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Business for Sunday, May 03, 2009

Open for business: Gigi's Cupcakes Napa

Offering mouthwatering morsels in flavors such as Red Velvet, Devil’s Food Cake, German Chocolate and Meyer Lemon, Gigi’s Cupcakes Napa hopes to entice cupcake lovers one bite at a time.

Record-keeping for businesses

Get your business financials organized. In Recordkeeping 101, a Small Business Development Center business advisor will help start-up business owners with the framework of Recordkeeping and budgeting. Emphasis at this bring-your-own lunch workshop will be on setting up a profit-and-loss statement, organizing records for your business and exploring options for ongoing bookkeeping and taxes.

Introduction to Quickbooks

A Quickbooks workshop will cover setting up your company and chart of accounts, generating invoices, tracking receivables and payables and creating reports. This training is not a hands-on computer workshop. The class will be taught by Teri Johnson of Bookkeeping and More, a certified Quickbooks professional trainer with more than 20 years experience in small business accounting.

Business start-up orientation

A comprehensive orientation has been designed as a starting place for anyone considering jumping into business for the first time. The workshop includes a start-up booklet and a general overview of matters to consider when starting a business such as business licensing requirements, legal form of organization, components of a business plan and marketing.

Conflict in the workplace

A drop-in workshop series addresses the skills that a supervisor or manager needs to know to effectively manage staff. Tuesday, 8:30-11:30 a.m., at Napa Community Education Center, 1360 Menlo St. Learn to increase your ability to successfully lead teams and effectively address many of the challenges of supervising employees. Participants who successfully complete all four trainings will receive a certificate.

Customer service workshop

This customer service workshop is designed to provide participants with skills and attitudes to effectively meet and exceed customer expectations.

10 Questions for Walter W. Tom, MD, of Aesthetic Laser & Vein Center of Napa

Dr. Tom began his medical career doing lifesaving kidney transplants. Ten years ago, he transitioned to a different, yet equally satisfying, medical profession. Today, he runs the Aesthetic Laser & Vein Center of Napa.

Young entrepreneurs

Youth entrepreneurship is booming in the United States. Web sites are popping up all over the Internet with resources, blog sites and stories on how the next generation of entrepreneurs is turning passion into profit.

Selecting a guardian for kids

Dear Len & Rosie, We’re a young couple that just had a daughter three months ago. We have outdated wills, and we’ve been looking at trusts and wills since before our daughter was born.

Ten Cannots

Last week, I received a wonderful statement supposedly written by Abraham Lincoln. I liked it so much I decided it would be a good subject for this week’s column. However, I learned a little since I started writing and decided to check out this quote to see if it truly comes from President Lincoln.

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