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Tuesday, December 9, 2008 Hello, [Firstname].November was a banner month for GrowthForce. We won Small Business of the Year for 2008 by the Small Business Development Center of Lone Star College – Kingwood. Thanks to all our friends who've supported our growth and our talented staff who enjoy helping our clients reach their growth potential. This issue of GrowthForce E-News is focused on some best practices to utilize in a cost-cutting economy. It also announces several seminar opportunities that you won’t want to miss in the New Year. So get out your calendar... and register today. Year End ChecklistSanta is making a list and checking it twice, and you should too! We recommend that businesses complete a year-end checklist as part of their best business practices. To end the year right, review our checklist - available HERE. Tips and Tricks
QuickBooks 2009 Update
Microsoft Office 2007 - Flash Training Tool Speak Loud on a Small Budget
The Greater Houston Partnership recently hosted an excellent speaker whose talk was timely for small businesses feeling the economic pinch. Charles Bedard of The EPHOR Group presented “Speak Loud on a Small Budget.” The presentation by the venture capital firm based in Houston highlights affordable marketing secrets suitable for small businesses. Click HERE to download the PowerPoint presentation. Upcoming Events
How Not to Get Ripped Off by Your Office Manager Click HERE to Register. We all have heard stories of small business owners being ripped off by a trusted employee or advisor. In fact, privately-held businesses are more likely to be victims of internal fraud because of lack of proper bookkeeping controls. The statistics* are staggering:
Don’t let this happen to you. QuickBooks has new internal control features that every small business owner needs to know. Attend this informative seminar by GrowthForce that will supply simple preventive measures to avoid internal theft and fraud using QuickBooks. This seminar is for business owners and CPAs only. Don’t bring your office manager – you’ll learn about internal control secrets only you should know. Remember: no internal control system can be based on trust alone.
CPAs note: You can earn CPE credits by attending the January seminar. Or
you can join Briggs & Veselka, TR Moore, GBH CPAs and dozens of other CPAs in
Houston who earned CPE credits from GrowthForce in their own offices. We’re
taking reservations for internal controls and QuickBooks 2009 update
seminars. *Source: Association of Certified Fraud Examiners www.cfenet.com.
Association for Accounting Marketing Luncheon Every business in the working world now knows we live in an age of global dependency. Like it or not Globalization rattles our comfort zone. So... we either deny it, and disappear from the stage, or we understand it and succeed. Join the Association for Accounting Marketing at their next luncheon to see how you are best positioned in a global economy.
Cost: $30 for AAM members, $40 for non-members Visit the AAM Houston Chapter web page for the full 2009 events schedule.
Houston CPA Society Scholarship Extravaganza
Click HERE if you’d like more information
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Open OpportunitiesGrowthForce is growing its work force. Please forward this newsletter to spread the word or click below to learn about job opportunities.
Recent Events
GrowthForce Named Small Business of the Year
GrowthForce in HBJ
Houston CPA Society Golf Tournament Raises $175,000 for Make-A-Wish Upcoming QuickBooks Training
QuickBooks Training Class This introduction to the QuickBooks system offers everything a novice user of QuickBooks needs to know to get started. You’ll learn about creating Lists – Chart of Account, Items, Centers; bank account and balance sheet activities; selling and paying for goods and services; reporting results, tracking time and designing forms and letters. The cost is just $299 per person. Click HERE to be contacted with more information.
QuickBooks Advanced Training Class Session 1: Learn how to handle payroll, inventory and non-routine transactions in QuickBooks. The class will review inventory – setting up items, using units of measure, building assemblies, difference between a group and an assembly. We will also cover the basics of payroll – setting up employees, payroll schedules, paying liabilities and payroll reports from QuickBooks. Some unusual transactions: writing off bad debts, customer deposits, barter transactions, paying multiple invoices to one vendor with multiple checks as well as account number tricks and more fun tips. Session 2: Learn about the 2009 QuickBooks improvements: time tracking and integration with Outlook, improved Time and Billing Invoicing, Vendor account pre-fills, Accountant’s copy, Client Data Review, working trial balance, remote access, Intuit Statement Writer, multi-currency, bank and credit card downloading, multi-user messaging, improved bank account reconciling, company snapshot, and more! The cost is just $299 per person, both sessions, or $199 per person for just one session. Click HERE to register. * GrowthForce is not a CPA firm. |
