Welcome to the Small Business BC Education Centre

Our information-packed business seminars are tailored to meet the needs of small businesses owners at the Thinking, Launching and Growing Stages for their business. Small Business BC has partnered with government and local business to present to you the experts in the field of small business startups. Our seminar formats include Brown Bag lunch series, half day seminars and workshops, evening and weekend seminars and workshops and ongoing industry advisory panels.

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February 2008

			6 Start Smart! Level 2 - Wednesday, February 6, 2008	7	8 Perfect Your Pitch February 8, 2008	9
10	11 Moving From a Proprietorship to Corporation: Tax Advantages February 11, 2008 - - - - - - - Moving From a Proprietorship to Corporation: Tax Advantages February 11, 2008 - Victoria - - - - - - - Moving From a Proprietorship to Corporation: Tax Advantages February 11, 2008 - Prince George - - - - - - - Moving From a Proprietorship to Corporation: Tax Advantages February 11, 2008 - Surrey - - - - - - - Moving From a Proprietorship to Corporation: Tax Advantages February 11, 2008 - Williams Lake - - - - - - - Moving From a Proprietorship to Corporation: Tax Advantages February 11, 2008 - Ft St John	12 Legal Tips for Your eBusiness February 12, 2008 - - - - - - - Financial Resources: Funding Programs, Loans and Venture Capital February 12, 2008 - - - - - - - Legal Tips for Your eBusiness February 12, 2008 - Victoria - - - - - - - Financial Resources: Funding Programs, Loans and Venture Capital February 12, 2008 - Victoria - - - - - - - Financial Resources: Funding Programs, Loans and Venture Capital February 12, 2008 - Prince George - - - - - - - Legal Tips for Your eBusiness February 12, 2008 - Prince George - - - - - - - Financial Resources: Funding Programs, Loans and Venture Capital February 12, 2008 - Ft St John - - - - - - - Legal Tips for Your eBusiness February 12, 2008 - Ft St John	13 NEW!! Ready to Import Seminar - February 13, 2008	14 Combo Understanding Financial Statements and Financial Analysis February 14, 2008 - - - - - - - Financial Analysis February 14, 2008 - - - - - - - Understanding Financial Statements February 14, 2008	15 Tax Tips from an Accountant - February 15, 2008 - - - - - - - Business Structures - Corporations, Proprietorships and Partnerships - February 15, 2008 - - - - - - - Business Structures February 15, 2008 - - - - - - - Business Structures February 15, 2008 - Victoria - - - - - - - Business Structures February 15, 2008 - Prince George - - - - - - - Business Structures February 15, 2008 - Cranbrook - - - - - - - Tax Tips from an Accountant February 15, 2008 - Prince George - - - - - - - Tax Tips from an Accountant February 15, 2008 - Victoria - - - - - - - Tax Tips from an Accountant February 15, 2008 - Kamloops - - - - - - - Tax Tips from an Accountant February 15, 2008 - Ft St John - - - - - - - Tax Tips from an Accountant February 15, 2008 - Williams Lake - - - - - - - Business Structures February 15, 2008 - Ft St John - - - - - - - Business Structures February 15, 2008 - Williams Lake	16
17	18 Selling a Business: Everything You Need to Know February 18, 2008 - - - - - - - Selling a Business: Everything You Need to Know February 18, 2008 - Smithers - - - - - - - Selling a Business: Everything You Need to Know February 18, 2008 - Prince George - - - - - - - Selling a Business: Everything You Need to Know February 18, 2008 - Victoria - - - - - - - Selling a Business: Everything You Need to Know February 18, 2008 - Ft St John - - - - - - - Selling a Business: Everything You Need to Know February 18, 2008 - Williams Lake	19 Start Smart! Level 1 - Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - - - - - - - Writing for the Web February 19, 2008 - - - - - - - Writing for the Web February 19, 2008 - Victoria - - - - - - - Writing for the Web February 19, 2008 - Prince George - - - - - - - Writing for the Web February 19, 2008 - Ft St John - - - - - - - Writing for the Web February 19, 2008 - Williams Lake	20 Start Smart! Level 2 - Wednesday, February 20, 2008	21	22 Beyond the Basic of eBay for the Advanced Seller February 22, 2008	23
24	25	26 Syndication: RSS, Blogs, Podcasting February 26, 2008 - - - - - - - Growing Online Series - February 26 - March 18, 2008 - - - - - - - Syndication: RSS, Blogs, Podcasting February 26, 2008 - Cranbrook - - - - - - - Syndication: RSS, Blogs, Podcasting February 26, 2008 - Victoria - - - - - - - Syndication: RSS, Blogs, Podcasting February 26, 2008 - Prince George - - - - - - - Syndication: RSS, Blogs, Podcasting February 26, 2008 - Kamloops - - - - - - - Syndication: RSS, Blogs, Podcasting February 26, 2008 - Ft St John - - - - - - - Syndication: RSS, Blogs, Podcasting February 26, 2008 - Williams Lake	27 Legal Tips for Your Small Business February 27, 2008 - - - - - - - Legal Tips for Your Small Business February 27, 2008 - Victoria - - - - - - - Legal Tips for Your Small Business February 27, 2008 - Prince George - - - - - - - Intellectual Property February 27, 2008 - Prince George - - - - - - - Intellectual Property February 27, 2008 - Victoria - - - - - - - Intellectual Property February 27, 2008 - - - - - - - Legal Tips for Your Small Business February 27, 2008 - Surrey - - - - - - - Legal Tips for Your Small Business February 27, 2008 - Kamloops - - - - - - - Legal Tips for Your Small Business February 27, 2008 - Ft St John - - - - - - - Intellectual Property February 27, 2008 - Williams Lake - - - - - - - Intellectual Property February 27, 2008 - Ft St John - - - - - - - Legal Tips for Your Small Business February 27, 2008 - Williams Lake	28 Importation of Vehicles into Canada February 28, 2008	29

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March 2008
						1 Business Plan FastTrack - including your Financial Planning Template.
2	3	4 Start Smart! Level 1 - Tuesday, March 4, 2008 - - - - - - - eCommerce and Understanding Online Payment Systems - March 4, 2008	5 Start Smart! Level 2 - Wednesday, March 5, 2008	6 Dynamics of Business Growth Introduction - March 6, 2008 - - - - - - - Dynamics of Business Growth March 6, 2008 - Victoria - - - - - - - Dynamics of Business Growth March 6, 2008 - Kamloops - - - - - - - Dynamics of Business Growth March 6, 2008 - Ft St John - - - - - - - Dynamics of Business Growth March 6, 2008 - Williams Lake	7 10 Deadly Sins Series and Business Coaching - March 7, 14 and 21, 2008 - - - - - - - 10 Deadly Sins of Business Development March 7, 2008 - - - - - - - 10 Deadly Sins of Business Development March 7, 2008 - Victoria - - - - - - - 10 Deadly Sins of Business Development March 7, 2008 - Cranbrook - - - - - - - 10 Deadly Sins of Business Development March 7, 2008 - Prince George - - - - - - - The Basics of Selling on eBay - March 7, 2008 - - - - - - - 10 Deadly Sins of Business Development March 7, 2008 - Kamloops - - - - - - - 10 Deadly Sins of Business Development March 7, 2008 - Ft St John - - - - - - - 10 Deadly Sins of Business Development March 7, 2008 - Williams Lake	8
9	10 Buying a Business March 10, 2008 - Prince George - - - - - - - Buying a Business March 10, 2008 - Victoria - - - - - - - Financial Resources: Funding Programs, Loans and Venture Capital March 10, 2008 - - - - - - - Protect Yourself and Your Business March 10, 2008 - - - - - - - Buying a Business March 10, 2008 - - - - - - - Buying a Business March 10, 2008 - Surrey - - - - - - - Buying a Business March 10, 2008 - Kamloops - - - - - - - Buying a Business March 10, 2008 - Williams Lake - - - - - - - Buying a Business March 10, 2008 - Ft St John	11 OSCommerce a Low Cost eCommerce Solution - March 11, 2008	12 Writing Your Company Policies and Procedures March 12, 2008 - - - - - - - Are You Interested in Exporting? March 12, 2008	13 SEO, Web Writing and Web Analytics All Day Intensive March 13, 2008	14 10 Deadly Sins of Marketing March 14, 2008 - - - - - - - 10 Deadly Sins of Marketing March 14, 2008 - Prince George - - - - - - - 10 Deadly Sins of Marketing March 14, 2008 - Victoria - - - - - - - Tax Tips from an Accountant March 14, 2008 - - - - - - - 10 Deadly Sins of Marketing March 14, 2008 - Kamloops - - - - - - - 10 Deadly Sins of Marketing March 14, 2008 - Ft St John - - - - - - - 10 Deadly Sins of Marketing March 14, 2008 - Williams Lake - - - - - - - Record Keeping and Accounting for Small Business - March 14, 2008	15
16	17	18 Start Smart! Level 1 Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - - - - - - - Open Source Software: Demystify the GPL (General Public License) March 18, 2008 - - - - - - - Start Smart! Level 1 Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - Victoria - - - - - - - Open Source Software: Demystify the GPL (General Public License) March 18, 2008 - Victoria - - - - - - - Open Source Software: Demystify the GPL (General Public License) March 18, 2008 - Prince George - - - - - - - Advertising for Small Business March 18, 2008 - - - - - - - Open Source Software: Demystify the GPL (General Public License) March 18, 2008 - Kamloops - - - - - - - Open Source Software: Demystify the GPL (General Public License) March 18, 2008 - Williams Lake - - - - - - - Start Smart! Level 1 Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - Williams Lake - - - - - - - Start Smart! Level 1 Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - Ft St John - - - - - - - Open Source Software: Demystify the GPL (General Public License) March 18, 2008 - Ft St John	19 Start Smart! Level 2 - Wednesday, March 19, 2008	20 Are You An Entrepreneur? March 20, 2008	21 10 Deadly Sins of Sales March 21, 2008 - - - - - - - 10 Deadly Sins of Sales March 21, 2008 - Prince George - - - - - - - 10 Deadly Sins of Sales March 21, 2008 - Victoria - - - - - - - 10 Deadly Sins of Sales March 21, 2008 - Kamloops - - - - - - - 10 Deadly Sins of Sales March 21, 2008 - Ft St John - - - - - - - 10 Deadly Sins of Sales March 21, 2008 - Williams Lake	22
23	24	25	26	27 Dynamics of Business Growth Development Series - - - - - - - Dynamics of Business Growth 1: Operations - Thursday, March 27, 2008	28 HR for Small Business March 28, 2008 - Victoria - - - - - - - HR for Small Business March 28, 2008 - - - - - - - HR for Small Business March 28, 2008 - Prince George - - - - - - - HR for Small Business March 28, 2008 - Williams Lake	29
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