Take your business back to school! Starting September 14, New Ventures Maine will offer a free, twelve-week online course in business planning.
If you are a new entrepreneur or existing business owner, Venturing Forth-Business Planning for Entrepreneurs will help you create a written business plan from start to finish with feedback from facilitators and fellow entrepreneurs. A sixty (60) hour course that covers topics including your customer, competition, marketing, recordkeeping, taxes, financing, legal aspects, and more. In class activities, guest speakers, and homework assignments lead to the completed business plan and road map for your success. The course includes three (3) follow up networking sessions. Class size is limited to thirty (30). You must complete an application, attend an orientation and individual interview, and be accepted into the class.
Applications are due by Friday, September 3, 2021 and can be found online via bit.ly/NVMEVenturingForth2021. The class Orientation will be held on Tuesday September 7, from 11-12:30 PM with interviews scheduled over the following days. The Venturing Forth class will meet remotely on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM from September 14 through December 16 via Zoom.
There is no fee for the class. Anyone with a business idea is welcome to apply. To request or complete an application, register for the orientation, or get more information, contact Karin: Karin.Petrin@Maine.edu or Jenn: Jenn.Dobransky@Maine.edu at New Ventures Maine or go online to bit.ly/NVMEVenturingForth2021.
For more information on the Venturing Forth program and other classes and services offered by New Ventures Maine, visit www.newventuresmaine.org.
Tuesday Sep 14, 2021
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
Application Deadline- Friday, September 3, 2021
Orientation Session- Tuesday, September 7, 2021, 11 am to 12:30 pm
Interviews- Scheduled individually September 7- 9, 2021
Start date: Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 10 am to 12:30 pm and then Tuesday & Thursdays
End date: December 16, 2021
Online format- offered statewide in Maine
No fee
Karleen Andrews
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