Business Success Boot Camp 2008
May 30-Jun. 1, 2008, 8:30am-5pm
San Francisco

Location TBA
The San Francisco Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
presents Business Success Boot Camp 2008
A hands-on 3-day learning intensive for Business Owners

Join fellow Business Owners for an exciting weekend of “How-To” workshops  that will help you to Grow your Business, Manage Your Business, Understand  the Financial and Cash Flow management of your business and Develop Presentation skills to effectively market your business to your business and consumer clients.

Join Us - For an Opportunity of a Lifetime!!
• Discover business planning strategies to improve your business performance
• Learn to source and procure contracts to keep your business growing

• Full Scholarships are Available for Eligible Applicants -

For complete Boot Camp offerings and to request a scholarship application,
Please contact the Chamber directly at info@sfhcc.com (please mention infoBayArea.com)
Reserve Now – Space is Limited!

OUTLINE - SFHCC 2008 Business Success Boot-Camp

DAY 1
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT & CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
• Strategic and Business Planning
- How to Create and Run a Growth Oriented and Profitable Business
- How to Maximize Your Resources
- Learn How to grow your business through capacity building/capacity management
- Creating Better Workflows

• Discover how to build business processes - lead to continuous improvement
- Setting Quality Standards
- Setting Service Standards
- Understanding and Establishing Operating Procedures
- Applying Problem Solving Tools

DAY 2
(BASIC) BUSINESS SKILLS & TOOLS
Business Skills MORNING
• Business Management
- Operations
           >> Day to Day Operations
- Business Processes
- Human Resources
- Management Skills
- The Art of Delegating
- Employee Training

• Marketing in Depth
           >> Advertising
           >> Media

• Financial Management
- Small Business Cash Flow Management
           >> Understanding Cash Flow and its relationship to Forecasting
           >> Budgeting
- Bookkeeping and Accounting,
           >> Basic financial management starts with good record keeping
           >> Invoicing
- Performance Analysis & Accountability

• Resources to automate your business finances
- Technology Skills
- Electronic Invoicing
- Quick books

• Customer Service: Identifying Customer Needs, Developing Customer Relationships, Service Knowledge, and Handling Complaints and Requests

DAY 3
PROCUREMENT - CONTRACT READINESS

• Managing the Supply Chain - maintain visibility; keep contract pipeline filled

• Sourcing/Procuring contractsto keep business going
- Electronic Procurement

• Contracts, Legal Services, Request for Proposals (RFP, RFI)

• Learn how to communicate with contracting entities, Legal Services, Request for Proposals, RFQ, RFI

• Business Development -
- Presentations (How to present your business to get more business)
           >> Presentation Skills
- Marketing Principles – how to successfully market your business
           >> Learn to market your company to contracting entities
           >> Find out how to use advertising effectively
- Internet – Introduction, Overview, how to manage,

Day 3
BOOT CAMP CLOSE|

• Business Resources to help implement Boot Camp learning
• Discuss 30-day Follow Up
• Establish Mastermind Groups