Basic Management Education

Practical, small business seminars go hand-in-hand with the advising services offered by the SBDC. If you have questions about starting or operating a small business, our Basic Management Education hands-on workshops are an efficient means to learn what you need to know.

Basic Management Education Programs

Business Basics

This series includes five individual topics: First Steps to Starting Your Business*, Planning Basics, Marketing Basics, Financial Basics and Web Basics. Each is covered in a single three-hour workshop offered on a variety of days and times. Choose the session that best fits your busy schedule. Click here for more program details.

UW-La Crosse campus
Fall 2013 TBD
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*You can complete the First Steps to Starting Your Business class online if our classroom schedule is not convenient for you. Click here for details regarding the online class.

QuickBooks™ Series

Register for the sessions individually ($69 each) or all three sessions for $55 each. Fee includes materials, refreshments, and parking. Sessions run 8:30 a.m.-12 noon.

QuickBooks™ Essentials

In this program you will learn QuickBooks™ basic features. Topics include:

• Entering transactions

• Producing invoices and checks

• Setting up vendors, customers, jobs and items

• Reconciling bank and credit card statements

• Producing financial statements

This program is best suited for people who want to start using QuickBooks™ or have recently started using QuickBooks™.

Spring 2014 date TBD ● Register online. ● UW-La Crosse Campus

QuickBooks™ Payroll

In this program you will learn how to utilize QuickBooks™ for processing your payroll.

Topics include:

• Basic payroll concepts

• Setting up wage & PTO items

• Setting up employees

• Setting up payroll taxes and garnishments

• Setting up pre-tax deductions

• Processing payroll and liability payments

• Direct deposit options

• Quarterly and annual reporting

Spring 2014 date TBD ● Register online. ● UW-La Crosse Campus

Advanced QuickBooks™

To get the most out of an accounting software package, you need to customize it for your business. In this half-day session you will learn to customize QuickBooks™ forms and reports to fit your unique business needs. You will also learn how to enter estimates and produce progress invoices and track time and materials. Topics include: