Baas Seminars

A comprehensive suite of educational programs and guidance manuals designed by Roy Franc Baas, which serves as a roadmap for entrepreneurs and business owners to navigate financial challenges and plan for long-term prosperity.

BAAS Guidance Manual for Business Focus, Recovery, and Survival

Step-by-step business and financial guide for start-ups and re-starts after a disaster.

Post-Catastrophe Challenges
Business Viability and Feasibility
For-Profit Business & Industry Structures
Viable Business Ventures
8 Focus Issues
12 Recovery Issues
Priority Businesses for Recovery Areas
Business Opportunities
Business Assistance Programs following Katrina
U. S. Small Business Administration Programs

Developing Sound Business Models and Plans

Converting business ideas to real businesses and creating and planning business opportunities.

Conceiving, visualizing, and planning a business
Developing a sound business model
Determining financial feasibility and business viability
Best practices in business finance and operations
Selecting and managing business assets, liabilities, and equity
Managing expenses and financial performance
Long-term planning and exit strategies

Planning for Prosperity

Planning, executing, financing, and managing business operations.

Business Planning
Start-ups and re-starts
Baas Hierarchy of Business Funds Providers
Business Funds Cycle
Cash Flow
Personal and business goals
Selecting and using resources

21st Century Management Skills for Entrepreneurs

The practical skills required of entrepreneurs in the new millennium.

Administrative aptitudes
Self-management skills
Cognitive & thinking skills
Communications focus and skills
Interpersonal & Leadership skills
Motivational abilities and skills
Organizational & Strategic skills

Basic Business Concepts

Entrepreneurial finance management, performance, measurement, and use of debt leveraging

Management of business
Assets, liabilities, equity
Financial statements
Working capital – sources and importance
Financial leverage
Financial performance and measurements
Debt management
Trade credit, personal guaranties, fees, and charges

Financial Management

You are the Chief Financial Officer of your business!

Bookkeeping, accounting, record-keeping
Equity capital sources
Crisis management and resolution
Cash-flow insolvency
Balance sheet insolvency
Resolving financial distress
U. S. bankruptcy laws
Financial aspects of business planning
For-Profit Business Structures – the pre-requisites for and flow of resources, decisions and actions in business enterprises
Lender requirements