The Northwest Side CDC provides cohort based trainings for small businesses to help Belmont Cragin Business owners learn new skills that will help them manage their small business in a more efficient way. Check out the upcoming training below.

QUICKBOOKS training

Are you looking for a better way to manage your business bookkeeping? Have you been interested in using Quickbooks but need help on how to use it? The Northwest Side CDC is hosting a training to help you learn how to use Quickbooks for your small business.

Small Business Fundamentals

Marketing

Marketing is an essential part of your small business. Through is training you will learn about how to create a marketing strategy, identify your idea customer and. target market, create SMART Marketing Goal, and use social media strategically for your small business.

accounting/ Financial literacy

Numbers tell the story of your business. In this training you will learn the essential of accounting including learning how to read different financial reports, knowing how to create a business budget, and learn how to implement financial policies and booking procedures for your small business.

branding

Having a business brand is extremely important for the growth of your small business. It helps create a guide for how your business interacts with your target market and it makes it easier for your customers to more easily identify you. In this training you will learn about the process of creating a logo, selecting brand colors, selecting brand fonts, and how to use a brand guide.

Human Resources

Your employees and their individual talent is something that no other business can replicate. In this training you will learn everything from how to manage how to create a job description, how to create an employee handbook, how to onboard and training an employee and how to fire an employee.

business management

As a business owner you will be managing aspects of your business that will require project management skills. Through this training you will learn what you will need to do in order to create business goal, create a strategy to meet them, manage your time, budget, and resources.