Business Basics Online
This entirely self-paced course will teach you the essentials of running a thriving business. By completing this 3-hour course, you will learn how to create a simplified business plan, budget for start-up expenses, calculate financial projections, gain an understanding of marketing, customer discovery, and business licenses and taxes. To complete the course, users must have access to a personal computer with internet access and be able to use Google documents and sheets. Users in need of a computer may contact Spruce Root for assistance
The cost of the workshop is $25. Anyone who sees this fee as a barrier to participation should email grow@spruceroot.org to request a waiver before filling out an application.
To be eligible for the fee waiver, the business operation is/will be primarily located in Southeast Alaska, or is owned by a Sealaska shareholder or Tlingit & Haida Tribal Citizen, regardless of location in the U.S.