Business Time: Accounting Class

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Last weeks class at the SBA really encouraged me to start taking charge and educating myself in the areas of business where I am totally clueless...like Accounting. After doing a bit of research about online courses and city college courses I decided that the SBA's classes would work the best for me. So, this week I finally committed to the three part series of Accounting Classes at the SBA, and they start tomorrow! For the next three Thursdays from 1-4pm I will be taking copious notes and attempting to ask extremely sensible questions at the SBA's downtown office. Wish me luck!

What accounting questions would you ask?

It's Business Time

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Monday I took a day off from the day job to take a business class at the Small Business Administration office of San Francisco. The class was produced by SCORE (small business mentoring and training). It was great to be in a room full of entrepreneurs, there was so much energy and enthusiasm. I took How to Start and Manage a Small Business which covered writing business plans, accounting (umm this is what I need the most help with), legal structure, marketing and small business loans. Each topic was presented by a different current or past business ownerI got some great info from the class and was glad that I went. One thing I definitely know I need to do asap is find more classes on accounting/Quickbooks (oh how I dread Quickbooks). I do not feel comfortable with these topics at all so I am on the hunt for some classes.

If you are considering owning your own business I highly recommend checking out your local SBA and SCORE chapters for classes and mentoring - they have many low cost and free classes that are great resources for entrepreneurs.

Fear...Dun Dun Duuuuun.

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I just saw this great post about Fear at Soap and the Finer Things In Life by The Soap Queen aka Anne-Marie Faiola. This is an issue I struggling with when it comes to starting my own business, I have many fears not only about failing but about succeeding as well (sounds weird but its true!). I can truly overwhelm myself with fear when I start imagining all sorts of future scenarios involving my business. What happens if my business fails? What will I do then? What happens if I succeed? What will my life be like?? Some of us have learned how to deal with Fear and keep moving forward while others havent reached that place yet. I know I need to work on acknowledging my fears - then to just keep truckin. Otherwise I will get stuck, feeling helpless and in turn not following my dreams and passions which would pretty much suck! That is definitely NOT how I want to live my life.

What fears do you deal with?? How do you deal with them??