In-Person or Online – Choose the Format That Works for You!
Progress Lakeshore has teamed up with Green Bay’s SBDC Entrepreneurial Training Program to offer you invaluable assistance in crafting a comprehensive strategy for a successful and profitable business venture. Throughout this program, you will acquire the skills to identify your target market, assess their requirements, and utilize this valuable insight to create a practical and viable plan for launching or expanding your business.
You will learn to:
- Organize and better manage your business.
- Identify opportunities and market your business.
- Understand financials: costs, revenue streams, profit margins, and cash flow for your business.
- Learn the process to obtain funding for your business.
- Complete a business plan or workbook that can become the foundation for a full business plan.
- Connect with other entrepreneurs.
- Develop a network of small business support services.
- Receive confidential one-on-one consulting
Through instruction and guest speakers, the course serves those entrepreneurs who are considering starting a business, owners of existing businesses who want to get a handle on all the details, and those owners with successful companies who want to grow.
In-Person Class Option – Limited to 15 Participants
Class Dates: September 25, 2025 – November 20, 2025 (No Class November 13)
Time: Thursday nights from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM CST
Location: Progress Lakeshore Office, 202 N. 8th St, Suite 101, Manitowoc, WI, 54220
Fee:
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) will offer qualified applicants an Entrepreneur Training Grant* that covers 75% of the $1,000 course fee, reducing the cost to $250.
Those registering for in-person participation can also apply for an additional $200 scholarship that has been generously funded by United One Credit Union and the Progress Lakeshore Foundation. Receiving this scholarship can bring your in-person participant cost down to $50!
To qualify for the grant and scholarship:
- You must apply and be accepted.
- You must complete the course and submit a business plan or workbook within 2 weeks of finishing the course
- You must attend at least 75% of classes.
Participants who do not meet these requirements will be responsible for the full $1,000 course fee.
Once registered, the Green Bay SBDC will follow up with details on the WEDC grant process.
To apply for the United One Credit Union $200 scholarship, contact Ann Flad-Jesion at ann@progresslakeshore.org.
Online Class Option – Unlimited Seats
Prefer the flexibility of learning remotely? The online version of the Entrepreneurial Training Program offer the same great curriculum, expert instruction, and business planning tools–accessible from anywhere.
Class Dates: September 25, 2025 – November 20, 2025 (No Class November 13)
Time: Thursday nights from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM CST
Location: Online
Fee:
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) will offer qualified applicants an Entrepreneur Training Grant* that covers 75% of the $1,000 course fee, reducing the cost to $250.
To qualify for the grant:
- You must apply and be accepted.
- You must complete the course and submit a business plan or workbook within 2 weeks of finishing the course
- You must attend at least 75% of classes.
Participants who do not meet these requirements will be responsible for the full $1,000 course fee.
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