CBO Training
Creating Business Opportunities (CBO). The CBO training has been designed to help service providers address questions about how to evaluate new business ideas, new market opportunities and principals of market research. The business training curriculum will be centered on practical hands-on exercises and short lectures that should equip you to respond to the many business questions being asked by our clientele.
Training Sessions
Evaluating a Business Idea
Presentations:
Business Structures
Feasibility Analysis
Current Agribusiness Trends
Business Tools and Exercises:
Evaluating New Farm Enterprises
North Carolina Statutes
SWOT Analysis
Regulations and Financial Considerations
Presentations:
CBO Financial Document
Legal Considerations
Understanding Contracts
Business Regulations
Taking Care of Taxes
The Five C's of Lending
What Records to Keep
Business Tools and Exercises:
Balance Sheet
Break even analysis
Cash flow budget
Month cash flow statement
Cash flow projection worksheet
Cashflow statement
Cashflow quarter statement
Cashflow quarter value added
Developing and using cash flow projections
Legal issues worksheet
REAL handouts
Government Agencies
Evaluating Market Potential and Strategies
Presentations:
Aiming for Price and Success
Company Analysis
Competitor Analysis
Customer Product Matrix
Market Research
Marketing 4P's 4C's
Product CBO
Business Tools and Exercises:
A Practical Guide to Conduct Market Research
Blueberry pricing exercise
Small Group Exercise 2
Evaluating a Business Idea
Presentations:
The 80-20 Rule
Business Plan
Writing a Business Plan
Business Tools and Exercises:
Evaluating Business Plan
