Continuing Education > Introduction
We offer Continuing Education Material for Practice Management and DIY Software Solutions for Small Business. It's offered as correspondence courses only. We may or may not offer live courses or Healing and Wellness curriculum in the future. We will be applying for Continuing Education Certification for California Acupuncturists in the near future ( written 9/7/2022). If that goes well we will expand out to other professions, states and countries in time.
We have branded some of the written material as "BRICs Practice Management". BRICs represents a combination of the names Bryan and Ric. We will be offering all our curriculum through a dedicated "BRICs Practice Management" website in the future.
We have branded some of the written material as "BRICs Practice Management". BRICs represents a combination of the names Bryan and Ric. We will be offering all our curriculum through a dedicated "BRICs Practice Management" website in the future.
About Us and Our Offerings
INTRODUCTION TO RIC & BRYAN
Ric has been a Licensed Acupuncturist in the State of California since 1991. Ric's undergraduate degree is in Economics from Stanford (BA Economics) . Ric has extensive background in corporate and small business. Ric also worked for decades as a Professional Bartender. Ric's Business Manager is Bryan.
Bryan is a degreed Mechanical Engineer with a Master's in Business Administration , both from Virginia Tech (BSME and MBA) . Bryan worked in corporate America for multi-national corporations for approximately 7 years prior to going self employed in 2000. Since 2000, Bryan has been involved in Real Estate Sales, Development and Management, Computer Programming, Small Business Consulting, Production Art, and all aspects of Website production.
In 2014, Ric and Bryan met when Bryan was in need of wellness support. In 2015, Bryan started assisting Ric part time with Office Administration. In 2016 they began developing "DIY Software" and Business Curriculum with an eye on sharing with others when it was mature.
Ric and Bryan are two of the original Founders of the "Soul Proprietor Guide" website and the "DIY Software Club". ZAP Accounting Software represents the largest software system to date produced with the DIY Software Club programming methodology. ZAP Accounting Software is now a Volunteer Collaborative that offers free software and free education globally with anonymity granted to all who want to learn.
As of 2022, Ric and Bryan started offering Correspondence Courses for California Acupuncturists. ( application submissions printed but not submitted yet). They expect to extend their course offerings in California, nationally and globally in coming years.
Bryan is a degreed Mechanical Engineer with a Master's in Business Administration , both from Virginia Tech (BSME and MBA) . Bryan worked in corporate America for multi-national corporations for approximately 7 years prior to going self employed in 2000. Since 2000, Bryan has been involved in Real Estate Sales, Development and Management, Computer Programming, Small Business Consulting, Production Art, and all aspects of Website production.
In 2014, Ric and Bryan met when Bryan was in need of wellness support. In 2015, Bryan started assisting Ric part time with Office Administration. In 2016 they began developing "DIY Software" and Business Curriculum with an eye on sharing with others when it was mature.
Ric and Bryan are two of the original Founders of the "Soul Proprietor Guide" website and the "DIY Software Club". ZAP Accounting Software represents the largest software system to date produced with the DIY Software Club programming methodology. ZAP Accounting Software is now a Volunteer Collaborative that offers free software and free education globally with anonymity granted to all who want to learn.
As of 2022, Ric and Bryan started offering Correspondence Courses for California Acupuncturists. ( application submissions printed but not submitted yet). They expect to extend their course offerings in California, nationally and globally in coming years.
FREE EDUCATION FOR ALL / PAY FOR YOUR CE CERTIFICATES
- All curriculum is offered FREE and anonymously to the public.
- Some of this written material is currently also found on the ZAP Accounting Software Website or other referenced sites.
- As co-creators of that material and members of those private, volunteer collaboratives, we posses distribution rights for re-marketing and education of that material.
- Those needing CE credits will pay for their Certificates after consuming the material. See more detailed instructions below.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THOSE NEEDING CE CREDITS
- All our CE Material is self paced. We have no formal test taking as part of our offerings and that's what keeps part of it private.
- Each of our offerings has self assessment quizzes. If you use the the DIY Software Club Quiz Reader you will see it's been setup to enable you to take the same quiz twice while providing side by side results. Those needing CE credits should take the quiz BEFORE reading the material to establish a baseline level of competency. You can check the answers or not at that time. THEN study the material. THEN take the quiz again. Depending on your accreditation agency, you may or may not need to submit a summary of your scoring. We will require a feedback survey and payment for the curriculum to obtain your certificate.
- For CE related correspondence, please email admin@ricvalentineacupuncture.com .
- Please start the subject line out with CE: so we can sort those easily from our other office dialogue.
- For now, Bryan will be handling all those emails personally.
OUR GOAL IS TO offer COMMERCIAL LITERACY FOLLOWED BY SMALL BUSINESS MASTERY
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In over simplified form, we define Commercial Literacy as being comprised of:
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Small Business Mastery requires a Commercial Literacy foundation and:
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There are many reasons to take up a path of Commercial Literacy. Self-Preservation is a defensive benefit that is needed by many when un-based currency is floating about. Freedom of thought and being is an offensive desire that can be facilitated with this news too.
Many people who appear to be commercially successful are successful due to familial connections OR they are simply recipients of good fortune. If one attempts to follow in their footsteps without the tools to separate good fortune and familial benefits from Commercial Prowess, much energy can be lost unnecessarily. Our curriculum will help you assess others so you can pick and choose coaches, role models and trajectories wisely.
Many people who feel they "are not good at business" actually have an ability to learn and implement everything needed for "business" with ease. For them, it's only then they can start to honestly asses other underlying problems that they've buried for one reason or another.
No matter your reasons, we hope this material salsifies your immediate needs while also planting bountiful seeds for your future prosperity too.
Many people who appear to be commercially successful are successful due to familial connections OR they are simply recipients of good fortune. If one attempts to follow in their footsteps without the tools to separate good fortune and familial benefits from Commercial Prowess, much energy can be lost unnecessarily. Our curriculum will help you assess others so you can pick and choose coaches, role models and trajectories wisely.
Many people who feel they "are not good at business" actually have an ability to learn and implement everything needed for "business" with ease. For them, it's only then they can start to honestly asses other underlying problems that they've buried for one reason or another.
No matter your reasons, we hope this material salsifies your immediate needs while also planting bountiful seeds for your future prosperity too.