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Published or Revised January 13, 2012
The Small Business Development Center at Paris Junior College will offer workshops as well as free counseling for current and prospective small business owners in the Paris area during February.
The workshops will be held at the Bobby Walters Workforce Training Center on Clarksville Street, west entrance. To register, contact the Continuing Education Department at 903-782-0447 or the Paris Small Business Development Center at 903-782-0224.
Create Your Own Job — Start Your Own Business will be offered from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 3. This free workshop will include information needed to start a small business. Topics will include legal requirements, the different forms of business organization and their advantages and disadvantages, conducting a feasibility study, writing a business plan, getting a sales tax permit, types of financing available for a start-up business, and what lenders want to know, as well as information on SBA guaranteed loan programs. This information is also available on DVD and online.
QuickBooks Level 1 — The Basics will meet from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., each Wednesday, Feb. 1-15. Participants will learn how to track inventory and handle payroll requirements; deal with physical inventory; deal with errors and refunds; work with balance sheet accounts; using classes; NSF checks; and customizing QuickBooks.
Free, confidential counseling to start or expand a small business is offered every Monday and Tuesday at the PJC Small Business Development Center, 1405 S. Collegiate. Call 903-782-0224 to make an appointment for free counseling.
Free training for small businesses is now being offered through two grant programs from Texas Workforce Commission.
Through the Skills for Small Business Grant, owners and their employees can apply for free tuition to take any Paris Junior College course, credit or non-credit (limited to $1,450 for new employees and $725 for existing employees).
Through the Entrepreneurial Training Grant, business owners or persons interested in starting a new business, can apply for free training (limit of $500 per person). Call the Paris Small Business Development Center at 903-782-0224 for details on how to take advantage of these limited-time training grant programs awarded by the Texas Workforce Commission.
The Small Business Development Center is funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration, the State of Texas, and Paris Junior College.
Clarksville
Create Your Own Job — Start Your Own Business will be offered from 10 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, Feb. 7. The workshop will be held at the Historic Red River Chamber of Commerce located at 101 North Locust Street. Call the Chamber at 903-427-2645 to register for this workshop.
Free counseling to start or expand a small business will be offered by appointment in Clarksville on Tuesday, Feb. 7 at the Chamber office. Call the Chamber to schedule your appointment.
Commerce
Create Your Own Job — Start Your Own Business will be offered from 10 a.m. to noon on Thursday, Feb. 16. The workshop will be held at the Commerce Chamber of Commerce located at 1114 Main St. Call the Chamber at 903-886-3950 to register for this free workshop.
Free, confidential counseling to start or expand a small business will be available by appointment between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Feb. 16. Call the Chamber to make an appointment.
Cooper
Create Your Own Job — Start Your Own Business will be offered from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 28.
Free, confidential counseling to start or expand a small business will be available by appointment between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Feb. 28. Call 903-395-4314 to schedule an appointment.
The seminar and counseling is held at the Delta County Chamber of Commerce, 41 West Side Square in Cooper. Call 903-395-4314 to register or to make an appointment.
Greenville
Using Social Networking to Grow Your Small Business will meet from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 3. Participants will learn how to use social networking sites for their business, how to create a social media plan, hot to measure the effectiveness of a social media program, how to target opportunities for advertising, ways to improve a network with social software, and marketing tips for an aspiring online entrepreneur. They will also create a business Facebook page or improve an existing page in this hands-on workshop.
Create Your Own Job — Start Your Own Business will be offered from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 24.
The workshops will be held at the PJC — Greenville Center located at 6500 Monty Stratton Parkway. To register for these courses, call 903-454-9333, or stop by the PJC — Greenville Center.
Free counseling to start or expand a small business is offered by appointment in Greenville every Wednesday at the Greenville Chamber of Commerce, 2713 Stonewall Street. Call the Chamber at 903-455-1510 to make an appointment.
Sulphur Springs
Create Your Own Job — Start Your Own Business will be offered from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 10.
CRM: An Introduction to Customer Relationship Management will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 17. Customer Relationship Management is critical to the success of a small business. This one-day course explains the different facets of CRM and shows how to identify customers, analyze key components of CRM, and how to integrate it into a business.
The workshops will be presented at the PJC — Sulphur Springs Center located at 1202 W. Houston. To register, call 903-885-1232.
Free, confidential counseling to start or expand a small business is offered by appointment every Friday in Sulphur Springs at the PJC Center. To make an appointment, contact the Center at 903-885-1232.
Free training for small businesses is now being offered through two grant programs from Texas Workforce Commission.
Paris Junior College and the Small Business Development Center can now offer businesses free training with grants from Texas Workforce Commission. Through the Skills for Small Business grant program, business owners and employees can apply for free tuition and fees for any PJC course, credit or non-credit (limited to $1,450 for new employees and $725 for existing employees). New employees include those employees hired within three months of TWC receiving the application. Businesses with 99 employees or less are eligible for this grant program. For information and the application, go to http://ssb.texasworkforce.org.
Through the Entrepreneurial Training Grant, business owners or persons interested in starting a new business, can apply for free training (limit of $500 per person). Call the Paris Small Business Development Center at 903-782-0224 for details on how to take advantage of these limited-time training grant programs awarded by the Texas Workforce Commission.