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Small Business Development
Entrepreneurial Certificate Program
Gloucester County College, in conjunction with The New Jersey Small Business Development Center, is pleased to offer the
Entrepreneurial Certificate program. This certificate program is designed to give an entrepreneur or a prospective entrepreneur
the tools and understanding needed to successfully start and run a business. Students who complete this program will receive a
certificate issued by GCC and the NJ Small Business Development Center, Rutgers University Camden.
This 30-hour program covers a wide variety of topics on starting a small business. Completion of the following courses is
required in order to qualify for this certificate:
Starting a Business from A-Z Marketing Research and Strategies Business Ownership: Contracts and
Recording Business Transactions Understanding Financial Statements Agreements
Financing a Small Business Writing a Business Plan
Starting a Business from A-Z
This course is designed for entrepreneurs
intending to start or have recently started
a small business. It examines legal forms
of doing business in New Jersey, how to
register a business, setting up bookkeeping
records, federal and state taxation, payroll,
insurance and licensing.
$115 SBA-140-01
Thur., Sept. 6 & 13, 6–9 pm
SBA-140-02
Thur., Nov. 15 & 29, 6–9 pm
Recording Business
Transactions
This is a practical application class
designed to teach the business owner how
to record specific transactions in a manual
record keeping system. Disbursement and
sales journals will be prepared as well as
accounts receivable and accounts payable
ledgers. Sample transactions will be used
to generate business activity through the
end of an accounting period and will result
in the creation of financial statements.
$60 SBA-146-01
Thur., Oct. 11, 6–9 pm
Financing a Business
One of the primary challenges facing a
new business is obtaining the necessary
funding to start or expand. This course
explains the criteria used by lenders to
evaluate a potential borrower. Sources
of financing will also be explored,
including bank and non-bank lenders, e.g.
the Small Business Administration (SBA)
micro-lenders, venture capitalists and
others. The borrowing basics will be
directly tied to the contents of a business
plan/loan proposal.
$60 SBA-142-01
Thur., Oct. 4, 6–9 pm
Marketing Research and
Strategies
Examine in detail the two critical aspects
of marketing. The first session will focus
on marketing research techniques and
tools. This program is for new and existing
businesses. The second session covers
strategies and actions you can take to
market your business. (The second session
of this program is the equivalent to
Successfully Marketing Your Small Business.)
$115 SBA-143-01
Thur., Oct. 18 & 25, 6–9 pm
Understanding Financial
Statements
Gain an understanding of basic business
financial statements (balance sheet, income
statement and statement of cash flow).
The class will demonstrate how the review
and analysis of the financial statements can
provide you with the information needed
to improve profitability and/or grow your
business. Detailed discussion of revenues
and expense items, forecasting and trend
analysis will be included.
$60 SBA-144-01
Thur., Nov. 1, 6–9 pm
Complete the Small Business
Development Entrepreneurial
Certificate programs and
earn GCC college credits.
See page 14 for more information.
Business Ownership, Contracts
and Agreements
This class provides a basic understanding
of business contract law with an overview
of the different types of contracts
(employment, supplier, customer), with
a description of situations requiring
attorney consultation. Topics include:
legal structures, partnerships and
partnership agreements, corporation
and shareholder agreements.
$60 SBA-145-01
Thur., Nov. 8, 6–9 pm
Writing a Business Plan
Successful businesses start with a strong
business plan. Comprehensive business
plans include financial projections, an
industry analysis and a complete marketing
plan. A business plan demonstrates the
viability of the business and communicates
a person’s ability to manage the business.
This course introduces the format of a
business plan, the information that should
be included and most importantly where a
person will find the appropriate information
to create a business plan. (No business plan
need be created at this point. That will
occur at or after the one-on-one counseling
session, since the groundwork has been laid
in this program.)
$115 SBA-141-01
Thur., Sept. 20 & 27, 6–9 pm
SBA-141-02
Thur., Dec. 6 & 13, 6–9 pm
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To Register by phone: 856-415-2217 31