Online Small Business classes

Alabama’s small business community now has 24/7 access to a variety of online training and business start-up classes thanks to the Alabama SBDC Network. SmallBizU™ eLearning University is designed especially for entrepreneurs and small businesses to instill the capacity for solving problems, meeting challenges, and creating valued products. The SmallBizU™ curriculum tells you how it’s actually done in a small business, not in a textbook. Click here to launch SmallBizU’s online training, or choose from one of the modules below.

A collection of twenty-two online courses designed to teach entrepreneurs the “3Ms”—Money, Marketing, and Management. This is done through a no-frills curriculum that provides small businesses with real world tools and information. It provides you with the management fundamentals needed to fund, market, and grow a business. Its online delivery method allows you to progress at your own pace and is delivered just when you need it.

• Finding Money To Start A Business
• Creating A Loan Package
• Finding And Attracting Investors
• Creating Financial Projections
• Accounting 101: The Fundamentals
• Crafting A Business Plan
• Tax Seminars & Workshops

• Activeplans™ Business Plan Software
• Strategic Planning And Execution
• Starting A New Business
• Choosing A Legal Structure
• Buying A Business
• Hiring And Managing Employees
• The Entrepreneurial Strategies

• Creating Buzz: Small Budget Marketing
• Market Insight And Research
• Positioning
• Pricing Strategy And Tactics
• Advertising And Promotions
• Marketing 101: The Fundamentals

: A business planning technique that quickly translates business ideas into business plans. The process starts with a ten-slide business “pitch” which covers the essentials of the business and how it operates. The next step is to complete the “plan.” The plan takes each slide of the ten-step pitch and drills down to the next layer of detail. Finally, the process is completed by taking the money assumptions from each of the slides and creating a financial projection for the business.

Pitch-Then-Plan provides you with a sense of clarity about the few things that matter most. By limiting the discussion about the business, the process forces you to be clear, concise, and concrete about what know and what you will do.