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Need help with operational management, project management, and marketing plans? You are in the right place! You can take advantage of one-on-one coaching sessions to gain managerial skills to increase efficiency and expand customer reach.
Navigating business finances can be challenging. Luckily, our coaches provide insights to maneuver through financial institutions helping to prepare and secure financing for commercial business endeavors.
Consultation, Business Registration, operating agreements, entity reinstatement, IRS for 1023 EZ filing, contract drafting, and review.
Filing business taxes can be messy, but it doesn’t have to be! We provide tax planning and assistance for individuals (schedule c), C-Corporations, S-Corporations, Limited Liability Companies (LLC), partnerships, Single Member Limited Liability Companies (SMLLC), sole proprietorships, and partnership & multi-member LLCs.
Become a certified Minority or Woman Business Enterprise to qualify for city contracting opportunities and expand your business networks!
We provide Intro classes, bookkeeping/CFO level assistance, QuickBooks setup, registration (state/federal), state entity report, tax-exempt classification, and entity formation.
Once you have applied for back-office support through the Small Business Assistance Suite or funding through the Grant Program, you will be contacted to schedule an interview where we will gather a snapshot of general information about your business to see how we can best serve you.
Once the interview is complete, our team will work to create a personalized plan that fits your business needs and plug you in with one of our coaches.
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