Area of Study
Skills you will learn:
- Organize your records
- Learn computerized accounting (ex. QuickBooks)
- Management based on facts/data
- Create a business plan
- Develop leadership skills
- Build confidence in business communication skills
- Defining your target market
- Analyze pricing decisions
- Building and managing a budget
- Analysis of finances and trends
- Planning for the future (succession)
- Creating a marketing plan
Kelsi Blake, owner of Top Hand Trailers in Fort Morgan works with instructor Leah Thomas to update her financial statement in QuickBooks.
What’s Next?
MCC and our family have a great relationship. We are the second generation to participate in the ABM program. It’s not a textbook of good ideas. It’s real numbers, real questions, with real answers. We have become more efficient, more detailed, and more profitable”
Certificate Options
Choose your path:
Starting
- Rural Business Entrepreneurship
- Leadership & Human Resources
- Web Productivity and Utilization
Managing
- Records & Business Planning
- Financial Analysis
- Marketing Plan Development
- Advanced Business Management
Growing
- Commodity Marketing
- Financial Analysis
- Integrated Management
Advanced Business Management
Commodity Marketing
Leadership/Human Resources Management
Market Plan Development
Rural Business Entrepreneurship
Web Productivity and Utilization
Contact
Faculty
Leah Thomas
(970) 542-3260
Leah is a Morgan County native who is passionate about education, business, and agriculture. She has a degree in Animal Science from Colorado State University and a Master’s in Business Administration. She started her career as a high school Ag Education teacher and FFA advisor. Her career goals include mentoring the next generation of Ag professionals and ensuring that rural business is sustainable and profitable. “The ABM program is unique to each student who decides to further their education at MCC. I enjoy learning alongside my students and each class is a collaborative effort and student driven.”
Faculty
Jay Stretcher
(970) 542-3260
Jay Stretcher’s career in farming, teaching, and credit counseling led him to MCC in 2001. He says teaching in the ABM program is rewarding and he enjoys seeing his students succeed in rural small business. Jay teaches students along the I-70 corridor from Burlington to Colorado Springs. Jay is happily married and resides in Simla, CO.