The Strategies Program is offered in surrounding communities, for local businesses. Lane SBDC partners with local Chambers of Commerce to assist area business owners with economic development goals. The program is comprised of interactive discussions and guest experts on a variety of topics. One-on-one advising assists owners with the practical application of management principles while addressing the uniqueness of the individual business.

Peer-to-Peer Learning

Class sessions are comprised of interactive discussions and guest experts on a variety of topics such as:

• Business Planning
• Marketing and Public Relations
• New Business Trends
• Financial Planning and Tools
• Sales Strategies
• Accounting and Record Keeping
• Risk Management
• Human Resources
• Business Insurance
• Finding and Keeping Customers
• and more...

One-on-One Learning

One-on-one advising assists owners with the practical application of management principles while addressing the uniqueness of the individual business. Owners have:

• Established goals and tracked success
• Created a written business plan
• Learned new marketing strategies and
  technologies to grow the business
• Set up financial systems
• Avoided costly mistakes
• Expanded their professional network
• Identified how to finance growth
• Received employee sales training
• Learned the value of a ‘Secret Shopper’
• Improved business performance
• Created employee policies and procedures
• Received other assistance to meet their goals

Strategies Program Cost

The Current program cost is $169 and chamber members $129. Class begins in the Fall. Space is limited.

• Cottage Grove 541.942.2411
• Fern Ridge 541.935.8443
• Florence 541.997.3128
• Junction City 541.998.6154
• Springfield 541.746.165

Strategies Program Instructors

Junction City and Springfield: TBA, 541.463.5255 or lccbizcenter@lanecc.edu

Underwritten By

Lane County Government

eDev

Small Business Administration

Business Oregon

Lane Community College SBDC

_________________ Chamber of Commerce

Strategies of Success

Registration FORM

April 12, 2011                                     

To participants in the Strategies of Success program,

eDev is pleased to have this opportunity to be a partner in funding this program.  Our work with entrepreneurs and small businesses in our region is at the core of our mission and, we believe it is a foundation to building on our own region’s economic development, growth and stability.

In order to participate in this funded program, action is required on your part and you must return the following forms and information to eDev in order to register.

1. The Confidential Supplement (attached) is fairly short and to the point: some contact info, some questions about your business (or business idea), some demographics, some financial questions.

2. The Income Documentation you are asked to provide with the Confidential Supplement, is merely means some form of income verification that supports the financial information you provide in the application. We ask that you return this directly to eDev and it is not necessary that community partners, chambers, or LCC see this.

Why does eDev need this information?
eDev is a non-profit organization, offering microenterprise training and education.  Much of our funding comes from grants that make it possible for us to fund or offer these services in our area and this income information is a requirement of that funding.

Be assured that your personal information is confidential.  It is utilized for reports to funders but it is not associated with your name.  It is not published or copied, and is utilized only to assure eligibility for services and then filed, so that we remain in compliance with our funding requirements.

The income requested is for your household, not for you as an individual.  You must decide what documents might most accurately describe your current financial situation.  Annual Income may be documented through any ONE of the following methods (for example):

• Gross Income (IRS Form 1040) – The easiest form of documentation is a copy (the first page only) of your 2010 tax return, showing the household's adjusted gross income.
• Annual Income reported under the Census Long-Form: including income from wages,  salaries, tips, commissions; income from self-employment; income from farm employment; interest, dividends, rental income, income from estates and trusts; Social Security or railroad retirement; retirement, survivor or disability pensions; and any other sources of income received regularly, including Veterans’ payments, unemployment compensation, alimony
• Business Profit and Loss Statement, ideally an end-of-year statement but at least for the last three months.
• Three months of Business Account Bank Statements

3. The Microenterprise Assistance User Certification Form (attached) should be completed and signed.

We have provided an envelope for your convenience.  You may place these 3 items in the envelope and mail directly to eDev or you may seal and submit your confidential information to your instructor to hand deliver to us.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to call or email me,

Juli Brode, Administrative Assistant
eDev                                                                Ph: 463-4627, M-F 9-11 am only
brodej@clearwire.net                                       http://edev.org/

EDev Confidential Supplement
Strategies of Success

*Please return your completed Supplement, accompanied by your Income Documentation.  You may return both via:

- scan and email to Administrator at eDev (brodej@clearwire.net )

-mail delivery directly:          eDev          1445 Willamette, Ste. 120             Eugene  OR  97402

-hand deliver hand to instructor

Your Income Verification is meant to provide an accurate understanding of your financial situation.  If you have any questions about    what to provide, or if it’s difficult to decide what is needed, refer to the Application Instructions (see Forms and Resources on eDev wensbite (www.edev.org)   or call eDev (541) 463- 4627.

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FOR EDEV STAFF USE ONLY

2011 Microenterprise Assistance (Public Services) USER CERTIFICATION FORM

The information below is being requested because eDev received an Oregon Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and, as part of the operation of a CDBG funded Microenterprise Assistance grant, must provide the family size and income and ethnicity/race of the persons who utilize eDev’s microenterprise services.  Thank you for your assistance in helping eDev remain in compliance with our grant funding. Your answers will be treated confidentially.

Check the appropriate box for your family size:

(  ) Single individual (  ) Family of 5

(  ) Family of 2 (  ) Family of 6

(  ) Family of 3 (  ) Family of 7

(  ) Family of 4 (  ) Family of 8 or more

Check the appropriate box for your family’s total gross income before taxes in 2010.

(  ) Single individual          (  ) $20,000 to $32,050  OR (  ) $32,050+

(  ) Family of 2                   (  ) $22,900 to $36,600  OR  (  ) $36,600+

(  ) Family of 3                   (  ) $25,750 to $41,200  OR  (  ) $41,200+

(  ) Family of 4                   (  ) $28,600 to $45,750  OR  (  ) $45,750+

(  ) Family of 5                   (  ) $30,900 to $49,400  OR  (  ) $49,400+

(  ) Family of 6                   (  ) $33,200 to $53,050  OR  (  ) $53,050+

(  ) Family of 7                   (  ) $35,450 to $56,750  OR  (  ) $56,750+

(  ) Family of 8 or more    (  ) $37,750 to $60,400  OR  (  ) $60,400+

As a person who uses Microenterprise Assistance (Public Services)  funded by an Oregon Community Development Block Grant, you are asked to voluntarily respond to the Ethnicity and Race items below. If you do not provide responses, the operator of the Microenterprise Assistance services is required to supply responses based on their determination of your ethnicity and race.

Check the appropriate box of your ethnicity: (  ) Hispanic (  ) Not Hispanic.

Check the appropriate box of your race:

(  ) White

(  ) Black/African American

(  ) Asian

(  ) American Indian/Alaskan Native

(  ) Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander

(  ) Two or more races

(  ) Other

Do you employ others in your business? Yes _______ No _______

If yes, how many PT and/or FT workers do you employ locally (other than yourself)?

(Please check one for each category.) Include relatives or members of your household.

Part Time (  ) 1-5      (  ) 6-10         (  )11-20        (  ) 21-50       (  ) 50+

Full Time (  ) 1-5       (  ) 6-10         (  )11-20        (  ) 21-50       (  ) 50+

I agree that eDev can use my information (not name) for statistical and grant purposes.

I agree to provide additional information when requested.

LCC and eDev safeguard the privacy of your personal information in accordance with federal FERPA guidelines and any information contained in your application or subsequent correspondence remains confidential.  Attendance will be transcripted at Lane Community College.