Business Trainings
We know that our region’s entrepreneurs are continually looking for ways to grow their businesses and learn from others. That is why SMIF works with a variety of partners to offer high quality trainings to entrepreneurs throughout southern Minnesota.
Keep an eye on this page and our events calendar for upcoming trainings. Recorded trainings will be posted below.
Upcoming Trainings
SCORE, a partner of SMIF and fellow SBA organization, hosts small business workshops – both online webinars and live, in-person – several times a month. Check out their website for upcoming trainings.
Recorded Trainings
This workshop is designed to help you understand essential accounting topics, such as financial records, tax obligations, deductions and assets and expenses (June 2026).
In this workshop, you will learn about the key components of a successful small business website, including branding, content organization, security, SEO and e-commerce options (May 2026).
Learn cybersecurity basics, risk management, cybersecurity framework, small business cybersecurity resources and AI and security (October 2025).
This training provides an overview of Minnesota Food Licensing (July 2022).
Learn how to use Canva, a simple yet hearty tool to create invitations, flyers and social media posts (June 2022).
Learn the four key steps to finding quality applicants and explore key items including culture, the hiring process (recruiting) and onboarding (May 2022).
Learn about various marketing strategies and how to get your greatest return on your marketing investments (April 2022).
Learn how to create an effective “Pitch” for a business idea for use in front of an audience (March 2022).
Gain insights into one of the foundational concepts of marketing your business: Persona Development (February 2022).
Explore ideas on how to manage your time as a small business owner (February 2022).
Learn how work/life balance can bring good health, positive relationships, a sense of peace, and help create a more focused, effective, efficient flow with improved productivity (February 2022).
Explore insights into some of the foundational concepts of marketing your business (February 2022).
Explore how to easily maximize and track small business cash flow. This workshop will provide participants with information on how to identify your current cash flow and how to project your future cash flow of your business. Presenter: Rick Indrelie, Small Business Development Center of Rochester (January 2022).
By participating in this webinar you will learn about traditional and alternative ways to finance your businesses. Learn details about gap financing, lender requirements and important documentation needed to find business financing. Presenter: Mark Thein, Small Business Development Center (December 2021).
How to use technology to protect your business (October 2021).
HR best practices, successful customer service and financial tips for your business (April 2021).
Únase a nosotros mientras profundizamos en los elementos clave de un plan de negocios y lo ayudamos a desarrollar un plan para su empresa (Marzo 2021).
Learn about the cost of hiring employees and how to work with interns (July 2021).
Basic information about Quickbooks and charts of accounts – online version (January 2021).
Basic information about Quickbooks and charts of account – for desktop (January 2021).
Take the steps necessary to start and build an online presence including narrative branding, social media, strategic marketing and online selling (December 2020).
Learn credit score myths, how to improve your credit and how to read a credit report (October 2020).
Los mitos sobre el puntaje de crédito, cómo mejorar su crédito, la importancia de un buen puntaje de crédito y como leer un reporte de crédito (Octubre 2020).
