| Week 1: February 26 & 28
Making the Decision to go into Business (Marshall & Longview): Ron Collier - Collier Consulting Group
(Gilmer): Henry Troell - State Farm Insurance Week 2: March 5 & 7
Insurance Requirements & Choosing the Legal Form of Business (Marshall): Mike Brady - Kirkland Brady Insurance; Dean Searle - Attorney at Law
(Gilmer): Larry Clemens - Brown, Cook & Taylor Insurance; Dwight Brannon - Attorney at Law (Longview): Larry Clemens - Brown, Cook & Taylor Insurance; Casey Goolsby - Boon, Shaver, Echols, Coleman & Goolsby, P.L.L.C. Week 3: March 19 & 21
Planning for Tax Savings (Marshall): Mac Abney - Abney, Fyffe and Company
(Gilmer): Crista Hood - Hood Accounting & Consulting
(Longview): Jason Cooner - Cooner & Cooner, P.C. Week 4: March 26 & 28
How to Prepare a Business Plan (Marshall): Cathy Cisco, Jeremy K. Moore, Deb Poore - Capital One Bank
(Gilmer): Erik Roddy, Ken George - Capital One Bank
(Longview): Heath Hamberlin - Texas Bank & Trust Week 5: April 2 & 4 Financing a Small Business (Marshall): Alan Grantham - BancorpSouth
(Gilmer): Heath Hamberlin - Texas Bank & Trust
(Longview): Troy Moore - BancorpSouth Week 6: April 9 & 11 Marketing Your Small Business (Marshall & Longview): Ron Collier - Collier Consulting Group
(Gilmer): TBA Week 7: April 16 & 18 Bookkeeping Basics (Marshall): Chris Fyffe - Abney, Fyffe and Company
(Gilmer): Crista Hood - Hood Accounting & Consulting
(Longview): Jason Cooner - Cooner & Cooner, P.C. Week 8: April 23 & 25
Beginning Your Business: Start-Up Overview
(Marshall and Longview): Brad Bunt - KCSBDC
(Gilmer): Virgel Conner - KCSBDC |