Local firm supporting small businesses

Well, running *** small business is tough, especially when the numbers don’t add up. One Nebraska firm is offering *** game changing solution to help entrepreneurs take control of their finances. Joining us to share more are Davita Adams, Stewart, senior manager of client experience at Hayes and Associates, *** local business owner who’s already seeing the impact. Thank you. All right, good to be here. So let’s talk more about that impact that you’re seeing through this program. Can we, can we speak *** little bit more about that? Sure. Um, well, um, you know, with Ed Hayes and Associates, you know, our goal is to, you know, educate the community, you know, we thrive on, you know, that old adage, you know, if you fish for *** man, you, uh, feed him for *** day, but if you teach *** man to fish, you’ll feed him for life. So with this, uh, financial literacy series that we created, you know, it was brand new. Uh, it’s different from other financial literacy series, you know, with the support of the Nebraska Department of Economic Development, we were able to, uh, hire *** marketing firm, *** PR expert, Monique, uh, Monique Farmer who with Avan Solutions, and she helped us create *** 10 week course for small businesses. Um, we go through, uh, pretty much the overview of what the expectation is when starting *** small business and, uh, provide them with. Uh, courses, you know, there’s 12 modules that they complete with assessments and, um, video vignettes. So she came in, interviewed the team, the CPA team, accountants, audit, tax, accounting, and, uh, from the interviews we developed scripts from scripts we had video lessons, video lessons turned into *** course that we now call Hayes. Uh, smart start for small business owners, so it’s pretty amazing. And I guess take me through uh some of what you’ve seen uh some challenges maybe you faced before joining the course and I guess how it’s helped you. Yeah, um, so again, good to meet you guys. Uh, my name is Jordan. So, um, before the course I actually was in the ideation and beginning stages of starting my business um I actually was in Boston, um, when I received the call from Davita, um, and so what I really loved about the opportunity was that it was asynchronous so I could take it. And whatever time was available to me um and so from starting the course it really just gave me um *** good perspective on what to expect when starting *** business um and so since taking the course I have filed my LLC um I am in the stages of publishing my website and have also gotten my EIN so I think it’s *** great way for um small businesses to really kind of set their expectations as they get into starting *** business. Awesome and I guess just really quick, how could somebody, uh, before we go, uh, let you guys go, where can people go to sign up, uh, how can they learn more? Um, well, they just go to hayes. CPA and um they click on the financial education link and then once they do that they fill out *** short form then I reach out to them and get them signed up. Wonderful. Well, thank you both for being here. It sounds like *** great program. Oh yeah, thank you, Jordan. Thank you. Thank you, Eddie and of course.