An entrepreneur who’s mystified by accounting or putting a marketing plan together can get some help, and soon, with the arrival of the fall semester. Schools, colleges and universities around the country offer a variety of courses aimed at small business owners, and many cost little or nothing.
Many who take courses became entrepreneurs after working for someone else for years. They have a great deal of knowledge about the services or products that are the heart of a business, but someone who spent 10 years in information technology often knows little about marketing, and someone who worked in a public relations agency usually finds accounting to be almost a foreign language.
Dave Horsley had worked in the automotive industry before opening Horsley Hot Rods in Boise, Idaho, in early 2007, and found after starting the business that he needed marketing help. He was already working with a mentor through the Small Business Administration, learned about courses offered through the SBA-sponsored Small Business Development Center at Boise State University and decided to take a four-hour marketing class, “Six Steps to Massive Growth in Your Business.” The tuition was $25.
Many colleges and universities offer their own courses aimed at entrepreneurs and small business owners, either through special continuing education or extension programs, or by allowing non-degree students to take regular classes. These classes are likely to be more expensive, but they often last an entire semester.
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Entrepreneur’s Have Learning Options With Local Colleges
August 7, 2008 by Nicholas | 1 Comment
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cassy on August 16th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
An entrepreneur should learn not only to be successful in his business but also how to deal with the problem that is coming in his business. Being an entrepreneur, you have to learn the proper management of your business.