Presenter: John Short, CPA Date: June 22, 2021 Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm Location: Online Registration: Click Here Small Business ownership requires tracking a huge amount of information: sales records, inventory, customer information, this list goes on. Without a good system in place to keep track of it all your business can easily lose clients and opportunities. Join John Short of Insight CPA to talk about recordkeeping and financial checkups to ensure your business keeps running smoothly. About our speaker John Short graduated from Drake University in 1973 in accounting. After graduation he worked for a regional CPA firm for 2.5 years. He then went to work for a farm coop as a controller for 6 years and then moved into a regional coop installing accounting systems for another 5 years. After leaving the coop he worked for another CPA firm before starting his own CPA firm in 1988. He sold his CPA firm in 2016 and currently works for the local CPA firm that purchased his practice. He has wide variety of experience in working with start-ups to large corporations.  Click here to register!     

Presenter: Ciara Ladroma, Project Manager, The Iowa Center' WBC & Ben Schultz, Client Services Coordinator Date: June 22, 2021 Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm Location: Online Register: Here Turn your dream into a plan with this small group, one-hour business planning class. The Iowa Center staff will help you kickstart your business plan by providing you a road map on completing your plan and taking the next steps towards business ownership. Also connect with other aspiring small business owners to refine your business ideas as you put them into real plans. About our speakers As our new WBC project manager, Ciara will be organizing and implementing programs to train and counsel Iowans, specifically women, interested in starting or growing a business. Ben spends his time at The Iowa Center meeting with new clients to help connect them with best resources and events for education and advancement. He works to make sure people are aware of the countless opportunities available at The Iowa Center and in the community. Click here to register!