If starting a new business is first on your list of New Year's resolutions, then attending the Northern Essex Community College Entrepreneurial Training Program information session should be second on your list, according to the college.
The information session, which reviews all aspects of the 20-week program designed for would-be-business people, is free and will be held today, Thursday, Jan. 28, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the NECC Corporate and Community Education Center at Osgood Landing, 1600 Osgood St., North Andover.
The ETP is designed to assist students to prepare and implement a specific, comprehensive business plan tailored for their business and to provide the skills and knowledge with which to successfully implement that plan.
This intensive, comprehensive, non-credit, 20-week program covers all aspects of starting and operating a business. The curriculum includes sessions on market research, marketing tools, product/service differentiation, networking, sales techniques, presentation skills, financial management, as well as legal and insurance issues, human resources and time management.
Instructor Paul Jermain of Jermain and Co., combines intensive classroom work and guest presenters, as well as one-on-one consulting to assist each entrepreneur during the start-up phase of the business, according to the school. Classroom training is followed by business plan presentations, independent work and 1-to-1 consulting to assist in implementing the business plan.
The next session will begin March 9 with classes at the Northern Essex Corporate and Community Education Center in North Andover. All interested individuals must attend an information session, complete an application and interview for acceptance into the program.
This program is Mass. Section 30 approved. Some dislocated workers and others may qualify for tuition assistance.
Call Diane Zold-Gross at 978-659-1221 or e-mail her at dzoldgross@necc.mass.edu, or Dianne Lahaye at 978-659-1222 or e-mail dlahaye@necc.mass.edu for details, directions and to reserve a seat. People may also call Workforce Development and Community Education about this program and other non-credit courses and programs at 978-659-1200, or visit www.necc.mass.edu/noncredit/index.php
