Tennessee Small Business Development Center at Volunteer State Community College provides free and confidential advising sessions to small business owners that want to grow, hire, or obtain financing.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Small Business Make-over
Take a peek at how this cattle ranch style restaurant gets a quick make-over with their web presence and by surveying employees and customers.
The TSBDC offers free and confidential one-on-one counseling for existing and start up small businesses. To register for go to http://www.tsbdc.org/.
Other contact information - Phone (615) 230-4780 www.volstate.edu/tsbdc
Monday, April 11, 2011
Time Management for Small Business owners coming soon!
Click here to register for this workshop - Tuesday, April 26, 2011 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Time management is one of those vague terms in business that gets tossed about quite a bit. Whenever it is mentioned, most people think about some “school-house” stuff that doesn’t work in the real world. In reality, time management is one of the greatest keys to running a successful business and this presentation will discuss some real world applications to implement into your daily routine.
This workshop will focus on:
*Examine why time management is important
*Relate time management to your organization
*Learn a 5 step approach to time management
*Apply what you’ve learned to your business
The TSBDC offers free and confidential one-on-one counseling for existing and start up small businesses. To register for go to http://www.tsbdc.org/.
Other contact information - Phone (615) 230-4780 www.volstate.edu/tsbdc
Time management is one of those vague terms in business that gets tossed about quite a bit. Whenever it is mentioned, most people think about some “school-house” stuff that doesn’t work in the real world. In reality, time management is one of the greatest keys to running a successful business and this presentation will discuss some real world applications to implement into your daily routine.
This workshop will focus on:
*Examine why time management is important
*Relate time management to your organization
*Learn a 5 step approach to time management
*Apply what you’ve learned to your business
The TSBDC offers free and confidential one-on-one counseling for existing and start up small businesses. To register for go to http://www.tsbdc.org/.
Other contact information - Phone (615) 230-4780 www.volstate.edu/tsbdc
Monday, April 4, 2011
How to Hire Bad Employees
Tell me if you’ve heard this story before. We got really busy and hired a new employee and assumed since the economy was down that we could find some really good folks. Turns out the person we hired didn’t stick around and didn’t do a very good job.
If you want to keep doing this, here’s how:
• Never ever start recruiting for a position until you are absolutely overwhelmed.
• As for the interview, just wing it. Do not ever prepare for the interview process.
• Hire the first warm body that you come across. Never check out any of the referrals.
• Never ever spend any time with the new employee. To train them, just have them follow your most mediocre employee around for a half day or so.
So if you are tired of hearing basically what not to do, just do the opposite of everything suggested.
The TSBDC offers free and confidential one-on-one counseling for existing and start up small businesses. To register for go to http://www.tsbdc.org/.
Other contact information - Phone (615) 230-4780 www.volstate.edu/tsbdc
If you want to keep doing this, here’s how:
• Never ever start recruiting for a position until you are absolutely overwhelmed.
• As for the interview, just wing it. Do not ever prepare for the interview process. • Hire the first warm body that you come across. Never check out any of the referrals.
• Never ever spend any time with the new employee. To train them, just have them follow your most mediocre employee around for a half day or so.
So if you are tired of hearing basically what not to do, just do the opposite of everything suggested.
The TSBDC offers free and confidential one-on-one counseling for existing and start up small businesses. To register for go to http://www.tsbdc.org/.
Other contact information - Phone (615) 230-4780 www.volstate.edu/tsbdc
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