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SCORE Boston hosts affordable small business workshops -- both online webinars and live, in-person. Find everything you need to know to start a business or discover tools that will help your small business grow. Browse our workshops below!

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Excel Formulas — They Can Do Much More than Just Math

Formulas are the essence of Excel. They can combine large quantities of numbers, dates, text, and times anyway you want, from the simplest 2+2=4 to calculations on the frontiers of science and finance. While the jargon can be intimidating, Excel formulas are really easy to write once you know a few common sense rules.

This program will demonstrate and explain everything you need to write your own Excel formulas, and provide a few tips to avoid errors. Topics include:

  • What Excel formulas can do, which may be more than you think; 
  • Formula syntax, including what’s required and what’s optional;
  • The
Succession Planning - Is your Business Ready?

This webinar is designed for organizations of all types, both small and large, and will begin with some guiding principles used by companies with successful succession planning programs.

Building a Startup Budget

This IN PERSON workshop will guide you through the process of creating a startup and operating budget. Whether you are already in business or working towards starting one, you’ll learn how to create a budget that will guide your spending decisions, monitor your financial performance and identify your cashflow needs. We will work through a specific budget example and distribute an Excel template for you to use for your own business.


Presenter: Michael Sandman, SCORE Boston Mentor

Special Thanks to our sponsor East Cambridge Savings Bank

7 Best Negotiating Tips

Negotiation is not a competition. It’s an opportunity to achieve more and build better relationships. Learn them once and use them for a lifetime.

Business Planning - The Simple Way

A business plan allows you to communicate to others your business course and it offers you a guide to keeping your business on track and measuring it's performance. Where do you want your business to go? How are you going to get there?

Excel Functions — Power Tools for Your Formulas

How functions work and how to discover the best one for your formula, and introduce Excel features that help you build your functions with confidence that they will produce the correct result every time.

Intro to QuickBooks - Set up and Problem Solving

This in-person workshop will help you to decide if you need QuickBooks and what it can do for you. We will also show you how to begin setting up your QBs On-Line starting with Company Set Up and a Chart of Accounts and how to download your bank transactions. If you have been using QBs and find it is not giving you what you need, we will discuss what the most common issues are and how to fix them. We will address individual questions that most often will help others as well. This workshop should be beneficial to those new to QBs and those who have been using it but not understanding it or

Tired of Digital Clutter? Let’s Fix That!

Transform Your Digital Office in 2025!

How much time do you waste searching for files, sorting through emails, or resetting forgotten passwords? Digital disorganization is costing you time, energy, and money.

That’s why I’m inviting you to "Organize Your Digital Office 2025," a power-packed session where you’ll learn:

The secret to effortless file management

How to declutter and organize your email inbox

Cybersecurity best practices to protect your business

Practical tools & habits to streamline your workflow

No more frustration. No more lost files. Just a clean, efficient, and productive

Artificial Intelligence: Getting the Most out of AI

In this workshop we will provide you with a primer on Artificial Intelligence with a focus on how small businesses are utilizing AI tools for content creation, image creation, and slide show development. AI is all the rage, don’t be left out of the conversation!

The Importance of CASH FLOW

A Cash Flow Statement helps you to make better, more timely business decisions. This presentation will provide a brief overview of financial reports with the main focus on the cash flow statement.

Intro to QuickBooks - Set up and Problem Solving

This in-person workshop will help you to decide if you need QuickBooks and what it can do for you. We will also show you how to begin setting up your QBs On-Line starting with Company Set Up and a Chart of Accounts and how to download your bank transactions. If you have been using QBs and find it is not giving you what you need, we will discuss what the most common issues are and how to fix them. We will address individual questions that most often will help others as well. This workshop should be beneficial to those new to QBs and those who have been using it but not understanding it or

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