– Business Education
Business Workshops
VEDC also offers a comprehensive business training series for those ready to go to the next level of business success. VEDC offers comprehensive business workshops designed to transfer critical management skills to small business owners. These workshops are open and available to anyone seeking additional information on how to start, operate and successfully grow a business.Classes are reasonably priced or FREE. Workshops are offered in our different locations throughout the San Fernando Valley and Downtown Los Angeles area. Core business workshop topics include
- Access to capital
- Basic legal structures of a business
- Marketing on limited budget
- Business record keeping
- QuickBooks
- Managing Employees
- Managing for profit and results
- How to start a new business
- E-Commerce
- How to write a business plan
- How to do business with the government
- Import / export fundamentals
- Finance & accounting
- Customer service
- Human resources
- Procurement assistance
