Starting a Business Workshop

Description

Individuals in the beginning stages of starting a business, in need of accessing capital, or simply considering self-employment, will have the opportunity to attend STARTING A BUSINESS workshop Wednesday, March 15 in Traverse City.  The workshop is being offered by the Northwest Michigan Small Business Development Center (SBDC) in partnership with Northwestern Michigan College Extended Educational Services, and is being held 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the Parsons-Stulen Building on NMC's AeroPark Campus, 2600 Aero Park Drive.

​The workshop will be facilitated by SBDC Regional Director and Small Business Consultant, Annie Olds, who will help aspiring entrepreneurs assess their abilities to lead and manage a company and evaluate market and sales potential for their products or services.

This comprehensive 2.5 workshop also incorporates the SBDC's fundamental ​Writing a Business Plan​ workshop and fully covers topics such as determining concept feasibility, start-up costs, financing options, the basics of business planning, along with other necessary resources to launch.  This workshop is a requirement prior to meeting with an SBDC consultant one-on-one,

There is no charge to attend the workshop, but pre-registration is required by contacting the SBDC at 231.922.3780.  Online registration is also available at sbdcnorthwest.org .