INVENTIONS
Ideas and Inventions: What to do With Them
— Peter H. Youngwith
Everybody gets ideas, but it’s what you do
with yours that matters. This practical seminar is packed with
advice, information, and references to help you develop your
idea or invention. Discover the great American Success Story,
often an idea which leads to a product and finally to a “rich
and famous” entrepreneur. Learn about patents and how to
make it through the process. Should all ideas be developed? Discuss
how to protect your idea via a patent, copyright or trademark.
Peter H. Youngwith has
been an amateur inventor most of his life. He is a member
of and volunteer with the Rocky Mountain Inventors Congress.
He
holds three university degrees and is a former research scientist
of Bell Laboratories. He has co-founded four small high-tech
companies and was recently awarded a US Patent.
- BUSI 1055S02 — Wed,
6:30-9:30 p.m., June 11 (1 session)
ACC TBA — $49, $8 material fee to instructor
SMALL
BUSINESS START-UP
Starting a Business in Colorado
— Carl Cleveland
Are you thinking of starting or have recently started
a business, but aren’t really sure what you are doing? Do
you want to avoid the pitfalls that cause so many businesses to
fail. Want to make sure that your personal assets are protected?
This how-to seminar will walk you through the pre-startup and startup
steps to building your business on a firm foundation. Receive a
Colorado Business Resource Guide and learn where to find reliable
business information. At the completion of the course, you can
sign up for a free consultation with a Small Business Development
Center counselor (requires free online registration with the SBDC)
- BUSI 1024M01 — Thu,
6:30-9:30 p.m., June 19 (1 session)
ACC TBA — $44, $5 material fee to instructor
Planning for Business Success
—
Carl Cleveland
Want your business to be a great success? Then you
need a plan! Studies indicate that your chance of business success
more than triples with a good business plan. Discover the information
you need to effectively manage and grow your business and how
to assemble it into a strategic plan which will become your most
valuable business tool. Explore the information required in a
formal business plan by lenders and investors. Go through the
sections of the plans, review templates for standard financial
forecasts and reports, and learn how to find crucial information
about your industry, your competitors, and your marketplace.
Upon completion of your plan, you will be eligible to have it
reviewed and receive feedback from an SBDC counselor, all at
no additional cost. (requires free online registration with the
SBDC) 
- BUSI 1028M01 — Thu,
6:30-9:30 p.m., June 26 (1 session)
ACC TBA — $44, $5 material fee to instructor
SMALL
BUSINESS FINANCES
Bookkeeping and Financial Basics
— Sandi Schoob/Janet Kramer
Learn to read an income statement and balance sheet,
understand depreciation, and cash flow analysis. Discover how
to keep track of all the money that’s coming and going
and prepare basic reports on how your business is doing. Talk
about accounting terminology, record keeping, and bank reconciliation.
Bring a calculator and a pencil.
- BUSI 1043M01 — Thu,
6-8 p.m., July 17 (1 session)
ACC TBA — $44, $10 material fee to instructor
CORPORATE
LEARNING DIVISION
Your premier training source for business growth and
employee development
The Corporate Learning Division at ACC specializes in customized corporate
training serving individuals and companies throughout the Denver Metro area
and Colorado.
A sample of our services include:
- Computer applications
training
- Interpersonal
skills development
- Leadership development
- Technical training
- Workplace assessment
- Coaching
- Curriculum development
For complete information, visit our website
at www.coloradotraining.com
or call 303.734.3701.
MARKETING
 How
to Get More Customers in a Month Than You
Now Get All Year…Guaranteed!
— David Cope
It may be surprising, but true. The most important
knowledge you need to be successful in your business is not about
your
products or services. It’s about marketing your product
or service. Go beyond traditional marketing. Discover marketing
that is straightforward, cost effective, creates a flood of new
customers, and you don’t feel like you are selling.
- The single most powerful
marketing strategy to attract a ton of interested customers.
(It’s so simple
you’ll wonder
why nobody taught you this before.)
- The 5 biggest
marketing mistakes business owners make and how to avoid
them
- The startling
secret to get dozens of responses to low- cost little ads
- The 6 words to
put in your marketing that can increase response by as much
as 20 times. (You’ve never been shown this one
before!)
- How to have 5-10%
responses to your mailing become common place
- A proven formula
to get 200% more sales for your yellow pages ads
- The one critical
thing you must do to never sell on price again! Ever!
- The biggest critical
mistakes over 92% of business owners make when prospecting,
and how to avoid
them
- How to get started
with little or no cash
- BUSI 1015M01 — Wed,
6-9 p.m., June 25 (1 session)
ACC TBA — $55
How to Turn Time into Money in 21 Days….
Guaranteed!
— David Cope
Do you often finish the week and realize that you
didn’t accomplish a lot? Get frustrated because the number
of customers and your bank account aren’t growing as fast
as you want? Stop working so hard. Discover ways to work smarter
and focus your efforts on what really counts by applying a few
simple but strategic time management principles to help you achieve
much more with less effort, time, and make a lot more money.
Discover:
- The ONE critical time management activity
you must do to double your business
- The 5 key behaviors
that offer the greatest opportunity to create a ton of new
business
- How to fight through
fear and doubt and do the difficult activities first
- The one magic
word that can instantly free up more productive time
- Absolutely the
easiest way to be more productive with LESS effort and get
HUGE results
- The secret to
the most simple yet powerful of all concepts in business
and life management
- How to eliminate
this common organization problem to free up creative energy
- Straight talk
on how to structure your day for optimal performance
- BUSI 1051M01 — Tue,
6-8:30 p.m., Aug 19 (1 session)
ACC TBA — $44
Little Known Secrets to Unlimited Referrals
— David Cope
Interested in generating a lot more customers without advertising?
Do you dislike the idea of selling? Would you like to create
a constant stream of qualified
customers who are EAGER to do business with YOU? It’s true. Times have
changed. People tune out advertising and hate to be sold, yet they love to
buy. Discover a creative yet proven business model that effectively creates
a continuous flow of qualified customers and REFERRALS. You will never have
to spend money on advertising or feel like you are selling.
Discover:
- The one referral
tip that can easily double your
referral business (and it’s a three letter word!)
- The #1 most overlooked money generating source in your business
(less than one business owner in one hundred does this)
- How to position your business as the ONLY option in the
minds of your customers
- 4 vital relationship marketing strategies that can
generate DOUBLE DIGIT growth
- An easy way to jump start your business almost over night
- Why you need to implement this one critical plan so your
customers will eagerly refer business to you
- The single most powerful way to create a referral incentive
program
And lots, lots, more!
David
Cope has been a business owner and entrepreneur
for over 20 years and built a company with over $250 million
in gross equity.
- BUSI 1059M01 — Wed, 6-9 p.m., July 23 (1 session)
ACC TBA — $55
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