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Calendar of Events

The Office of Minority Business Development (OMBD) sponsors training and networking opportunities for minority and emerging small businesses. The following is a list of our upcoming outreach events.

Note: Class descriptions are located below the calendar.

DateTimeLocationTopicSpeaker
Jan 17, 20124:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Advantech
Maggie L. Walker Technology Center
Auditorium Rm 119
501 E Franklin St
Richmond, VA		 Developing a Business Plan
#1 of 4		 Joyce Parker-Johnson, President
Abaca Business Plan, Inc
Jan 17, 20124:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. To Be Determined Marketing Your Business Using Social Media J.T. Logan, Owner/Creative Director, Four Deep Multimedia, LLC
Jan 24, 20124:00 p.m.– 6:00 p.m. Advantech
Maggie L. Walker Technology Center
Auditorium Rm 119
501 E Franklin St
Richmond, VA		 Financials 201 The Wells Fargo Series Cassandra Taylor, President, Taylor-Made Business Services
Jan 26, 20124:00 p.m.– 6:00 p.m. Advantech
Maggie L. Walker Technology Center
Auditorium Rm 119
501 E Franklin St
Richmond, VA		 Do the Right Thing!
Budgeting, Bookkeeping, & Taxes		 Wells Fargo
Jan 31, 20124:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Advantech
Maggie L. Walker Technology Center
Auditorium Rm 119
501 E Franklin St
Richmond, VA		 Developing a Business Plan
#2 of 4		 Joyce Parker-Johnson, President
Abaca Business Plan, Inc
Feb 2, 20124:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. To Be Determined Marketing Your Business Using Social Media J.T. Logan, Owner/Creative Director, Four Deep Multimedia, LLC
Feb 7, 20124:00 p.m.– 6:00 p.m. Advantech
Maggie L. Walker Technology Center
Auditorium Rm 119
501 E Franklin St
Richmond, VA		 Financials 101a - Starting A Business The Wells Fargo Series Part 1 of 2 Wells Fargo
Feb 9, 20124:00 p.m.– 6:00 p.m. Advantech
Maggie L. Walker Technology Center
Auditorium Rm 119
501 E Franklin St
Richmond, VA		 Financials 101b - Starting A Business The Wells Fargo Series Wells Fargo
Feb 14, 20124:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Advantech
Maggie L. Walker Technology Center
Auditorium Rm 119
501 E Franklin St
Richmond, VA		 Developing a Business Plan Part 2
#3 of 4		 Joyce Parker-Johnson, President
Abaca Business Plan, Inc
Feb 16, 20124:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Advantech
Maggie L. Walker Technology Center
Auditorium Rm 119
501 E Franklin St
Richmond, VA		 Understanding Procurement Solicitations TBD
Feb 21, 20124:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Advantech
Maggie L. Walker Technology Center
Auditorium Rm 119
501 E Franklin St
Richmond, VA		 Responding to the RFP/A Bid Presentation Jami Jackson, M.P.A., Director of Fulfillment, Astyra Corporation
Feb 23, 20124:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. To Be Determined Marketing Your Business Using Social Media J.T. Logan, Owner/Creative Director, Four Deep Multimedia, LLC
Feb 28, 20124:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Advantech
Maggie L. Walker Technology Center
Auditorium Rm 119
501 E Franklin St
Richmond, VA		 Developing a Business Plan Part 2
#4 of 4		 Joyce Parker-Johnson, President
Abaca Business Plan, Inc

Class Descriptions

  • Developing a Business Plan

    The class will discuss the importance of a business plan, identify and explain the various components of the business plan. This is a 4-part course.

  • Financials 101b The Wells Fargo Series

    Class will cover:

    • Record Keeping
    • Creating a Budget
    • Determining Start-up cost
    • Cash Flow Analysis
    • Breakeven Analysis
    • Qualifying for a Business Loan
    • Basic Accounting

  • Financials 201 The Wells Fargo Series

    Class will cover:

    • The Income Statement
    • The Balance Sheet
    • Cash Flow Analysis
    • Breakeven Analysis
    • Tracking and Measuring Your Business Performance

  • Understanding Procurement Solicitations

    The class will discuss the various types of solicitations: RFP, IFB, RFQ, Sole Source, CM@Risk and The Richmond.

  • Do the Right Thing! Budgeting, Bookkeeping, and Taxes

    The class exposes the participants to the various business structures, accounting methods and the information needed to develop a budget for the business.

  • Responding to the RFP/ Bid Presentations

    The class will discuss the elements of a bid presentation. The session will review the elements of a sample RFP and match it with a bid presentation

  • Marketing Your Business Using Social Media

    This is a series of classes. They will discuss the importance of using social media and how to use Facebook, YouTube and Twitter to grow your business.

Contact Information:

Minority Business Development
City of Richmond
900 E. Broad St., 9th Floor
Richmond, VA
23219 USA
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Phone: (804)646-5947
Fax: (804)646-0136

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