Starting Your Business Business Concepts, Strategies, and Terminology

There are many details to starting a business. This class is geared towards providing foundational information to help new farmers and food related businesses to answer key questions such as:

• “What is required to start a business?
• Where and how do I get a business license?
• What are my responsibilities and legal obligations as a business owner?
• How do I handle hiring and managing of staff, payroll, and taxes?
• How do I handle keeping track of and recording sales, expenses, and profits?”

This class will provide a hand-out glossary of business terminology as well as a list of resources and contacts to help you start a new business – the right way.

Presenters include:

Jeff Voltz, Project Manager, NABC

Tuyen Manikhoth, Risk Management Specialist 3, WA Dept. of Labor & Industries

Walt Kulpa, Risk Consultation Services, WA Dept. of Labor & Industries

Nancy Jordan, Director of Development & Public Relations, Lummi CDFI

Melissa Moeller, Owner, Misty Meadows Farm

Startting Your Business Workshop-flyer_Oct 24, 2017