An eight-week training opportunity for starting or improving business will be offered in Marshfield 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. Held weekly from 6-9 p.m. at the Marshfield Area Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MACCI), the seminar will begin on Wednesday, April 2 and run through Wednesday, May 21. The seminar includes sessions on management skills, business planning, marketing, financial records and controls, 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 completed. 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 or Anne Mathson at the 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.

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