Starting September 25, Women, Work & Community will offer New Ventures, a 12-week entrepreneurship training, in Aroostook County.
New Ventures helps a person create a business plan from start to finish, with feedback from facilitators and fellow entrepreneurs, and it prepares a person to launch or expand a business with the tools needed to succeed. Topics include: Your customer, your competition, marketing, financial record keeping, taxes, legal aspects, financing and more.
The New Ventures orientation will be held from 9:30 a.m. to noon. on Thursday, Sept. 25 at Northern Maine Community College. The class will meet each Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. from October 2 through December 18 at the Presque Isle Career Center. Enrollment is limited to 15 people, and an application and interview are required.
To request an application and register for the New Ventures orientation, call 764-0050 or e-mail erica.quineaster@maine.edu. There is no fee for the New Ventures course, and men and women are welcome.
For more information, visit www.womenworkandcommunity.org.