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SUMMARY:Craft Your Commerce Book Club | Taxes for Humans by Hannah Cole
DESCRIPTION:Join author Hannah Cole for a two-part discussion of her new book\, Taxes for Humans. As both a tax expert and an artist\, Hannah excels at demystifying taxes for anyone\, but especially for creative people. If you’ve ever found yourself wanting a simple\, kind\, and practical explanation of how to handle your taxes as a self-employed person\, this book is for you. \nMeeting dates: \n\nTuesday\, February 3rd\, 5:00-7:00 pm\, in-person at the Center for Craft\nTuesday\, February 24th\, 12:00 – 2:00pm\, virtual via Zoom\n\nAbout the Book: \n“Equal parts empathetic and practical\, Taxes for Humans is a handbook for tackling the tax-season-scaries\, written specifically for people who are self-employed. Provides essential tax education for those pushed to the back of the financial line in America\, including women\, queer people\, and BIPOC folks\, this book provides the practical tools people need to understand their taxes\, conquer their fear of finances\, bulk up on tax benefits\, and end the tax season stronger\, smarter\, and more tax-savvy than ever–without sacrificing their sanity.” \nAbout the Author/Facilitator: \nHannah Cole is a tax expert who specializes in working with creative businesses and mission-driven solopreneurs. A long-time working artist herself\, she’s helped tens of thousands of self-employed people skill up with accessible tax and money education\, through her Money Bootcamp program\, speaking engagements from Florida to Alaska\, and on the Sunlight Tax podcast. She is the founder of Sunlight Tax.
URL:https://wpengine.mountainbizworks.org/event/craft-your-commerce-book-club-taxes-for-humans-by-hannah-cole/
LOCATION:Center for Craft – Michael Sherrill Loft\, 67 Broadway St\, Asheville\, 28801\, United States
CATEGORIES:Class,Craft Your Commerce,In-Person,Learn
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SUMMARY:FULL - Alpine
DESCRIPTION:The Alpine Course is designed to support founders of businesses that have been operating for at least one year.\n\n\nAlpine will give you the opportunity to explore your options by assessing where you have been through financial\, marketing and customer analytics along with revisiting your mission\, vision\, and values\, as well as peer to peer support. This course will help you ideate new ways of doing business\, create a deep understanding of your financials and what they mean\, and examine your customer segment through a variety of exercises and conversations. We will re-connect with your why and help you imagine new short and long term goals to grow and sustain your business.\n\nDuring this 7-week course\, you will get up and out of your day-to-day operations and regain an aerial perspective of where you have been\, where you are now\, and where your business is headed in a peer-to-peer learning environment.\n\n\nThis course will build on the core concepts of our popular Foundations Business Planning course while also assisting entrepreneurs in determining whether our ScaleUp WNC program may be a good fit for them in the future.
URL:https://wpengine.mountainbizworks.org/event/alpine-9/
LOCATION:Goodwill Workforce Development Center\, 1616 Patton Avenue\, Asheville\, NC\, 28806\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alpine,Class,Course,Learn,Online
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SUMMARY:Financial Series
DESCRIPTION:What is covered:\nFinancial Tools – Financial Tools will introduce you to the tools to understand the basics of business finance so you can make informed decisions on how to organize and manage your business finances. Topics discussed are record keeping; bookkeeping; accounting; creating\, understanding and using financial statements and reports. \nAccounting Software – this class uses the accounting platform Quickbooks to provide an overview of online software\, the different subscription levels\, and will teach you how to navigate the dashboard and explore the reporting feature to generate reports that can be customized to your needs. When you complete this class\, you’ll know the best ways to get around\, enter day-to-day transactions\, get the information you need out of accounting software\, and powerful report tools that’ll help your business make good decisions. \nCost: $60 \n 
URL:https://wpengine.mountainbizworks.org/event/financial-series-25/
LOCATION:Virtual\, Online — Zoom\, NC
CATEGORIES:Class,Course,Event,Financial Series,Learn,Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260227T110000
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SUMMARY:Craft Your Commerce Connect | The Experimenter's Guide to Goals: Small Shifts\, Real Momentum
DESCRIPTION:Traditional goal-setting rarely fits the creative entrepreneur’s reality. This workshop introduces mindset shifts and practical tools tailored to makers and craft-based business owners. You’ll leave with a menu of small experiments you can put into practice immediately—so you can build momentum in a way that supports both your creativity and your business growth. \nWhat You’ll Gain in This Workshop: \nYou’ll leave with: \n\nMindset shifts that make goals feel energizing\, not overwhelming\nA personalized approach to goal-setting that fits your strengths and season of life\nSmall\, low-stakes experiments to clarify what actually works for you\nTools to overcome internal blocks and build momentum without pressure\nA repeatable process for refining goals with clarity\, intention\, and self-trust\n\nInstructor Bio: \nAnnie Woods is an Immigrant\, Writer\, and Transformational Leadership Coach with 13 years of supporting CEOs. Enneagram certified\, IFS-informed\, and trauma-aware.\nwww.anniepwoods.com\nwww.substack.com/anniepwoods
URL:https://wpengine.mountainbizworks.org/event/craft-your-commerce-connect-the-experimenters-guide-to-goals-small-shifts-real-momentum/
LOCATION:Center for Craft\, 67 Broadway St\, Asheville\, 28801\, United States
CATEGORIES:Class,Craft Your Commerce,In-Person,Learn
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