QuickBooks Seminar Wrap-Up

Last night was the wrap up session at the QuickBooks Seminar I took. The course was a 3 night event that ran from 6:00 pm until 9:00 pm at the MSU Great Falls Tech Center in Bozeman. Going into the class, I did not really know what to expect. I knew that I had no clue how this program worked and I was just hoping I could keep up with a class of working professionals -- most of whom used QuickBooks in their offices already. I am happy to report that I now feel that I can walk through QuickBooks with training wheels. There is still quite a bit to learn but I feel that I caught on pretty well. I realized that the program has a great help section which should get me through things that I am uncomfortable with. I am hunting down a Window's version of this program which I feel is quite a bit better than the Mac version and also a PC to use as our office computer. Dell has a great looking system as a special this month which I am interested in but I am not quite sure if I am ready to spend $450.00 -- even if it is $250 off right now. This program is going to allow us to really figure out where the hole in our pocket is. It will allow us to create a budget and really manage where money is going out and how it is coming it. We can also track which vendors we are spending the most money with and keep track of our customers and their events. I like the ability we will have of tracking each job. Currently, I run a post event report on paper and file it away. This program will basically allow me to track it all together and keep it electronic. The school offers a few other classes that I am interested in taking when the time comes: 1. QuickBooks 2 -- a more in-depth look at the program 2. QuickBooks Payroll -- this is a class dedicated to just the payroll aspect of QuickBooks We are not ready to have employees that will require us to use the payroll function -- maybe myself -- but it will be good to have a handle on it for when that time does come. Most of our employees -- probably all of them for now -- will be 1099 employees which will be good for us. I was happy to be back in the learning environment. Hopefully in the future, I will be able to take more classes and expand my knowledge and ability to lead Cafe Evoke *coffee* Catering and any other venture I set out on. ..be bold Tagged: MSUGF, QuickBooks, education, bozeman, montana, accounting, management, cafe evoke, coffee catering