Entrepreneurial Training Program!
Is owning a business right for you? Interested in starting a new business? Do you already own a business, but need to strategize or create new revenue streams? Do you know how much capital is needed to expand your current business? Progress Lakeshore, in partnership with the SBDC’s Entrepreneurial Training Program, gives business owners the resources and skills needed to be successful.
Class Dates: September 22 – November 17, 2022.
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
To Register: Click here to register.
Details:
The Entrepreneurial Training Program (ETP) is designed to help you develop a plan for a thriving, profitable business. In this program, you will learn to identify customers, determine their needs, and analyze that information to develop a feasible plan for starting or growing your business.
You will learn to:
- Organize and better manage your business.
- Identify opportunities and market your business.
- Understand financials: costs, revenue streams, profits margins, and cashflow for your business.
- Learn the process to obtain funding for your business.
- Complete a business plan 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 that want to get a handle on all the details, and those owners with successful companies they want to grow.
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. Additionally, Progress Lakeshore has a limited number of $200 Bank First Scholarships*, bringing your cost to $50!
Both the WEDC Grant and the Bank First Scholarship require participants to apply, complete the class, and complete a business plan workbook within 90 days of completing the course. Participants who accept these funding opportunities but do not complete the class will be responsible for the entire course fee of $1,000.
Grant Applications:
Space in the course is limited and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. To apply for the WEDC grant ($750) go to uwbizgrants.org to create an account and fill out the very brief Entrepreneurial Training Program (ETP) grant application. Please make sure to choose Progress Lakeshore as the ETP Host Organization.
To apply for the Progress Lakeshore/Bank First Scholarship ($200), please contact Ann Flad-Jesion at ann@progresslakeshore.org.
Grant recipients must meet attendance requirements and complete a business plan/workbook within 90 days of completion of the course or will otherwise be responsible for the full $1,000.