How many of you are trying to improve your “bottom line”?  Are you looking at your results monthly?  What are you looking at?  Many existing small business entrepreneurs have never really come up with a “numbers plan” for their business – they just wish to “make more money” and couldn’t even tell me what their gross margin was last year.  If you looked at last year’s Profit & Loss Statement in Excel and determined that you wish to do better this year, why not sit down and put a “monthly P&L Plan for 2011” and see if you can improve upon it.  You will eventually  learn to better manage and control your sales, your cost of goods sold, your gross margin, your business expenses, and finally your net margin so you can begin to make a good living. 

Presentation by John Wyman, SCORE Volunteer

John Wyman has taught “The Fast Entrepreneur” at Durham Tech for the last 8 years, teaching the 10-week high tech course twice a year.  It is excellent for existing businesses and complemented with online learning from Kauffman.  Let’s get with it and use some technologies to better run our small businesses!  
   

Be sure to bring your questions and don’t miss this Chamber U!

Who can attend? Anyone can attend, and most subjects are good for any Durham or Triangle resident, businessperson or community member!  

 About Chamber U: Chamber U is a new, innovative initiative of the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce designed to address critical topics and to help prepare Chamber members to meet the ever-changing demands of the workplace.  These once-a-week educational opportunities provide members with valuable tools and information they can take back to their businesses and utilize to help them achieve the success they desire. The program provides individualized growth and development opportunities for entry level to executive leadership covering the entire gamut from "nuts & bolts" to "visionary thinking."

When is Chamber U? Every Wednesday at the Chamber from 8:30-9:30 a.m. at the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce office.

Who can attend? Anyone can attend, and most subjects are good for any Durham or Triangle resident, businessperson or community member!