UH SBDCApril-June 2013

Events Calendar

April 2013

9-1 • Making Sense of the Numbers9-1:30 • QuickBooks 2012 (pt. 2)

10-12 • Houston Permits and Licenses Made Simple

9-11:30 • Dialing for Dollars – Cold Calling Techniques that Get Results

9-11:30 • Legal Contracts to Protect Your Growing Business

9-11 • Doing Business with the City of Houston

9-1:30 • QuickBooks 2012 (pt. 1)3-5 • Do You Have What it Takes to

Open a Restaurant?

9-11 • HMSDC 9-12 • Buying an Existing Business9-1 • Creating a Marketing Plan7-9 • Internet Marketing Clinic

9-11:30 • State & Federal Taxes for Sole Proprietors

9-12 • Marketing Basics for Business Owners

10-12:30 • Google Tools for Business

9-11:30 • Affordable Care Act9-12 • SBA’s 8(a), HUBZone, and

WOSB Certification9-12 • Getting Started with Internet

Marketing and SEO

9-11 • Doing Business with the University of Houston

9-11 • City of Houston Certification9-11:30 • Building a Budget Saturday, April 13

9-12 • Business Plan Basics9-4 • Starting Your Business

9-12 • How to Market to NASA9-12 • Tiene lo que se Necesita para

Iniciar su Propio Negocio? (Do You Have What It Takes To Start A Business?)

9-12 • Do You Have What it Takes to Start a Nonprofit Business?

6-8:30 • What You Need to Know Before Buying a Franchise

6-9 • Do You Have What it Takes to Start A Business?

7-9 • Internet Marketing Clinic

9-11 • Money Week - Preparing for a Lender

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23 24 25 269-12 • Social Media Marketing

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Wednesday Thursday FridayTuesday

9-12 • Free Tools for Market Research9-12 • WBEA - Women Owned

Business Certification

May 2013

9-12:30 • Your Wage and Labor Law Guide

9-1:30 • QuickBooks 2012 (pt. 2)

9-11:30 • Seven Habits of Highly Effective Online Marketing Strategies

9-12 • Understanding the Complexities of Joint Ventures

11-1 • Houston Permits and Licenses Made Simple

9-12 • El Plan de Negocios (Business Plan Basics)

9-1 • Creating a Marketing Plan

9-1:30 • QuickBooks 2012 (pt. 1)

9-11 • HMSDC7-9 • Internet Marketing Clinic

9-12 • Small Business Thursday Industries Day - Professional Services

10-12:30 • Google AdWords

9-11:30 • What You Need to Know Before Buying a Franchise

9-12 • GSA Mentor Protégé Program 9-12 • Internet Marketing and SEO:

Beyond the Basics5-9 • So You Want to Open a

Restaurant? (pt. 1)

9-1 • Business Plan Pro – The Financials

8:30-12:30 • Successful Selling Techniques

9-11 • City of Houston Certification

9-1 • QuickBooks 2012: Beyond the Basics

9-12 • ABC’s of Certifying Your Business

9-12 • Finding the Money to Start and Grow Your Business

9-12 • Creating a Facebook Business Page

9-11:30 • Texas Sales & Use Tax9-12 • Intro to Grants for Nonprofits9-4 • Starting Your Business5-9 • So You Want to Open a

Restaurant? (pt. 2)7-9 • Internet Marketing Clinic

9-11:30 • Making the Move to Cloud Computing

11:30-1:30 • Lunch ‘n Learn – Tax Outlook 2013 and Beyond

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Wednesday Thursday FridayTuesday

HolidayUH SBDC Closed

11:30-1:30 • Marketing Monday Roundtable

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Monday

9-12 • Do You Have What it Takes to Start A Business?

9-12 • WBEA - Women Owned Business Certification

9-12 • Do You Have What it Takes to Start a Business?

3-5 • Restaurant Best Practices – Menus

9-12 • Links: What They Are and How to Build Them

9-12 • SBA’s 8(a), HUBZone, and WOSB Certification

9-12 • WBEA - Women Owned Business Certification

9-1 • Making Sense of the Numbers

9-4 • Starting Your Business10-12 • Houston Permits and Licenses

Made Simple3-5 • Restaurant Best Practices –

Management

9-12 • QuickBooks Mobile9-4 • Mechanics of Grant Writing 7-9 • Internet Marketing Clinic

9-11 • City of Houston Certification9-12 • Cómo Utilizar las Redes

Sociales en su Negocio (Social Media Marketing)

10-12:30 • Google Apps for Business

9-11 • Doing Business with the City of Houston

9-1 • Creating a Marketing Plan 9-1:30 • QuickBooks 2012 (pt. 1)

9-11 • HMSDC 9-12:30 • Comprendiendo las Leyes

Laborales y Sueldos (Your Wage and Labor Law Guide)

9-1 • Why People Buy

9-11:30 • Pinterest for Business9-1:30 • QuickBooks 2012 (pt. 2)

9-11:30 • iPad for Business9-11:30 • State & Federal Taxes for

Corporations or LLCs3-5 • Restaurant Best Practices –

Marketing

9-12 • The Language of Bids and Proposals

10-12:30 • Websites 101: Building and Marketing Your Website

6-9 • Business Plan Basics7-9 • Internet Marketing Clinic

9-11:30 • Key Strategies for Developing Amazing Customer Service

June 2013Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday4 5 6 7

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New Classes!

What You Need to Know Before Buying a FranchiseApril 10th or May 1st

Marketing Monday Roundtable May 6th

Making the Move to Cloud Computing

May 7th

How to Market to NASA April 18th

Money Week - Preparing for a Lender

April 9th

Affordable Care Act – What You Need to Know

April 3rd

Legal Contracts to Protect Your Growing Business

April 17th

More New Classes!

ABC’s of Certifying Your Business

May 16th

Google Apps for Business June 13th

Your Wage and Labor Law Guide May 23rd

Why People Buy June 19th

iPad for Business June 25th

Comprendiendo las Leyes Laborales y Sueldos

(Your Wage and Labor Law Guide) June 19th

Finding the Money to Start and Grow Your Business

May 16th

QuickBooks Mobile June 12th

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