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<P><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: small; line-height: 1.6em;"><IMG STYLE="vertical-align: middle;" SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/5193080/bizbasicsheader.jpg" ALT="Basics of Business Header" WIDTH="600"><BR><BR><BR><SPAN STYLE="font-size: medium;"><STRONG>Learning Goal</STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: small; line-height: 1.6em;"><EM>Find out what it takes to start a games studio from incorporation and capital-raising to selling your game.<BR></EM><BR></SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: small; line-height: 1.6em;"><BR><SPAN STYLE="font-size: medium;"><STRONG>Class Description</STRONG></SPAN><BR><BR>Are you about to take the plunge into becoming an indie developer, but the business side of running a games studio-- even as a one-man army-- is dizzying? This class is for you.</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="line-height: 1.6em;">Rachel Presser's record-breaking business basics class is back for those who may have missed it the first time. She speaks directly from experience of helping former tax clients start businesses and analyze their decisions, then switching gears and trying to get capital from traditional sources like banks and angel investors to fund game development pursuits. Aiming to entertain as well as educate, her real world experience as a financial professional turned video game producer and designer will heighten your awareness of both the thinking and feeling aspects of running a game studio. She wouldn't be in adventure games if she didn't have some good stories to tell!<BR><BR>This class will cover the basics. Learn how to set up a business and choose your tax structure then keep track of your finances once you're all set up. Rachel will delve into everything from budgeting to capital-raising to weighing different pay structures and formalities associated with hiring others to join your company. She'll even provide an overview of sales and marketing basics.<BR><BR></SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN STYLE="line-height: 1.6em;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: medium;"><STRONG><BR>About the Instructor:</STRONG></SPAN><BR><BR><STRONG>Rachel Presser</STRONG> runs point-and-click adventure game outfit Himalaya Studios as CFO and Executive Producer, and spearheaded a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2013 with six-figure results. She holds a B.S. in Accounting from Lehman College and M.S. in Accounting from Hunter College, and is a federally-licensed tax professional (Enrolled Agent) of almost 10 years. She has since left the financial industry to focus on running Himalaya and is currently writing a book about wealth disparity and the most hated film of all time. In her spare time she enjoys the city's many punk, hardcore, and death metal shows, skateboarding, and petting amphibians.<BR><BR></SPAN></P>
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