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Learn QuickBooks for Your Business

Two-day class: May 2 and May 9

The QuickBooks course aims to provide not only the necessary basic technical know-how for fledgling entrepreneurs but also tools to build students' confidence so they can approach their accounting system without feeling overwhelmed.

It is designed to help students navigate through the QuickBooks features so that they can focus on what they need from the system and not be distracted by secondary options. The format of the course will be as follows:

Part 1: Set-up

- Setting up the QB file, setting up the Chart of Accounts, modifying company preferences.

Part 2: Accounts Receivable (A/R)

- Setting up customers and items, handling accounts receivable (estimates, invoices, etc), and batching deposits.

Part 3: Accounts Payable (A/P)

- Setting up vendors, handling accounts payable,  and setting-up inventory.

Part 4: Putting It All Together

- Entering transactions from bank and credit card statements, handling common journal entries,  and reporting (financials, a/r reports, a/p reports).

Invite-Only Speed Financing Workshop

Are you looking to start or grow your business? Do you need financing for equipment or marketing before the Spring season?

If so boost your business with funding through ACCION East and Sam Adams!

*Join Accion East & QEDC for a workshop to get you financing within 30-days. In order to qualify, you must have available:

1. Your credit report. (You can get it from www.annualcreditreport.com or www.creditkarma.com)
2. Know exactly how much money you need and exactly what you need it for.
3. Have all the necessary and permits to start and or grow your business.
4. Must be invited to participate by a QEDC business advisor.

In this workshop, Accion East will discuss how to prepare your business for financing, both from traditional and alternative lenders. You will learn how to improve your credit score, formalize your business, and how to access and use capital to expand your business. After the presentation, Accion East  staff will meet with you one on one to discuss your business's unique opportunities for financing, as well as the PR and coaching events that Accion East offers to food and beverage entrepreneurs through Accion East's partnership with Sam Adams.

*For loans above $10,000 you must be in business for at least 6-months.

Learn QuickBooks for Your Business

Queens Taste 2013

The Queens Economic Development Corporation and lead sponsor Fairway Market invite you to Queens Taste 2013, the borough's premiere networking and culinary event. Roughly 50 restaurants and other food and beverage purveyors will provide delectables to more than 1,000 attendees, including some of the most powerful and best connected borough business leaders and residents. The cuisine will feature everything from sweet to savory, Asian to Italian, and crunchy to creamy. But it will all be mouth-watering.

See more details here.

Queens Small Business Legal Clinic

If you are a small business owner or are thinking about starting your own business this is a great opportunity to meet one-on-one with an attorney and learn more about the legal consequences of owning and operating a business in NYC.

• Do you need help deciding whether or not to incorporate?
• Do you have questions about contracts?
• Intellectual property rights?
• Are you planning to rent a storefront or renew your commercial lease?

Come and have your questions answered by volunteers of the Neighborhood Entrepreneur Law Project.

This event is by appointment only. To RSVP please click the link above or call 718-263-0546.