# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Understanding small business financial management
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 25 Jun, 2026 at 09:00 am – Thu, 25 Jun, 2026 at 10:30 am
- **Event Description**: Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (SMIF) is hosting two free, hybrid financial management workshops taught by Eric Stone of Stone’s Bookkeeping. Attend one or both trainings!

Join us for an informative workshop designed to help you understand essential accounting topics where you’ll learn:

- best practices for organizing and maintaining your financial records,
- strategies to understand your tax obligations and maximize deductions for your business,
- and the critical differences between assets and expenses and how to categorize them effectively.

Additionally, you’ll gain an overview of cost of goods sold (COGS) to better understand drivers of profitability, payroll management, bank account management and considerations for credit cards and loans.

Register by June 23 at 4:30 p.m.! RSVPs are required. Please note if you will be attending virtually or in person. If you have questions, please reach out to Lending Director Molly Bartels Roth at mollyb@smifoundation.org.

Thank you to our partner for making this event possible! Funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/owatonna/understanding-small-business-financial-management/200030191715806
- **Event Categories**: business, workshops
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 4

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Owatonna
- **state**: MN
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 525 Florence Ave, Owatonna, MN, United States, Minnesota 55060
- **lat**: 44.09069
- **long**: -93.23763
- **full address**: 525 Florence Ave, Owatonna, MN, United States, Minnesota 55060

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Understanding small business financial management being held?
  - **A:** Understanding small business financial management takes place on Thu, 25 Jun, 2026 at 09:00 am to Thu, 25 Jun, 2026 at 10:30 am at 525 Florence Ave, Owatonna, MN, United States, Minnesota 55060.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Understanding small business financial management?
  - **A:** Understanding small business financial management is organized by Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Understanding small business financial management is ideal for curious learners, students, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Owatonna, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Understanding small business financial management sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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