Polishing Your Business Idea provides step-by-step guidance in researching your idea, your market, and your competition. At the end of the Polishing Your Business Idea webinar, you are able to: * Identify your target markets * Describe your products/services * Collect key competitive information to support your feasibility plan Faculty: Ed Doering. Ed has thirty […]

This workshop covers the basics of Sales Tax and Use Tax as they apply to retail business, as well as the appropriate uses of the different exemptions that may be encountered. Other topics discussed include record keeping for audit compliance and estimated tax payments. This information is presented by a tax specialist with the Kansas […]

This presentation by the Kansas Department of Revenue specifically targets construction contractors and subcontractors. The workshop covers how sales tax applies to materials and labor, project exemption certificates, sales tax returns, and billing. This information is presented by a tax specialist with the Kansas Department of Revenue.

Marketing is more than advertising. Marketing Strategy provides you with an introduction to marketing methods & tools to maximize your customer reach. Learn the basics of Social Media Marketing, and how Marketing Strategy provides you with an introduction to marketing methods and tools to maximize your customer reach. This session covers pricing strategies, positioning, the […]

Why do you need a business plan? As a startup or an existing business, a business plan done right can provide you with direction and get you ready for opportunities. Join us as we unveil our new template and talk through the basics of creating a simple, but helpful document for your company.

Sound too good to be true? Join our workshop to discuss semi-absentee franchise ownership as a way to start your business.Given that the world is living through a challenging moment in real-time, join us to learn about some recession-resistant and/or essential service models that franchising has to offer. These industries have been shown to prosper […]

Learn how to set up your business using this popular desktop accounting program - the right way. In this beginning-level seminar, you will learn how to create your own chart of accounts; set up customers and vendors; generate invoices, receive payments and sales receipts; pay bills and write checks; track credit card purchases and balances; […]

This law created a reduction to the state sales tax on Food & Food Ingredients. This class is a basic overview of the new law and the requirements for collecting the reduced rate. After completing this class, you should have a basic understanding of what the law does and understand the difference between food and […]