Nov 24, 2008
SBDC offers training seminar for business
start-ups
An eight-week training opportunity for starting or improving
business will be offered in Wisconsin Rapids by the Small Business
Development Center (SBDC) at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens
Point.
The Entrepreneurial Training Program (ETP) is for business owners
and those thinking about starting their own business. A free
introduction to the program will be held Monday, January 5, from 6
to 7 p.m. at the Wood County Courthouse, 400 Market Street,
Wisconsin Rapids. Classes will follow at that location from 6 to 9
p.m. on Monday evenings, January 19 through March 9.
The program includes sessions on management skills, business
planning, marketing, financial records and controls, and financial
planning and budgets. Each session will feature a guest speaker with
expertise in a particular area of business.
All participants are required to complete a business plan within 90
days after the course is finished. SBDC counselors are available to
assist students in completing their plans at no additional cost.
A subsidy from the Wisconsin Department of Commerce has reduced the
$1,000 course fee to $250 per person for those who apply through the
SBDC.
For more information, contact Dorothy Snyder at UWSP Continuing
Education SBDC, 715-346-3838 or 800-898-9472, or visit the Web at
www.uwsp.edu/conted/sbdc.
The SBDC is facilitated by UWSP Continuing Education, which provides
credit classes, degree completion programs, conference planning,
contract training and an array of personal and professional
development programs for business and industry, youth, working
adults and special audiences.
