Entrepreneurial Training for Displaced Workers comes to Mooresville

By: Press Release | Mooresville Tribune
Published: November 17, 2009

Entrepreneurial Training for Displaced Workers Comes to Mooresville

The Small Business Center at Mitchell Community College will offer the award-winning FastTrac® NewVenture™ program to emerging entrepreneurs in December. Through funding provided by Governor Perdue's Charlotte Regional Economic and Workforce Recovery initiative, this program is offered at no cost to displaced workers wanting to pursue business ownership as a career. This program is part of FastTrac® LaunchPad, a joint initiative of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the Deluxe Corporation Foundation.

The FastTrac® NewVenture™ program is a practical, hands-on business development program designed to help budding entrepreneurs develop a business idea and then plan the critical steps to a successful business launch, including how to identify and reach target markets, plan and man operations, set financial goals, fund the startup and much more. To enhance classroom instruction, participants will hear from successful entrepreneurs, receive coaching from business startup specialists and work in small group planning sessions with fellow entrepreneurs. At close, participants will present their business plans for review by peers and coaches.

The program will be offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays, December 1-17, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Mooresville Center at Mitchell Community College. To apply for admittance, go to www.fasttrac.org and complete the on-line application. Click on "Program Locator – Get Started" and enter your zip code. Select the Charlotte Region Programs for Displaced Workers then follow the link for the Mitchell Community College location. The application deadline is Wednesday, November 25. This program will also be offered in the spring.

For more information, contact Mike Tucker, Director of the Small Business Center at Mitchell Community College at 704-878-3227.