Friday, June 24, 2011

Almost ONE year in business... it's time for a BUSINESS PLAN update!

Some of the AMAZING San Diego SCORE Counselors.

I attended another amazingly informative SCORE Business Workshop.  This past week I attended a six hour workshop, and it was packed... with people and information! I left armed with everything that I needed to revise, enhance, and update my current SHEA CHIC Business Plan.  Wow! My head was spinning... by hour two! I was worried I wouldn't absorb everything, but luckily we were each given a Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet (on disc) to easily imput our own company information for income, cash flow, and balancing figures. What I enjoyed most about the event were the Counselors.  Each Counselor, had years of experience in their own industry.  Whether it was Marketing or Finance they had a plethora of knowledge and endless ideas on how I could grow my business. There are no "nay-sayers," just fun, encouraging, and knowledgable Counselors. Also, we didn't need to bring anything to this workshop.  They provided the printed version of their Microsoft Powerpoint Presentation, so we could follow along and take notes as we needed and... lunch was provided! SCORE literally...(dork I know!)

SCORE San Diego Business Plan Workshop.
I think I could take this course three more times and still learn something from it.  It's a lot of information, and a great workshop for anyone interested in starting their own business. Now, I've got tons of work ahead, but now I've got the tools to do it! Great Job SCORE of San Diego! ~April