BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

HOW TO CREATE A 2^ND INCOME WITH A HOME-BASED BUSINESS 
Worried about rising costs? Looking for a way to enhance your income form home? Starting and operating a home based business doesn't take a lot of money to get started--just the knowledge of what to do and how to do it. In this practical program, you will learn the basic information needed to start a home based business:

• Business licensing and taxes.
• How to set-up a credit card account.
• Basic business laws concerning the successful operation of a home based business.
• How to get customers including advertising and marketing with postcards.
• Using computers and the Internet.

Material fee of $30 payable in class for 'Mechanics of starting a Home-Based Business' book and DVD 'Marketing with postcards'.

INCOME TAX PREPARATION
This course is designed for those who wish to learn how to prepare tax returns for individuals and small business using Turbo Tax software, the most popular commercial income tax software program available. This course will concentrate on the mechanics of the interview format, easy step to produce Federal and State income tax returns. In addition general theory of taxation for individuals and small business will be covered. Material fee of $10 payable in class for. Enrollment is limited.

SELF PUBLISHING FOR THE CLUELESS
Have you dreamed of being published? Are you ready to be published now? Do you want to see your book on amazon.com? Writing the great American novel may take years but writing an impractical and useful book about your area of expertise doesn't - it just takes know how to put it all together into a finished piece of work. Since our culture equates an author with being an expert, why not advance your career by becoming an author in your area of interest or expertise? Think of the impact on your career by being the one that literally wrote the book! In this informative and entertaining class you'll learn everything you need to know to create your own books, booklets, audio cds and ebooks including how to: Be published-quickly and easily, Create marketable e-books for FREE, Turn PowerPoint into products with a 20:1 Markup, Produce audio products in 30 days, Protect your work with copyrights and trademarks and much more! Material fee of $30 payable in class for Profitable Publishing for the Clueless.

CREATE YOUR OWN IMPORT/EXPORT
BUSINESS: FULL-TIME OR HOME BASED
Learn how to make full-time or part-time income from importing and exporting profitable products. Be your own boss; set your own schedule; work from home; travel to foreign lands. This workshop is fully tax deductible. Discover how to locate products and vendors overseas; locate distribution and sales reps in the US, arrange transportation and insurance and how to maximize your profits through price scheduling. Material fee of $15 payable in class.

HOW TO LEGALLY START A
NEW BUSINESS IN L.A.
A quick and easy guide through the forest of regulation facing new business start-up in Los Angeles. This class is designed to quickly and painlessly cover everything you need to know about city and county tax forms, business licenses and reporting systems, payroll and income taxes, and federal and California requirements. Material fee of $15 payable in class.

PROFESSIONAL SPEAKING- Want to make six figures talking about what you know?
If you want to enter the highly lucrative business of seminars, workshops, and professional speaking, this workshop is for YOU! Because of the rapid changes in our world and the need to know more about different things, professional speakers and trainers are more in demand than ever before. You can profit by sharing your expertise with people who are willing to pay for it. In this dynamic program you will learn how to:

• Make six figures talking about what you know.
• Make the correct choices that affect your success as a speaker.
• Apply as a trainer with seminar companies.
• Book over 100 paid engagements in your 1^st year of business.
• Work with bureaus and agents.
• Create profitable support products like books and audio products.

Mike Rounds has a phenomenal track record of averaging 3 paid engagements per week for over 22 years! Material fee of $30 payable in class. Material fee includes CD and all handouts.

BUILD YOUR OWN BUSINESS
WEBSITE FOR $5 A MONTH
You can have your own site for as little as $5 a month. You don't have to be a programmer to design professional looking and cost effective websites, but you do have to decide what you want it to do, what to put on it and how to promote it. Don't be deceived by web site designers that insist that creating a web site will take thousands of your dollars, weeks to complete and insist that they be paid ongoing charges for changes that only they can make. This workshop requires no prior web site development experience and is suitable for: web site beginners, web experts, managers, and web designers. We GUARANTEE that you'll learn how to: Improve your business with a web site, analyze your needs and select the best web design criteria, make the site user friendly, promote your web site and link with search engines to make sure you can be found, and how to get a FREE shopping cart that only costs if sales are made. When you complete this seminar, you'll have the confidence to create your own web site or hire someone to do it... with solutions that don't cost more than $5 a month. Material fee of $30 payable in class. Materials include CD and all handouts.

LIVE - RENT FREE!!!
(Apartment Management Certificate)
In this class students will cover all the topics necessary to become an apartment manager; or, if you are a property/building owner, this class will expose you to the skills and laws needed to properly manage and or facilitate your investment. The following areas will be covered: Rental lease & contracts, Apartment & building manager salary/benefits; Rental marketing techniques; Bookkeeping/Accounting; Section 8 and Rent control and Unlawful detainer/eviction laws and procedures. Material fee of $25 payable to instructor at 1^st meeting of class. Classes are held at 3020 Wilshire Blvd.

BOOKKEEPING/ACCOUNTING ANALYSIS & CONCEPTS CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
This is a hands-on course where students learn the process of journalizing, posting, adjusting and closing a set of books for a make-shift business. Students will learn how to use the trial balance sheet. In addition, students will learn horizontal analysis, vertical analysis, trend analysis and how financial ratios are used tin accessing the company's financial position. Students should bring a calculator to use when doing their analysis. A "Certificate of Completion" will be awarded upon completion of the course. Material fee of $20 payable in class. Enrollment is limited.

QUICKBOOKS FUNDAMENTALS - CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
Learn the fundamentals of QuickBooks including, navigating the software, setting up a company file, working with Lists, Bank Accounts, entering and paying bills, tracking/paying sales tax and reconciling bank accounts. This is a "hands on" course where students will have access to a computer in class to enter and process data. A "Certificate of Completion" is included with the material fee and be awarded upon completion of the course. Material fee of $20 payable in class. Prerequisite: Bookkeeping/Accounting Analysis.

QUICKBOOKS II

This is a hands on a course using some of the more advanced features of QuickBooks including: Purchase Orders, Estimates, Customizing Forms and Reports, Fixed Asset Recording with Depreciation, Long Term Note amortization, Inventory tracking and adjusting, Petty Cash Accounting, Job Costing and Payroll set-up. A "Certificate of Completion" is included in the material fee and will be awarded upon completion of the course. . Material fee of $20 payable in class. Prerequisite: Quickbooks I.

QUICKBOOKS PAYROLL

Learn the fundamentals of payroll using QuickBooks. This class will cover the latest withholding rates and formulas, then apply learned concepts to real world methods including, setting up a payroll system for processing hourly and salary employees. You will also learn how to prepare and file 941 quarterly and year end reports including individual W2s with W3 transmittal reports. Material fee of $20 payable in class for resource book.