Book a Seminar With Sherry Darden

The GPS To Starting Your Business Without Detours 

It’s back to basics! If you want to start a business but don’t know where to begin, then this class is for you. This workshop will address many of the questions you should ask yourself before beginning the process of starting a new business.
Why start a small business?
     • What are your goals?
     • What are your strengths?
     • What are your values?
     • How do you work?
The workshop will also cover the process of starting a business:
Starting a business
     • How to analyze feasibility of your idea
     • How to prepare business plan
     • Selecting legal form
     • Sources of capital
     • Business licenses and permits
     • Sources of information

How To Keep Your Business From Becoming THEIRS 

Do you know your tax responsibilities as a small business owner?
This workshop is designed as an awareness seminar to inform business owners of their tax obligations and what's deductible. Tax information for each of the small business structures is provided along with a review of independent contractors versus employees, and an introduction to tax forms required from a small business.

This workshop will answer:

What am I responsible for as a small business owner?
     • How long do I need to keep receipts?
     • What kinds of records do I need to keep?
     • What's deductible?
     • Are my workers employees or independent contractors?
     • What deadlines do I need to know about?
     • Much more!

To C or to LLC?

That Is The Question!

People who decide to incorporate usually have high expectations about the protections they will enjoy from being incorporated and believe that a corporation will protect them personally from all types of liability.  That's not necessarily true!  Find out how to truly protect your personal assets from you business.

The 90 Minute Marketing Plan 

People fee marketing planning is too overwhelming (so they avoid doing it altogether) or people aren't getting much success out of the ones they do create (and they can't figure out why).  This presentation will produce a step-by-step process to craft a successful marketing plan that will take you just 90 minutes to design.

No more spaghetti marketing!  Why waste time money and effort on techniques that may or may not stick.  A marketing plan in one component of a business, but a marketing plan is a plan within a plan.   Learn how to create a well thought out marketing plan that gets results.  After attending this workshop you will in just 90-minutes:

     • Formalize your marketing goals.
     • Develop a tactical approach to achieve your goals.
     • Set strategic priorities to jumpstart your effort.
     • Have what you need to have a completed 1st draft of a working plan.

The Keys To a Winning Business Plan

If you think writing a business plan is too hard … think again! Start Smart Business Plans is designed to bring definition and clarity to your dreams and ideas. As you walk through each step, you will draw a map to follow on your road to success:

     • Define the vision of your business.
     • Identify your customers.
     • Research competitors.
     • Formulate financial projections.
     • Create milestones to execute your plan.

Generations Working Better Together 

This extremely informative, entertaining, solutions-based session explores why younger and older people don't always see eye to eye and what to do about it in the workplace.  It's possible for the Baby Boomer, Gen X, Gen Y, and theMillennium employee to work well together.

 From Entrepreneur To Infopreneur

What you already know from your own experience within your particular profession, job, hobbies, and personal interests is more valuable than you might realize!  Others want to know what you know and will pay you handsomely for that knowledge.  You can be an information entrepreneur   in any business or consumer market and create multiple streams of income.

 Market Research Made Easy

Whether you sell a tangible product or an intangible service, in the end it all comes down to a product that your customers choose to buy from you or a competitor.  Market Research Made Easy will help you understand:

      Define the vision of your business.
     • Who are your customers?
     • Why would they buy your product or service?
     • How will you find them/How will they find you?
     • How will you differentiate yourself from your competitors?