Knowledge, tools, and assistance to small business owners to plan, develop and/or better understand their financial recordkeeping system is available during the upcoming semester in an online class offered through the Successful Entrepreneur Program at Independence Community College. “Intro to Small Business Accounting and Finance” includes the full, 16 lesson curriculum of the QuickBooks Learning Guide for 2011.
“For the last couple of years, I’ve been working on a curriculum to help the small business owner develop and understand a financial tracking system without having to become an accountant.” says Jim Correll, facilitator and instructor. “At the same time, QuickBooks has become the most popular choice in small business software. Contrary to QuickBooks advertising, you can’t really be up and running-effectively, anyway-in fifteen minutes.”
The class is designed not only for the business owner that doesn’t have a financial tracking system, but also for the business owner that has a system that ineffective and not understood. “Many businesses have financial tracking systems, but few keep them current and understand how to use the information to better manage their businesses,” according to Correll. “In this class, students will learn the very basics of balance sheet accounting, and how everyday transactions flow into the financial statements.”
Debbie Collins, completer of the summer section says “Having been a small business owner as well as a current practitioner - we ran the concession stand in the park here in Independence for many years - I wish I'd had this class back then. It would have been invaluable! My real job now is doing taxes, and I can't tell you how many Quicken and QuickBooks reports I get from people who have no concept of income and expenses. I've recommended this class to several clients who think just because they use QuickBooks everything is done properly. It has been very helpful to me to know exactly where QuickBooks puts the journal entries. This class is good for new and existing business owners to better understand how QuickBooks is recording transactions and helping to make better sense of the reports - it's a great class!!”
The QuickBooks Learning Guide used for the class includes a license to try the full application for 140 days. The class is 3 credit hours, starting August 18 and ending in mid-December. Students can work ahead if they wish.
The Successful Entrepreneur Program at Independence Community College provides instruction and tools for business owners and key decision makers to be successful in today’s competitive marketplace. Most coursework is offered online for greater flexibility needed by today’s small business owners.
Those wanting to know more about the Successful Entrepreneur program are encouraged to call Correll at 620-332-5470.
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