ROOTS Business Training
Root Entrepreneurship Training helps you develop the strong roots to grow customer bases, cultivate products and services and yield profits. Classes include four core classes, a class on basic credit principles, several intermediate level courses featuring more detailed content such as: risk analysis, capital development, pro forma, profit analysis, and QuickBooks. Tehnical Assistance is also available for one-on-one assistance and coaching.
Complete all required classes and 4 electives in order to earn a Roots certification
CORE FOUR (required)
TUNE UP YOUR CREDIT (required)
7 STEPS FOR SUCCESS
(electives)
QUICKBOOKS ESSENTIALS (electives)
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND COACHING
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CORE FOUR (required)
Offered by the Radford University Small Business Development Center
Success Planning
Understand self assessment, financial goal setting, setting boundaries, communication skills, selling skills and contingency planning.
Market Planning
Lean to merge your business with the needs and wants of customers, learn about imaging, packaging, pricing, selling, promotional planning and contingency planning.
Cash Flow Planning
Understand detailed strategies for planning the financial future of your business with emphasis on projecting sales and sales goals.
Operations Planning
See key issues and strategies for operating a legitimate business that complies with legal standards and requirements.
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$200
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$44
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$244
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TUNE UP YOUR CREDIT (required)
Credit basics include how to obtain an annual credit report, credit monitoring, error correction, debt reduction, and more.
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$35
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7 STEPS FOR SUCCESS (electives)
- Intermediate success planning
- Intermediate business planning tools
- Intermediate business planning
- Intermediate cash planning
- Profit analysis and effective pro forma
- Risk analysis
- Capital development
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All 7 modules
$220.50
1 module
$35
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QUICKBOOK ESSENTIALS (elective)
Introduction to QuickBooks accounting software teaches hands-on basic skills and provides resources to teach yourself more advanced features.
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TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND COACHING
One-on-one assistance with loan applications, customer relations, billing and banking, communications, tax reports, merchandising, record keeping, business etiquette, distribution and inventory control.
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LMI
Clients
$10
Others
$35
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