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The Small Business Management Program (SBM program)

Now accepting applications for Fall 2001.

Seating is limited to 25 businesses per section. Two sections are planned.

A distance learning SBM I section via internet is also planned.

Contents

Description

Materials

SBM I

SBM II

Prerequisites and Registration

Intro Program

Instructor Bios

Links

Description

The SBM program is designed as the next step in your professional development. This non-credit advanced business education program offers the small business owner practical solutions to everyday business problems. The tools you learn here will help you solve today's problems as well as take your business to the next level of success.

The program is structured into two intensive 10-month programs. Each provides 30 hours of classroom instruction and 30 hours of individual business consulting. The class meets once per month for a 3-hour lecture. Each month, students make individual appointments with the instructor for 3 hours of individual consulting at their place of business.

Besides live lectures, the class features homework, group projects, class presentations, hands-on assignments and field trips.

Past SBM graduates have formed an alumni association. Their goal is to serve as mentors for new students, to be guest speakers and to host class field trips at their place of business. Alumni involvement will enrich and broaden the SBM curriculum. An alumni business was recently featured in the Portland Community College newsletter Communi-ties. Go to page 2 and scroll to the bottom. Look for the article "small business connections," by James Hill. You must have Adobe Acrobat to view Communi-ties.

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Materials

Tuition includes three text books and one workbook. Last year's titles included:

The E-Myth
The One-Minute Manager
Guerrilla Marketing with Technology
The Business Owner's Guide to Achieving Financial Success

SBM I

Two sections are planned for Fall 2000

SBM I covers the following topics:

Business planning
Taxes
Recordkeeping
Computers
Marketing
Market research
Sales and merchandising
Financial management

SBM II

One section is planned for Fall 2000

SBM II covers the following topics:

Financial statements
Contracts
Insurance
Forecasting
Inventory management
Purchasing
Pricing

Prerequisites & Registration

The prerequisites for the SBM program are simple: one year in business and a completed program application.
You, of course, must take SBM I before taking SBM II.
For more information and to review our other small business classes, visit our SBDC web site.
To register on-line visit the PCC on-line registration site.
If you wish the materials be mailed to you, call 503 978 5080 and ask for the SBM Program registration package.

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Introductory Program

Several free informational sessions are planned this summer. These sessions are in-depth discussions of the SBM program's features and benefits. The 2-hour sessions will be held according to the following schedule:

CRN	Venue	Time	Date	Instructor
34829	Beaverton Community Center	9 - 11 AM	Mon, 7/9	Sarvinski
34831	Lloyd Center	8 - 10 AM	Mon, 7/16	Sarvinski
34832	Lloyd Center	6:30 - 8:30 PM	Mon, 7/16	Sarvinski
34833	Forest Grove Chamber of Commerce	6:00 - 8:00 PM	Wed, 7/18	Sarvinski
34834	St. Helens Chamber of Commerce	6:30 - 8:30 PM	Mon, 7/23	Sarvinski
34835	Lloyd Center	6:30 - 8:30 PM	Wed, 7/25	Sarvinski
34836	Southeast Center 167	6:30 - 8:30 PM	Mon, 7/30	Sarvinski
34837	Lloyd Center	6:30 - 8:30 PM	Mon, 8/6	Sarvinski
34838	Forest Grove Chamber of Commerce	6 - 8 PM	Mon, 8/13	Sarvinski
34839	Capital 1569	6:30 - 8:30 PM	Wed, 8/15	Sarvinski
34842	Hillsboro Chamber of Commerce	6 - 8 PM	Mon, 8/20	Sarvinski
34843	Lloyd Center	6:30 - 8:30 PM	Wed, 8/22	Sarvinski

Instructor Bios

Mario Pedraza

Mario Pedraza has ten years experience as a business and marketing consultant. He has consulted with owners of companies in diverse industries ranging from art galleries, to restaurants, to medical supplies. In 1990, Pedraza earned an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. Subsequently, he spent three years as an independent marketing consultant. He spent one year as a partner in a small advertising firm before joining the San Antonio Minority Business Development Center in 1994. He is a US Air Force veteran.

As a business counselor, he specializes in start-up business planning and marketing strategies. A big part of marketing has included ad and brochure creation, public relations writing and web site design. Pedraza has authored and conducted various how-to-seminars including the business plan, the marketing plan and advertising strategies for small business. Most recently he has taught BA 250, Small Business Management, and the NxLevel Course.

Galen Sarvinski

Galen Sarvinski has 15 years of practical experience as a manufacturing plant superintendent, retail store manager, production foreman and lumber broker. He has taught numerous business seminars, classes and workshops at several colleges and universities during the past 15 years. He has owned a small business involving agriculture and consulting. His diversified background and high energy level add scope to the SBDC teaching staff. He earned a BA and an MBA from Humboldt State University and is a retired Colonel from the US Marine Corps Reserve.