Considering a new business in 2010? Local business incubator offering program for entrepreneurs
Go Whitley Accelerating Innovation program, the newly created, Whitley County based business incubator program, will offer an eleven-week FastTrac® New Ventures course in January 2010 geared at helping entrepreneurs get their businesses up and running.
FastTrac® is a practical, hands-on business development program designed to help entrepreneur's fine tune the skills needed to create, manage, and grow a successful business. FastTrac® participants don't just learn about business, they live it! They work on their own business ideas or ventures throughout the program - moving their ventures to reality or new levels of growth.
The course will be held on Thursdays from 3-6 p.m. beginning January 21, 2010. The course continues for 11 weeks and will be offered at the Whitley County EDC office in downtown Columbia City.
Participants in a FastTrac® program learn to operate their businesses effectively through a certified Kauffman Foundation business planning program using sources of information, and to make decisions based on trust and competence. In this learning -focused environment, participants will fine tune skills to create and/ or grow a successful business. Additionally, they will learn from experienced entrepreneur facilitators, business coaches, guest speakers and peers. They will learn to transfer knowledge in a peer-to-peer environment, expand their network of community resources.
Overall, entrepreneurs will learn to work ON their business, not IN it and receive continual feedback from experienced entrepreneurs.
Participants are expected to learn business development and planning processes they can use as a tool for the ongoing development of their business.
For more information or to register for the New Ventures program, please contact Sharon Sallot, Program Manager, Go Whitley Accelerating Innovation, at 244-3176 or ssallot@whitleybiz.com.