Just in time for the holidays, a true gift to Eastern Shore entrepreneurs who want to open their own business. Continuing its effort to help local entrepreneurs and small businesses prosper and grow, the Eastern Shore Entrepreneurship Center (ESEC) will continue its ShoreVenture entrepreneur training series with the expansion the FastTrac NewVenture program at Wor-Wic Community College in January 2013. FastTrac NewVenture is an intensive ten-week course that teaches individuals interested in becoming entrepreneurs how to start a business. Collaborating partners include Maryland Capital Enterprises, Small Business Development Center, and SCORE.
The next FastTrac NewVenture session will take place at Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury one evening a week starting January 24 through March 28, 2013. The program is provided at a reduced cost of $195.00 per participant with a full 100% refund upon satisfactory completion of the program. The refund motivation is the result of grant funding from an area foundation that seeks to encourage individuals to start businesses and help improve the region’s economy and job opportunities.
To date, the FastTrac program has provided more than 300,000 entrepreneurs with the tools and support to enhance and expand their business.
As stated in Entrepreneurship Center’s press release, “80 percent of past participants said that they would recommend the FastTrac program to other Business owners,” said Mike Thielke, executive director of ESEC. “FastTrac NewVenture participants not only leave the course with an executable plan to start their business, they also obtain a strong support network of fellow entrepreneurs to share resources, ideas and insights.”
During the course, start-up entrepreneurs create and develop an actionable plan for a business. Members of the Lower, Mid-Shore, and Upper Shore chapters of SCORE as well as other successful entrepreneurs and experienced business coaches, help facilitate the weekly sessions as well as provide one-on-one assistance and expertise to explore and evaluate new business growth initiatives, such as the introduction of new products and services.
To be eligible to attend the FastTrac NewVenture program, individuals only to have an idea of a business concept and interested in exploring the possibility of starting a business. Participants also need to make a commitment to attend ten sessions – 30 classroom hours in the evening over the course of ten weeks – and complete all course assignments.
For more information and to apply visit ShoreVenture’s website.
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