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"Bookkeeping and Financial Statements: What is What." Numbers tell a story. And your business numbers tell your story. Learn how to understand them from Richmond SCORE, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023 from 6-8PM. Carytown Publix. $35 registration.

SCORE Maine and University of Maine Cooperative Extension are pleased to offer this QuickBooks Online workshop series tailored to small farms and agriculture businesses.

Do you need money to start your new business? Where do you go to find it? Learn about available options for financing your new business.

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 cash flow needs in this webinar.

Crowdfunding is a new source of business funding as well as a way to get pre-sales of your products. This is a new and fast growing area that allows small businesses and average investors to get involved in an area that was previously open only to very large businesses and wealthy investors. Find out how crowdfunding works and if it is right for you. We will review and compare the five forms of crowdfunding and also compare crowdfunding to traditional methods of financing.

The methods discussed will include:

• Donation-based Crowdfunding

This workshop focuses primarily on service businesses and how to establish pricing to be both profitable and competitive.

We discuss how to reduce taxes now and, in the future, while providing more benefits for yourself, your family, and your employees.

In this workshop, participants will begin to prepare for retirement readiness by creating a savings plan and learning about investment vehicles that may allow them to grow their wealth. They will also set financial goals and learn how to manage them.

In this workshop, business owners will learn the three most important financial documents: balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and cash flow reports. At the end of the workshop, business owners will be able to prepare or work with a professional to prepare these documents for their businesses.

In this workshop, business owners will learn the types of credit available to a small business owner such as lines of credit credit cards, and term loans, as well as financing options from the Small Business Administration.